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They will never be satisfied because it is just an excuse for their behavior. What's next? Alt-left desecrates Thomas Jefferson statue September 13, 2017 If America thought the alt-left’s attack on the history of the United States ended with Confederate monuments, Black Lives Matter just proved that to be a fantasy. Tuesday, approximately 100 Black Lives Matter members participated in a protest against Thomas Jefferson at the University of Virginia that ended with the desecration of his statue. The protesters demanded a balancing of Virginia’s “historical landscape” and dubbed the statue of Jefferson “an emblem of white supremacy” that must be altered and “re-contextualized” in history. In other words, they demanded the history of our founding father’s statue be changed so he’s labeled as a racist. They targeted moderate Democrats as well, saying they “fetishize the legacy of Jefferson, and imagine him as our collective moral compass” that creates “a hierarchy within white supremacy!” “We can and must condemn the violence of [Charlottesville] one month ago and simultaneously recognize Jefferson as a rapist, racist, and slave owner,” a speaker declared. “The visibility of physical violence from white supremacists should not take our attention away from condemning and disrupting more ‘respectable’ racists that continue to control the structures that perpetuate institutional racism.” Translation: The speaker declared that it’s not good enough for Americans to condemn violence from the Klu Klux Klan and neo-Nazis. Nope, that’s not good enough for the alt-left. Instead, America must re-write our entire history to what they want… or else. The protesters climbed on the statue and covered the statue with a black shroud, then covered it with signs that said, “Rapist!” and “Racist!” — a desecration that was quietly removed by the University overnight. Of course, historians almost universally disagree. Experts have long pointed out that Jefferson had a complicated history with slavery; he worked tireless to undo the system in the United States, but simultaneously owned hundreds of slaves. By all accounts, he was secretly in love with a slave he owned, Sally Hemings, whom is believed to have given birth to four of his children. Sponsored: Does the “alt-left” mean the end of America? (this is chilling) In some of his writings, Jefferson speculated that those of African birth were inferior to those of European birth. On the other hand, Jefferson was against the British-supported Atlantic slave trade — something that is frequently cited in his writings as a reason for America to seek independence — and was behind numerous attempts to end the practice in the United States. Of course, that’s too nuanced for the alt-left. “There is only one side to this!” one protester declared while desecrating the statue of a founding father. Perhaps the protesters should use their time visiting University of Virginia to stop by a library and read a book? The protest has cleared, but the shroud on the Thomas Jefferson statue at the Rotunda remains. pic.twitter.com/BqYtCEtH5q — Alexis Gravely (@_AlexisWasHere) September 13, 2017 — The Horn editorial team Sic Semper Tyrannis If you beat your swords into plowshares, you will become farmers for those who didn't! Political Correctness is fascism pretending to be Manners-George Carlin | ||
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Nothing "alt" about it. That is The Left. Mainstream. . | |||
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Political Cynic |
how soon before we all start to desecrate them? [B] Against ALL enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC | |||
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Conveniently located directly above the center of the Earth |
Along with this story in Berkeley a video of black pajama clad masked person flailing door window witg a club. This is not 'peaceful assembly' **************~~~~~~~~~~ "I've been on this rock too long to bother with these liars any more." ~SIGforum advisor~ "When the pain of staying the same outweighs the pain of change, then change will come."~~sigmonkey | |||
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If Black Lives Matter how come Blacks kill more Blacks than any other race, by a freaking landslide. I've stopped counting. | |||
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Coin Sniper |
"White Supremacy" is quickly becoming "anything not black" Pronoun: His Royal Highness and benevolent Majesty of all he surveys 343 - Never Forget Its better to be Pavlov's dog than Schrodinger's cat There are three types of mistakes; Those you learn from, those you suffer from, and those you don't survive. | |||
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Drug Dealer |
What did the pussy administrations at UVA/Charlottesville think was going to happen when they OK'd the removal of the CSA statues? Did they think these leftists would be a) satiated or b) emboldened? George Washington owned slaves. IIRC, Ben Franklin had a male and female slave to help out with the household chores. (I'm not gonna google it.) And what about Andy Jackson? I dunno about slaves, he sure as hell fucked over the When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth. - George Bernard Shaw | |||
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Gracie Allen is my personal savior! |
The Father of the modern-day Democratic Party? How gauche. (Sorry. Couldn't resist a really bad pun.) | |||
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They are petulant children with no boundaries and are vandals. This is just an excuse to pillage - it's what they do. We've lost a generation. | |||
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Not really from Vienna |
Morons defiling a memorial to a genius. | |||
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Don't Panic |
I bet they thought this | |||
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delicately calloused |
Done? They will never be done. You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier | |||
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No double standards |
Don't ask such questions. Here, drink the kool-aid. I understand a statue of Francis Scott Key and a statue of Father Junipero Serra in SoCal were also vandalized, in the name of social justice and equality. "Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women. When it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it....While it lies there, it needs no constitution, no law, no court to save it" - Judge Learned Hand, May 1944 | |||
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No double standards |
Agreed. Their purpose is not to right a wrong, or to solve a problem. Their purpose is to stir up stink, to blame others for their own cultural malady. "Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women. When it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it....While it lies there, it needs no constitution, no law, no court to save it" - Judge Learned Hand, May 1944 | |||
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Agreed as well, there is no end to this. They will continue until all history has been rewritten. | |||
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