Posted on 07/05/2019 6:00:01 AM PDT by Kaslin
Sen. Ted Cruz gave Colin Kaepernick a history lesson on Thursday after the former San Francisco 49ers player posted a quote from abolitionist Frederick Douglass on Independence Day.
“What have I, or those I represent, to do with your national independence? This Fourth of July is yours, not mine…There is not a nation on the earth guilty of practices more shocking and bloody than are the people of these United States at this very hour,” Kaepernick tweeted, quoting from Douglass’s “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” speech, which was delivered on July 5, 1852 to the Rochester Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society in upstate New York.
“What have I, or those I represent, to do with your national independence? This Fourth of July is yours, not mine…There is not a nation on the earth guilty of practices more shocking and bloody than are the people of these United States at this very hour.”
- Frederick Douglass pic.twitter.com/IWLujGCJHn— Colin Kaepernick (@Kaepernick7) July 4, 2019
The passage was presented along with a video that included longer segments of the speech while showing images of slaves and the Civil War era interspersed with video of police using force against African-Americans.
“You quote a mighty and historic speech by the great abolitionist Frederick Douglass,” Sen. Cruz wrote in response, “but, without context, many modern readers will misunderstand.”
You quote a mighty and historic speech by the great abolitionist Frederick Douglass, but, without context, many modern readers will misunderstand. Two critical points: https://t.co/x4oLfa9DrH— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) July 5, 2019
The Texas Republican proceeded to give Kaepernick “two critical points.”
“This speech was given in 1852, before the Civil War, when the abomination of slavery still existed. Thanks to Douglass and so many other heroes, we ended that grotesque evil and have made enormous strides to protecting the civil rights of everybody,” Cruz tweeted.
(1) This speech was given in 1852, before the Civil War, when the abomination of slavery still existed. Thanks to Douglass and so many other heroes, we ended that grotesque evil and have made enormous strides to protecting the civil rights of everybody.— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) July 5, 2019
As for Cruz’s second point: “Douglass was not anti-American; he was, rightly and passionately, anti-slavery. Indeed, he concluded the speech as follows:
“Allow me to say, in conclusion, notwithstanding the dark picture I have this day presented, of the state of the nation, I do not despair of this country.
“There are forces in operation, which must inevitably, work the downfall of slavery. ‘The arm of the Lord is not shortened,’ and the doom of slavery is certain.
“I, therefore, leave off where I began, with hope. While drawing encouragement from ‘the Declaration of Independence,’ the great principles it contains, and the genius of American Institutions, my spirit is also cheered by the obvious tendencies of the age.”
(2) Douglass was not anti-American; he was, rightly and passionately, anti-slavery. Indeed, he concluded the speech as follows:— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) July 5, 2019
“Allow me to say, in conclusion, notwithstanding the dark picture I have this day presented, of the state of the nation, I do not despair of this country.— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) July 5, 2019
“There are forces in operation, which must inevitably, work the downfall of slavery. ‘The arm of the Lord is not shortened,’ and the doom of slavery is certain.— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) July 5, 2019
“I, therefore, leave off where I began, with hope. While drawing encouragement from ‘the Declaration of Independence,’ the great principles it contains, and the genius of American Institutions, my spirit is also cheered by the obvious tendencies of the age.”— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) July 5, 2019
In conclusion, Cruz said everyone should read the speech in its entirety.
“It is powerful, inspirational, and historically important in bending the arc of history towards justice,” he said.
Let me encourage everyone, READ THE ENTIRE SPEECH; it is powerful, inspirational, and historically important in bending the arc of history towards justice: https://t.co/il9WNrmxho— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) July 5, 2019
The exchange comes after Nike pulled an Independence Day themed sneaker featuring the Betsy Ross flag because Kaepernick complained they were offensive.
Ted Cruz scored a “pick six” on Colin Kaepernick.
Let Kapernick keep talking. About 1/2 of the people in the US really appreciate him continuously proving what an idiotic a$$hole he really is.
