https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/d97f2bff-4fba-3470-a554-64c07cbd2d19/ss_al-sharpton:-drop-the.html Al Sharpton: Drop The Jefferson Monument Because He Owned Slaves In PBS interview with Charlie Rose, activist Al Sharpton called for the federal government to cease maintaining the Jefferson Memorial in Washington DC. The monument, which sits at the foot of the Tidal Basin, honors Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States who penned the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Sharpton explains at the 15:25 mark that because Jefferson owned slaves, his monument shouldn’t be cared for with taxpayer funds. Whose next?. George Washington? Madison, Monroe, Jackson (he's already on his way out, so much for Jacksonian Democracy), Van Buren, Harrison, Tyler, Polk (my favorite prez), Taylor, Johnson or maybe Grant? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_the_United_States_who_owned_slaves This is really getting idiotic. Can book burning be far off. Oh he owned slaves, burn his books! <sigh> Is it time to stop this idiocy yet? It's history. And history happened in different times. Different attitudes. History should be considered within its' time, not ours. And Al Sharpton is a . . . . anyways. Moi r > g Across an immense, unguarded, ethereal border, Canadians, cool and unsympathetic, regard our America with envious eyes and slowly and surely draw their plans against us.
Portrait of a Slave Owner! Tear Down those murals. We need more Harriet Tubman. Not! Tear Down that monument too.
Abraham Lincoln is getting the Robert E. Lee treatment. Apparently, he didn't free the slaves fast enough, racist!
I knew the left was crazy. But I never, ever expected them to become this unglued. Now they're talking about taking down the Washington Monument. Where does this end? I don't think it does. This sickness will eventually devour us.
Yep, you guessed Right. Tear 'Em Down: CNN Commentator Says Statues to Slave Owner George Washington Have To Go..... Only those who are so-called “woke” (I just threw up in my mouth) are deserving of statues in American history. That’s what CNN commentator Angela Rye said during a panel discussion with CNN’s Kate Bolduan. As the nation descends into chaos concerning political commentary over the violence that occurred in Charlottesville, Virginia that left scores of people injured and one woman dead, we’re on the discussion of statues. White nationalists descended into the city last Saturday to supposedly protest the removal of a Robert E. Lee statue. Far left counter protesters arrived and skirmishes broke out. It culminated when a white nationalist drove into counter demonstrators, killing one and injuring 19 others. Now, we have more cities debating the removal of Confederate statues. Katie wrote how a solid majority of Americans oppose the erasure of American history. Yet, with Rye’s remarks, we now know that this is about removing anyone who they feel were terrible in our history. Washington owned slaves; he has to go. Jefferson owned slaves; he has to go. Oh, we can of course learn about the founding of our nation in classrooms, but by God—when you erect a statue to the men who founded this great country, that’s crossing the line. The Washington Free Beacon clipped the insanity, where Rye gets into a bit of an exchange with Daily Beast’s John Avlon, who said Rye was feeding into the Trump White House’s talking points on the matter. He’s not wrong [emphasis mine]: Washington was our first president, but we can’t have statues? Thomas Jefferson founded the University of Virginia, but we can’t have statues? Sorry, liberals—you’re not raising Monticello or Mount Vernon to the ground. This debate has gone off the rails and this trainwreck isn’t done yet......snip~ https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattv...wner-george-washington-has-to-go-too-n2370091
lot of the media is run by them but i don't hate them, i feel sorry for their left wing misguided ways https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Jewish_American_businesspeople
President Trump actually spoke to this in his last, most comprehensive speech on Charlotteville where he condemned extremist on both sides. He spoke of this malignant attitude towards founding fathers who were slave owners. I remember Trump saying, "Where does it end?" And no one was "listening". The President was a couple days ahead of demands on Washington & Jefferson. Moi r > g Across an immense, unguarded, ethereal border, Canadians, cool and unsympathetic, regard our America with envious eyes and slowly and surely draw their plans against us.
FLASH: CBS Evening News just reported a poll that over 60% of Americans believe the Confederate monuments should remain. End FLASH! This has been an actual FLASH event. If it were a test FLASH event I wouldn't bother. http://wtvr.com/2017/08/17/poll-confederate-statues-remain/ Poll finds majority of Americans want Confederate statues to remain A majority of Americans polled in an NPR/PBS News Hours/Marist poll believe that statues of honoring leaders of the Confederacy should remain as a historical symbol. Of the 1,125 adults surveyed, 62% believe they should remain, 27% believe they should be removed because they are offensive and 11% are unsure Moi r > g Across an immense, unguarded, ethereal border, Canadians, cool and unsympathetic, regard our America with envious eyes and slowly and surely draw their plans against us.
You say that, but I cant see the type of people who want the Jefferson memorial to go away, and Jefferson taken off of money to not eventually turn their gaze there.
Now their opponents are talking about tearing down things that they find offensive. Like abortion clinics. Well done.
If they were so small that we needn't concern ourselves with them, we wouldn't be seeing monuments being removed or Currency being changed. Jefferson still getting replaced by Tubman? How long before we have to dig up Arlington and remove the confederate soldiers buried there?
Yesterday, I believe. Vigilante protesters start DIGGING UP body of Confederate general and KKK leader Nathan Forrest from his grave https://www.theburningplatform.com/...and-kkk-leader-nathan-forrest-from-his-grave/
