Posted on 08/17/2017 7:03:35 AM PDT by CptnObvious
Attacking the Founding Fathers? How's that working for you Dems?
First you went after the Confederate statues, now George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.
My how you Progressives have Progressed.
I heard the DNC fundraising is WAY DOWN. Oh My!
And who sold them the slaves?
Basically, he says the Democrats are playing right into the Trump administration's hands on this one. The Democrats (and many Republicans) are running around wasting their time and energy on "racial politics" -- and discrediting themselves among the vast majority of American voters in the process. The Trump administration, meanwhile, has carried on with an unwavering message built on an America-first economic policy.
Roughly a million slaves were brought from Africa to the New World by the Spanish and Portuguese before the first handful reached Virginia. Some 500,000 slaves were brought to the United States
Will not surprise me to see the two thug leagues in professional sports, the NFL and the NBA fall apart like a cheap Taiwanese watch. Millions,, like me, will swing 100% of their attention to college sports where team spirit and sportsmanship still matter. Screw these over-paid mongrels.
I think you miss the point. I don’t support this in anyway but if the Confederate statues are being removed because of slavery and ‘racism’ then there is no argument that many of the founders shouldn’t also be.
Hopefully Hollywood movies too.
Remember Mizzou. If it increases in the NFL, collegiate athletes will make more statements too.
Yes, there is history of slavery throughout the U.S. A history everyone needs to know and understand. That is different from the Confederacy, the confederate flag and statues. While the nation has moved on, those flying the Confederate flag, often alongside the Nazi flag, promote hate, bigotry, racism, White supremacy, and violence that is simply wrong. It is inseparable from those that lamely say it is a matter of culture. Sorry, that’s a poor excuse and ignorant. Defending it all on claim that next will be our founding fathers, our national flag, our national identity is ludicrous and won’t happen.
We’ll see...
If this is the way the Democrats think they will win back the Rust Belt and make inroads in the Deep South, well, they are going to be in for a big surprise in the mid-terms!
I hope they keep this up. They have jumped the shark on this issue, and the public will get sick of the BS put out by the media and this group. Al Sharpton is agitating to remove the Lincoln memorial. A good riot around this memorial by Antifa thugs will turn America against them.
Your support for the Dems argument is noted. Good to note that the Dems are for getting rid of the founding fathers statues.
LET IT BE KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE LAND.
As the Leftists see it, if Trump succeeds in MAGA, it is all over for them. They therefore are pulling out all stops in a panicked “go for broke” effort.
One of the MSM made the comment that President trump’s MAGA theme refers to “white supremacy”...
How sick these people are and all they do is try to stir up trouble for the country...
Me 2. BTW, I smell a great political add: DEMS AGAINST GEORGE WASHINTON AND THOMAS JEFFERSON!
Yeah good luck with that. It may make you feel better but yours is a difference without much distinction when it comes to slavery and ‘racism’. The whole argument is that the Confederacy and it heroes were slave holding racist and therefore these statues must be removed. So were many of our founders.
I disagree with flying the Nazi flag at rallys. I completely disagree with you on everything else. The flag a part of their culture, it took many years for the South to recover from the civil war. It is part of their psyche. No one has the right to say they cannot fly their flag.The civil war was more than slavery, it was the south rebelling against the north on economic issues. We see it today, now the north is the lib states that shove their beliefs on the rest of the country, and call us racist when we don’t agree with them.
What blacks don’t seem to grasp is that without slavery in early America, today most of them would be squatting in the dirt over in Africa. I wish slavery had never happened and everyone would have been much better off.
That is what flying a flag is.
Those that fly the german Nazi flag(not the Indian one) are saying they are supporters of socialism, how ironic.
Mostly they are morons, and belong on the other side of the line that they stand behind.
OTOH, flying the strars and bars shows support for the South(with a capital S)
People choose to "write in" what it specifically means to them to do so.
Others still 'write in" what They think those who are flying the flag are thinking.
Idiots.
‘No, it is one thing to call for removal of the Confederate flag and hero-worshiping statues celebrating the Confederacy.’
the fact that we have such things as part of our legacy is a testament to the fact that the people of the Confederacy were our kin, blood of our blood, and we should never turn our backs on them...
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