Slavery was instituted in Colonial Pre America.
America abolished Slavery.
Democrats are losers.
50 years ago this month, an American man became the first human being to walk on the moon. Today, we have a black Congresswoman in Texas who once asked if the flag he planted there would be found by the terrestrial vehicle NASA sent to Mars. Low expectations and the absence of standards in any walk of life will never fix stupid.
“This shows how ignorant the left is.”
More likely they think everyone beyond their clique is ignorant.
I doubt Kaepernick is a history buff, some shadow group (his GF?) trains him and points to the TV cameras.
Low expectations and the absence of standards in any walk of life will never fix stupid.
A black man failing black history... ain’t that some sad shit..... cuz you know, fat people don’t fail cooking!
C. Rock
It is the role of midgets, I think, to stand on their tippytoes and take potshots at the great.
Come here, boy."
"Everybody has asked the question, and they learned to ask it early of the abolitionists, What shall we do with the Negro? I have had but one answer from the beginning. Do nothing with us! Your doing with us has already played the mischief with us. Do nothing with us"If the apples will not remain on the tree of their own strength, if they are worm-eaten at the core, if they are early ripe and disposed to fall, let them fall! I am not for tying or fastening them on the tree in any way, except by natures plan, and if they will not stay there, let them fall. And if the Negro cannot stand on his own legs, let him fall also. All I ask is, give him a chance to stand on his own legs! Let him alone!
"If you see him on his way to school, let him alone, dont disturb him! If you see him going to the dinner table at a hotel, let him go! If you see him going to the ballot- box, let him alone, dont disturb him! [Applause.] If you see him going into a work-shop, just let him alone,your interference is doing him a positive injury."
Frederick Douglass, from What the Black Man Wants
We need a heapin' helpin' more of that.
I do find it very pertinent that he makes money in the most unproductive, least helpful (to the society) and laziest manner possible...by being a celebrity, tweeting his vapid thoughts, and having his photo taken.
Not knowing the moon from Mars from tilting Guam is par for that course.
Great find. Thanks for posting
Kap should work for the media. He is very good at selecting words to fit his narrative and leaving out the words that do not fit. What a selective liar Kapernick is.
Douglass 1845 autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, described his time as a slave in Maryland. It was one of five autobiographies he penned, along with dozens of noteworthy speeches, despite receiving minimal formal education.
An advocate for womens rights, and specifically the right of women to vote, Douglass legacy as an author and leader lives on. His work served as an inspiration to the civil rights movement of the 1960s, and his name even became part of 21st-century political discourse, after he was referenced in a speech by President Donald Trump for Black History Month 2017.
You're are probably also against women votes like a typical male chauvinist pig
Watched an old short Film on TCM last week regarding the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
There was a line in the original Draft of the Declaration that Slavery must be ended, but Benjamin Franklin told the others that would doom all the Colonies from agreeing to it.
It was stated that the issue of Slavery would have to be addressed at a later time to get the Declaration ratified by all Thirteen Colonies.
It was a very tenuous situation with the Loyalists doing everything they could to make sure it didn’t happen.
From what I’ve read about Kaepernick’s parentage
(white biological mama + black daddy he never knew)
and upbringing
(white lefty-lib adoptive parents)
Ima conclude he’s suffering from white guilt over his white privilege.
His radical posturing, & stirring up racial strife is nothing more or less than acting out, to get his daddy’s attention & reconnect.
Obama Syndrome.
It would be a hoot if a courageous white person were to tell these race baiting fools: the only reason none of you have been castrated and put up for sale on a Muslim slave block (assuming you survived the process) and your wives stripped naked and put up for sale as well, is because of Christian white people; they are the ones who started the movement to abolish slavery and it is because of them that you are where you are today.
Surprised the idiot knows how to read, Im sure his sports skill pushed him through school leaving him with a mind is a terrible thing to waste
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