Ping!
Connect the dots.
I like Sally Ride just fine, but....
They did teach the Indians to practice agriculture but the number of actual work days in a year was surprisingly low, and the food produced was consumed there--the priests lived a very simple life. Things got much worse for the Indians after the missions were secularized by the Mexican authorities and especially after the Americans from the eastern US started to arrive in large numbers.
The Left now equates Juniper Serra with Adolf Eichmann.
I saw them protesting Serra’s beatification in front of the Cathedral in downtown L.A. the Sunday before last.
They are total loons who cannot be reasoned with.
Truth is they think all Americans of European descent are guilty of genocide when you take their arguments to their logical conclusions.
This is nothing more than extreme PCness. That is pure insanity. You cannot reason with these insane fanatics.
Sally Ride a less-controversial figure? One might recall that Jane Fonda was one of the VIP’s invited to be present when she was launched into space the first time.
I bet he would be really happy to replace it che or cesar chavez or even fidel. All of them would be welcome and non controversial to a liberal.
**Yet Fr. Serra’s supporters maintain that aside from his personal charisma, the beloved priest played a pivotal role in the development of the U.S. as we know it today.**
Amen!
Ever notice no one ever criticizes scientists for exploding the creation myths of every culture on earth? No one even claims that "truth is subjective" when it comes to "science!"
Of course, "indigenous" activists never seem to have a problem with science any more than moslems do with homosexuals.