With a little help from their friends!
Posted on 08/17/2017 1:07:48 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
Two days after President Trump questioned whether tearing down Confederate statues would lead leftists to targeting statues and monuments to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and other Founding Fathers, CNN commentator Angela Rye did exactly that.
“We have to get to the heart of the problem here and the heart is the way many of us were taught American history. American history is not all glorious,” Rye said in a heated segment on Thursday.
“George Washington was a slave owner. We need to call them out for what they are, whether we think they were protecting American freedom or not. He wasn’t protecting my freedoms. My ancestors weren’t deemed human beings to him. And so to me, I don’t care if it’s a George Washington statue or a Thomas Jefferson statue, they all need to come down,” she added.
Rye’s comments, which were first pointed out by the Washington Free Beacon on Thursday, come amidst heated national debate on whether to tear down Confederate monuments and statues around the country.
President Trump weighed in on the debate on Thursday.
“Sad to see the history and culture of our great country being ripped apart with the removal of our beautiful statues and monuments,” Trump tweeted. “You can’t change history, but you can learn from it. Robert E Lee, Stonewall Jackson – who’s next, Washington, Jefferson? So foolish!”
I think everyone needs to tear down their AT&T subscriptions.
The Japanese were paid.
Was slavery illegal back in those days?
If they take down Washington, I’m in for whatever follows.
There has to be some line in the sand.
I feel the same way about Jefferson.
Screw these assholes!
Then all mosques need to be torn down and Islam outlawed and all muzzies deported. I mean if we’re going to purify let’s do it properly.
(I think I’d actually trade all of the statutes for the deportation of all of the muzzies.)
And once again Trump was 100% right.
I say they are overreaching with the hope it will backfire. Unfortunately, all too often, the overreaching that initially seems crazy becomes normalized. It really is very depressing.
Good God! This country has gone absolutely mad. Political correctness to the point where we can’t even have a history. These idiots live in a world where they think that tearing down statues is going to rewrite history, good and bad. Idiots...absolute idiots. Go ahead, stick your head in the sand, ignore the lessons that history teaches us so we can repeat them all over again. Unbelievable that these lunatics are even getting air time.
No, they are not stupid. This is a well orchestrated plan where she tosses it out in public then others run with the ball. Don't play their games.
Try it sweetheart. Please....
“Do they really think it’s wise to start bad mouthing our Founders? Really? Are they this stupid?”
2. Never interrupt your enemy when he’s making a mistake.
LET THEM KEEP THIS $HIT UP - it’ll utterly kill them.
THERE you go....you DHerion have hit the nail on the head. You get $50, a coupon to go to THE VIEW and sit with Whoppi and give her this wonderful idea. If Washington comes down for slavery, for sure Mohammed needs to fall as well, he too owned slaves. Great logic you have.
With a little help from their friends!
I think that is part of their plan actually. They hate what this country stands for.
It’s not about statues. They talk “statues” but mean the foundation of this country. They mean that we should tear up the Constitution and destroy the country, and then build it up again as a totalitarian marxist collectivity.
F*ck them. Ask me what I think.
To a liberal, history began at breakfast this morning........Ann Coulter.............
After all the “offensive” statues and memorials are taken down, books with “offensive” material in them will be burned and replaced by approved propaganda. And ONLY the liberals will get to decide what is offensive.
They think they already own us.
What’s next? “All white people must turn in their guns NOW!!!”
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