Portland protesters tear down ‘racist’ statue of Thomas Jefferson

Fox News ^ | 6-15-20 | By Bradford Betz

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Once all the statues are gone the only remaining remnant of the Confederacy will the Democrat Party.

The last time we saw Democrats this angry was when Abraham Lincoln freed their slaves.

[Psalm 73]

"Asking for a friend..."

Yup - 'preciate you not mentionin' my name....

[Secret Agent Man]

i will take all their paper and coin money for them.

[foreverfree]

Re post #20: or for former Athletics teammates Herb and Claudell...

[Salman]

You know all those paintings that depict Jesus as a white man?

It will reach a point where you will be denounced as a White Supremacist if you oppose burning museums and libraries.

It's not a slippery slope when it was part of the program from day one.

[Retain Mike]

I sent the below letter to Oregon papers.

Toppling Thomas Jefferson’s statue in Portland examples contra-factual historical analysis supporting newly popular ethics. We remember Martin Luther King for achievements as a civil rights leader, not for his adultery. Recognizing Jefferson commemorates the Declaration of Independence, not his involvement with slavery.

Thomas Jefferson was chosen to write the Declaration of Independence because he was a Virginian and secondly for his writing skill. Virginia was the most populous colony and precipitating events like Lexington, Concord, Bunker Hill, and the siege of Boston all happened up North. Virginia would cement an alliance of the thirteen colonies by bringing Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia with it.

Jefferson was well satisfied with his work, but then suffered a painful ordeal as the Continental Congress made his work their own. His draft at 1704 words was 366 words longer than the final. The Congress proceeded to add 253 words, and remove or change the phrasing for 792 words, so he saw about 60% of his work transformed. Among passages removed was a section that complained the mercantile system imposed on the colonies demanded the importation of slavery to the New World.

Britain had forbidden the colony’s two attempts to abolish slavery, but between the start of the revolution and writing of the Constitution six of thirteen colonies freed slaves. The philosophical doctrines consulted for Declaration of Independence and later for the Constitution placed master and slave on the same metaphysical plain, and therefore doomed the institution of slavery.

Declaration of Independence: A Transcription (1333 words) https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript

Jefferson's "original Rough draught" of the Declaration of Independence (1704 words) https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/declara/ruffdrft.html

British prohibit abolition of Slavery https://books.google.com/books?id=VqVzeHFaa1QC&pg=PA131&lpg=PA131&dq=%22Virginia%27s+assembly+intended+to+prohibit+absolutely+the+slave+trade%22&source=bl&ots=KHtn4vrw53&sig=ACfU3U2KtJ7zBW7UvBdAiDKcSZdZS9_JrA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjryd310aDpAhVEPawKHQq-CzMQ6AEwAHoECAEQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Virginia's%20assembly%20intended%20to%20prohibit%20absolutely%20the%20slave%20trade%22&f=false

https://books.google.com/books?id=VqVzeHFaa1QC&pg=PA134&lpg=PA134&dq=remove+all+Restraints+on+your+Majesty%27s+Governors+of+this+Colony,+which+inhibit+their+assenting+to+such+laws+as+might+check+so+very+pernicious+a+Commerce&source=bl&ots=KHtn4vrAY5&sig=ACfU3U01RHw9Q-T8NgyY1rvOP91TiYigDg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj3gMKK06DpAhUmnq0KHfnMA_MQ6AEwBnoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=remove%20all%20Restraints%20on%20your%20Majesty's%20Governors%20of%20this%20Colony%2C%20which%20inhibit%20their%20assenting%20to%20such%20laws%20as%20might%20check%20so%20very%20pernicious%20a%20Commerce&f=false

The Virginia Slavery Debate of 1831-1832 https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Virginia_Slavery_Debate_of_1831-1832_The

Timeline of abolition of slavery and serfdom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_abolition_of_slavery_and_serfdom#1701–1799_(Late_Modern)

13 Colonies Population (1710 - 1770) http://worldpopulationreview.com/states/thirteen-colonies/

[higgmeister]

Well into the 20th century, the party had conservative pro-business and Southern conservative-populist wings; following the New Deal, however, the conservative wing of the party largely withered outside the South.

LOL   Just forget about Larry Macdonald, Zell Miller, Sam Nunn, Scoop Jackson and others.

[higgmeister]

Queue the Claire Wolfe quote: “America is at that awkward stage; it’s too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards.” ...

[Brown Deer]

Recognizing President Thomas Jefferson commemorates the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration of Independence is racist?



Some Schools Ban Peace Symbol as Satanic Sign
June 19, 1989

PASADENA, Texas (AP) _ Schools have banned the peace symbol made famous by anti-war protesters and flower children, saying the sign is used by devil worshipers.

[JerryBlackwell]

Well said!

[Fair Paul]

So if we are in the process of erasing history does that mean slavery didn’t happen and thus the basis for racism doesn’t exist? Does that logic work?

[Old Yeller]

The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg Virginia has a Thomas Jefferson statue. I wonder if the idiot Vagina yutes have torn that on down yet.

[Highest Authority]

I have a feeling that all of this will end very soon. It will either stop in November, or escalate beyond description. If that happens, there will be no more DemonRat party.

[Retain Mike]

Thank you.

[zipper]

I don’t think there’s a group called “Rose City Justice”, but there certainly is one called “Rose City Antifa”.

And this crime has their fingerprints all over it.

[familyop]

Did any of you see the old movie, “Planet of the Apes?” That’s what the incident described in the post reminds me of.

[logi_cal869]

Fyi, since Fox failed to play the role of ‘news’ organization, here’s an interesting sidebar:

Jefferson HS is in North Portland, center of the black community and the HS has for decades been known locally as the “black’s HS”, now at 53% of the student body (about 2:1 blacks to whites). It was worse in my day, back when Portland would bus blacks across town as part of desegregation. The results were atypically bad. I can’t imagine being a student in Portland Public Schools today.

Ironic news, considering their target.

[TianaHighrider]

Wikipedia? laf. You do know where that information comes from, right?

[nwrep]

Of course. We all know.

[TianaHighrider]

Silly me. After I posted that I realized you were saying that in jest.

Guess the insomnia confused me,laf.