Then today this story: Black Lives Matter activists at Princeton University have taken over the president’s office and say they won’t leave until the school acknowledges former U.S. president Woodrow Wilson as a racist and renames all buildings currently honoring him on campus. Members of a group calling themselves the Black Justice League walked out of their classes late Wednesday morning and assembled at Nassau Hall, where they were met by Princeton president Christopher Eisgruber. The students presented a list of demands inspired by similar lists that have been seen at Yale University, the University of Missouri, and elsewhere.
Note to self: rockrr is right in one respect, most people just don't care. And some, like rockrr, who might care, do not understand the purpose of the attacks on Southerners like Lee, Washington, even unionist Andrew Jackson. The attacks, when successful, fuel the next wave of attacks. The goal is not just to banish Confederate flags - but the 50-star American flag. And the reason: it's all bad. Confederate bad; Wilson bad; Reagan bad.
Our public schools, universities and arts communities are in agreement: Obama’s election was the first time any American had a right to be proud of the country.
No FReeper I've read about supports such thought; but some FReepers don't have the schemata to recognize tainted bait, or calculate distant consequences.
I understand - obviously far more that would would ever lend credit. That's why I have consistently sided with those who are opposed to the elimination of the CBF (even though I have no interest in flying it myself).