Posted on 06/26/2015 12:46:52 PM PDT by HomerBohn
“It’s so bad….it’s like having a statue of Hitler”
Liberals at the University of Texas signed a petition to remove a statue of GeorgeWashington and memorials to other founding fathers in another illustration of thepolitically correct insanity that has emerged in the wake of the Charleston massacre.
(Watch video at link)
Students at the University have started an actual petition to remove statues of Robert E. Lee, the commander of the Confederate army, and Albert Sidney Johnston, a Confederate general who died during the Civil War, remarking, “It is impossible to reach the full potential of an inclusive and progressive learning institution while putting an idol of our darkest days on a pedestal.”
Black Lives Matter protesters also vandalized the statues earlier this week.
Given the fact that America’s Commander-in-Chief during the revolutionary war against the British and first President George Washington owned slaves his entire life and only emancipated them after his death, would UT students also support a move to wipeWashington from the pages of history?
The answer is yes, many of them would.
Several also agreed that demolishing the statues would be a fantastic way of controlling the future by re-writing history, a line lifted straight out of George Orwell’s 1984.
“It’s so bad it’s like as if you’re having a statue of maybe Hitler or someone like that,” said one trendy as he signed the petition.
Others were convinced to sign after being told that eradicating the statues was part of shifting the country towards socialism.
Another student agreed to sign the petition immediately after hearing the words “racist statues,” while another man said the statues represented “treason”.
As we reported yesterday, CNN’s Ashleigh Banfield suggested that statues of Thomas Jefferson should also be removed because he owned slaves. Co-host Don Lemon remarked that, “There may come a day when we want to re-think Jefferson.”
The L.A. Times also weighed in the farce, noting that statues of Jefferson join “other public statues depicting Southern or Confederate figures, including Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee, that some are arguing represent the country’s racist past and should be removed.”
Top retailers like Amazon, eBay, Sears and Walmart have all removed Confederate flags from sale (while continuing to sell Nazi memorabilia), while Warner Bros has announced that it will stop making the iconic Dukes of Hazzard car because it features the rebel flagon its roof.
Even the multiple Academy Award winning classic Gone With the Wind may not be safe, with film critic By Lou Lumenick calling for its censorship because the movie offers “the most iconic glimpse” of the Confederate flag. Nazi book burners would be proud.
Numerous other Army bases, parks and memorials are also under scrutiny, with former Georgia congressman Ben Lewis Jones, who is now chairman of Heritage Operations for the Sons of Confederate Veterans, declaring the move a form of “cultural cleansing.”
Demolishing history because it offends your belief system….now where have I seen that before?
Someone needs to tell those nitwits they need to stop wearing anything made of cotton (since slaves used to pick it); stop drinking Pepsi and Coke products (since they were created in the South); stop drinking tea; stop eating any form of fried chicken or other fried foods; stop eating peanuts, etc etc etc
He already gave a verbal copy to the Queen of England.
I didn't realize that people with IQ's below 60 were admitted to universities these days. What a country!
Texas had its own war of Independence and had many historical battle flags that I love, I fly them and had some of them on my freerepublic home page. I used to look at the the CSA battle flag as just another battle flag of the past that represented the South in "The War of Northern Aggression". After this insane week I have a new love for it. The more the left wing kooks hate it, the more I embrace it. The more they go loco over it and scream take it down, the prouder I will display it. I never called it a "Rebel Flag" before, but since flying it now is an act of defiance that term may apply in some ways.
Whatever people want claim it meant flying 150 years ago is one thing, but to me it is certainly starting to take on new meanings now.
Sadly, this isn’t the Onion, is it?
For the record, that design is also on the last two official flags of the Confederacy.
The “Terminally Offended” Class
Told you so....
First, they came for the Confederate heroes.....
Emotionalism has a way providing cover, for bad actions. May they do, whatever, they think loads the boat. There is no shore...
Emotionalism, has a way of providing cover, for bad actions.
Will we do something, or just go under without even a whimper?
Don’t know.
If you post a picture of him, you should ping him...
"America - love it or leave it. If it's wrong, make it right. If it's right, keep it right!"
We certainly have lost our way as a nation.
Great point, Baynative.
Most people don't realize that “King County” (Seattle) is named for MLK. I actually did a half hour of research on Google and could not find the original county name.
Won't be long before visitors to Seattle will be enjoying the beautiful view of Farrakhan University from our famous Sharpton Space Needle.
We’ll call it North Oregon, South British Columbia, Ectopia, or Libtardia.
And Washington, DC.
King county was originally named after William Rufus King, Vice President under Franklin Pierce.
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