Posted on 06/20/2020 2:51:52 PM PDT by Ennis85
In the wave of cancellations sweeping America, Confederate statues have been particularly hard hit.
They have been graffitied, assaulted, and torn down, while authorities rush to remove them.
For his part, President Donald Trump has been a steadfast defender of the statues and other forms of recognition of the Confederacy. He has come out in favor of preserving the names of military bases named after Confederate generals and pointedly said that we should build on our heritage rather than tear it down.
Conservatives tend to think the same way. They reflexively oppose politically correct campaigns to destroy anything giving offense.
They fear where the slippery slope of woke iconoclasm will lead — first it’s Jefferson Davis, ultimately George Washington.
They value tradition and worry we are trashing part of our history.
This impulse, though, is a mistake. Confederate statues and symbols deserve to be reevaluated, and often mothballed.
n the wave of cancellations sweeping America, Confederate statues have been particularly hard hit.
They have been graffitied, assaulted, and torn down, while authorities rush to remove them.
For his part, President Donald Trump has been a steadfast defender of the statues and other forms of recognition of the Confederacy. He has come out in favor of preserving the names of military bases named after Confederate generals and pointedly said that we should build on our heritage rather than tear it down.
Conservatives tend to think the same way. They reflexively oppose politically correct campaigns to destroy anything giving offense.
They fear where the slippery slope of woke iconoclasm will lead — first it’s Jefferson Davis, ultimately George Washington.
They value tradition and worry we are trashing part of our history.
This impulse, though, is a mistake. Confederate statues and symbols deserve to be reevaluated, and often mothballed.
I am so sick of hearing about slavery. It never happened.
harvard has some slavery issues in its background
What a continuing disgrace this POS organization is to the memory of its founder...
The pseudo-communist scum running the organization today would not even permit Bill to walk into the building, much less write anything...
This impulse, though, is a mistake. ...
Yes, lets throw away all of our history and enter an new world Orwellian order of I am better and smarter than you are.
The manner in which the people destroying the statutes prove that they are not civilized. The act like and live as animals.
harvard needs to be cancelled and monuments torn down by BLM if they arent hypocrites
https://apnews.com/6b25d83deacd4133ba6a723442958916
“”The statues are an unnecessary affront to black citizens, who shouldn’t have to see defenders of chattel slavery put on a pedestal, literally.””
Mitt Romney voting to remove President Trump based on a Democrat hoax impeachment is an “affront” to the 60 million people who voted for Trump. Mitt Romney should be “removed” from the GOP.
Heh, Richie, boy, do conservatives not worry about vandalism and destruction of public property, or is that okay if it’s a statue of some old white due in gray?
IIRC, Lowry is another of those never Trumpers at national review who no one should waste their time reading.
The investment, Mr. Lowry, is that BLM/Antifa are not qualified to make value judgments on US historical figures, let alone lawfully empowered to physically remove them.
Why am I not surprised in the least that the soy boy Rich Lowery would write something like this?
I would bet that anything having to do with William Buckley has been scrubbed from the National Review offices.
He deals in fantasy. Dates don’t matter. He’s better than you, that’s what matters.
More accurately it was the War of Rebellion or War of Southern Rebellion. Take your pick.
Dear Sir, You can kiss my Southern ass.
Problem is these people are like the Taliban. They won't stop there. They wan't to erase all history. It isn't even about history it is about anarchy.
No one benefits when we don't remember history. Good and bad. I bet they have some history they don't want us to discover either.
Only leftists tell you what to feel
You are correct. They are leveling anything that's a statue. This has very little to do with black this and that. It's ALL about cultural Marxism. Even some on BLM know the cause is fake and a Soros front. America is being erased and there is little push back. There is the fact that this whitewashing is in DNC zones but this will still have a far reaching impact nationwide because the left controls most of the cultural,media,educational and corporate society.
No one benefits when we don't remember history. Good and bad. I bet they have some history they don't want us to discover either.
Hey I don't want them to do it. I'm against changing history, and that includes pulling down statues.
It will not stop.
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