I want the Larry Holmes statue removed immediately because I was rooting for Gerry Cooney in that fight.
Wrong.
And I've asked this question, time and again. What do you now do about Gettysburg and her 1,340 monuments, half of which are dedicated to the Confederates. And the other battlefields?
The first step in re-writing history is removing the visual reminders. Then, like Alger Hiss, you edit the books.
I was asked on Facebook:
I responded that absolutely. Build and erect Union generals alongside the Confederates. Erect statues of Harriet Tubman. and MLK. and anyone else.
but, don't go bleaching history just because it can be offensive to someone.
When historians start protesting the removal of statues, I'll be concerned. Historical preservation wasn't the primary cause of the ******* morons in Charlottesville.
James Harrison approves of that sentiment.
so does ISIS
ISIS doesnt agree with participation trophies.
Dodge Challengers and Tiki Torches have really taken a hit this week, eh.
As the country awoke to shock, disgust and anger over the protests from the night prior, one image stood out. It was of a marcher carrying a torch and wearing the exact same outfit Donald Trump often wears when he plays golf: white golf shirt, khack slacks, a belt and a red Make America Great Again hat. The visual couldn't have been by chance, as many on social media picked up on the parallel between what racists were wearing in Charlottesville and what Trump wears every time he plays golf.
which morons? There was more than one group of morons there. That is the crux of my issue with the whole coverage. Blame all hate.
Dodge Challengers and Tiki Torches have really taken a hit this week, eh.
Seems to me a lot of the AntiFa and other progressive protestors are also white. Just saying. Sure, it's a much more mixed group of people than the white supremacists /duh, but there were plenty of whites that were out on those street standing up against the Neo Nazis. So of you're blaming them, you too are also blaming white people, are you not?As it is, the media has taken up the mantle that ONLY white people are to blame for what happened. It's unfair. Why must white people be blamed for every single thing that's wrong with the world? Seriously? I'd like to know.