Posted on 07/30/2022 9:39:27 AM PDT by lowbridge
The Cornell University Library has removed a bust of President Abraham Lincoln and a bronze plaque of the Gettysburg Address after reportedly receiving a complaint.
Randy Wayne, a professor of biology at Cornell, said the library had removed the display, which had been there since 2013, after "someone complained," the College Fix reported .
In a statement to the Washington Examiner, university spokeswoman Rebecca Valli said the bust of Lincoln "was part of a temporary exhibit on the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address" and that it had been on display from 2013-2021. With the display gone, only an empty case remains.
Lincoln delivered the famous oration on Nov. 19, 1863, four months after the Civil War battle on the site claimed over 50,000 lives on both sides of the conflict —the most of any single battle of the conflict.
“Cornell proudly possesses one of five known copies of the Gettysburg Address in Lincoln’s hand," Valli said. "The original is safely sequestered, with a digital facsimile on permanent display. Additionally, five electronic Lincoln exhibitions are available for 24/7 viewing online."
Wayne remains unconvinced of the university's version of events. In an email to the Washington Examiner, he said he did not believe that the university's statement "is the whole truth."
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f that someone
Someone complained? Probably a democrat still pissed that Lincoln took their slaves away.
I object to Cornell.
Will it now be removed ?
I would think that the woke idiots would consider Lincoln a hero since he freed the slaves.
When a liberal complains action is taken.
If a conservative complains about something it is ignored.
“someone”
Today, micro minority rules
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Only if they are liberals, socialists or communists.
If a small number of conservatives or sensible people don’t like something their protestations fall on deaf ears.
Some people and groups are more equal than others in America today.
Someone complained? So fricken what?
They are useful. Just as the Bolsheviks used the peasants and the working class to gain power in Russia.
Eight years doesn’t sound temporary to me.
Ezra Cornell, a founder and namesake of the university, was an unabashed capitalist who made his fortune in the telegraph industry. He was also a Republican who was elected to the N Y state legislature, an unforgivable political offense, given how the term “Republican” signifies racist, sexist and homophobe. Moreover, the charter of the university requires that a male descendant of Ezra occupy a position on the governing board, clearly an example of the worst sort of white privilege, to say nothing of patriarchal injustice.
Why this evil institution is allowed to continue its existence under the name “Cornell” boggles the mind.
Never was majority rules. It is a constitutional republic not a French style idiotocracy.
The answer to give the complainer is “You dumb idiot! Lincoln freed the slaves! How stupid can you be? Request denied, and don’t ask again.”
Well, the Emancipation Proclamation WAS as bad an idea as female suffrage. ;-D
essentially, children are running our universities.
idk was a joke, but would be something the kkk would do, ask that Lincoln statues be taken down. Cornell is racist though..
Sad statement of the university by removing his bust and speech. However, if someone did really do their diligent research on Lincoln and uncovered his true statements and actions it would give rise to his removal as a deity.
SomeONE...ONE? Doesn’t surprise me. The REST of us are never asked are we?
Although Lincoln is revered by republicans today, democrats and newspapers of the time refered to him repeatedly as both orange and bad
Trump right again…
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