Handle if Footable column is marked as HTML but doesn't contain HTML markup and value contains special chars

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parser: function (valueOrElement) {
            if (F.is.string(valueOrElement)) {
                // UPDATE HERE: Added a check to see if the element is marked as html, but isnt actually a HTML tag. If so, add a span tag around it.
                if (!valueOrElement.startsWith('<')) {
                    valueOrElement = "<span>" + valueOrElement + "</span>";
                }
                valueOrElement = $($.trim(valueOrElement));
            }
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