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Read on the Internet: “The Date Rape Song”, by Matthew Barlow

“And then the commentariat! My feed lit up with my friends arguing against me. I even got chastised for being a bad historian for failing to note the song is from the 1940s. Over and over, the context of the song was explained to me. But thatโ€™s the thing, this cuts both ways. If we want to consider historical context for things, then letโ€™s discuss Confederate War monuments.”