Miller: “The tragedy is a political party and a movement that has ripped down our statues, our monuments, our holidays, our heroes, our heritage,” Miller continued, ignoring the fact that the Trump administration has itself called for the removal of statues that do not align with its version of history.
“The Republican Party under President Trump celebrates beauty again and beautification again, and just as President Trump has beautified Washington D.C., now he’s repairing, finally, an area of the White House that has been left in disrepair for decades.”
White supremacy dog whistle.
Columbus was a rapist and murderer. Confederate statues were erected during Jim Crow. The “heritage” of the US is one of subjugation of non-white people (a definition that has changed multiple times).
And these are his heroes.
Starting to think I’m a dog. Also my ears are bleeding
Scooby dooby doo, Where are you? We got some work to do now.
Yeah, even the wops and micks weren’t considered white for a while. There’s always been someone else to blame for your situation in the US.
Funny you mention Columbus. Remember when Italians weren’t white enough to be a part of that club? Even Irish weren’t white enough.
I mean there are things in American history that are worth celebrating. But it’s usually the nameless people who struggled against the ones they build statues of.
I do find the whole concept of feeling some sense of accomplishment and pride over things you personally had nothing to do with to be kind of distasteful. If you aren’t living your life in a way that you can feel proud of your own actions and instead feel the need to act as if you have some ownership of things that happened before you were born then maybe that’s a sign that you need to make a change.
Google Doug Stanhope’s take on nationalism.
muh hurruhtage
Word.
And removing these statues and monuments and holidays, and whatever don’t deny the white nationalist and racist past of our country. It just means that we no longer choose to celebrate it.