Posted on 08/16/2017 5:11:28 PM PDT by nickcarraway
President Trump’s question to reporters on Tuesday about the possibility of tearing down historical monuments has been answered by a Chicago pastor: “It’s time.”
Bishop James E. Dukes of Chicago’s Liberation Christian Center made headlines in the Windy City on Wednesday for calling on Mayor Rahm Emanuel to rename Washington Park and remove a statue of the first U.S. president over his ties to slavery. Mr. Dukes told his Facebook flock that “it’s time” after Mr. Trump sparred with reporters over efforts to expunge Civil War-era monuments from existence.
“This week it’s Robert E. Lee. I noticed that Stonewall Jackson is coming down. I wonder is it George Washington next week and is it Thomas Jefferson the week after? You know, you really do have to ask yourself, where does it stop?” Mr. Trump asked reporters on Tuesday as he spoke on last weekend’s violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Protests over the removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. resulted in the killing of Heather Heyer, 32, when suspect James Alex Fields, 20, plowed his vehicle into a crowd.
“It’s time. Please read my letter to Mayor Rahm Emanuel and The Chicago Park District,” Mr. Dukes wrote on Facebook Tuesday night. “I’m calling on them to change the names of Washington and Jackson Park. Slave owners do not deserve the honor of our children playing in parks named after them. There is no way a Native American Community would allow a General Custer Park or a Jewish Community allow a Gestapo Park in their community.”
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Fulfilling what Trump said would happen 24 hours ago.
This BE a black pastor? Better the children be shot dead on the streets of Chicago. Right, pastor? Particularly on streets named after MLK, Jr. or John Lewis or Rosa Parks or whoever?
>>Slave owners do not deserve the honor of our children playing in parks named after them.<<
Custer was killed. The Indians are all for that park.
Chicago is a French rendering of a Native-American name for a flower. That’s cultural appropriation. I demand that the city change its name
Keep killing your own, SE Chicago. Worry about statues later.
Stupid a##es
“There is no way a Native American Community would allow a General Custer Park or a Jewish Community allow a Gestapo Park”.
Sorry Mr. Dukes - different universes.
Being a slave owner at that time did not make you a murderer or a genocidal maniac. In fact many slaves were treated extremely well. Many ultimately given freedom and even property.
In other words they were paid for their servitude much like most Americans who have jobs. Yes they were indentured but so are many Americans indentured to their jobs with things like insurance and retirement plans.
!%@#!#@#!%# YOU ALL! ALL YOU G-D COMMIE SPOILED-ROTTEN IGNORANT JUDGEMENTAL BASTARDS GO TO HELL!
GW is the greatest man put on this planet.
The same can be said for many other slave owners including Thomas Jefferson
It goes without saying that most American slaves were better off than their counterparts in Africa
back unless they're paid for their trouble.
I guess we're in for deep doodoo.
Your post is out of bounds. Facts are racist.
Not sure how you feel nut, I’m tired of this Crap!!!!
Folks, it is getting very close to the time at which we must protect our Nation’s culture through force of arms.
“Chicago is a French rendering of a Native-American name for a flower.”
More precisely, it was an Indian word for “stinky onion.”
I knew there was a reason for all the black on black violence in Chicago.
I believe that the old Journalist (congregation of MSM offline to coordinate the “news”) was reconstituted after it was exposed as the 5th column it was intended to be. These past few days I feel like they’ve launched their “Hail Mary” effort to rip the presidency away from Trump. Rich MSM types sitting back in the treehouse, watching their comrades set up “protests” to fan the flames of racial unrest and then reporting on it “just so” as to make matters worse. This isn’t an accident - it’s a stage in their multi-act ongoing coup.
Further proof that the French, who prize cooking ingredients, were engaging in derogatory cultural appropriation. We need a petition now.
I think anyone named “Washington” or “Jefferson” is offensive because they are named after slave-holders, and they should all be forced to change their names.
Folks, it is getting very close to the time at which we must protect our Nation’s culture through force of arms.
Hey, I remember that from typing class in 1968!
Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
That’s probably been politically corrected out of existence now too.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.