Jumbo Posted July 6, 2020 Author Share Posted July 6, 2020 fits more here than the confederate statuary thread https://www.yahoo.com/news/thomas-jefferson-descendant-calls-memorial-to-be-removed-154313153.html From Thomas Jefferson's own family, a call to take down his memorial Quote A direct descendant of Thomas Jefferson has called for the memorial to the third president to be removed from Washington, D.C. Writing in the New York Times Monday morning, Lucian K. Truscott IV says his ancestor’s former estate at Monticello is enough of a tribute and that the Jefferson Memorial, located next to the Tidal Basin in the nation’s capital, should be replaced with a statue honoring the abolitionist hero Harriet Tubman. “The memorial is a shrine to a man who during his lifetime owned more than 600 slaves and had at least six children with one of them, Sally Hemings,” Truscott writes. “It’s a shrine to a man who famously wrote that ‘all men are created equal’ in the Declaration of Independence that founded this nation — and yet never did much to make those words come true. Upon his death, he did not free the people he enslaved, other than those in the Hemings family, some of whom were his own children. He sold everyone else to pay off his debts.” In the piece, Truscott argues that Monticello serves as an “almost perfect memorial” to the nation’s third president. In his opinion, Monticello notes Jefferson’s major contributions to the creation of the United States — including the Declaration of Independence — but also includes his history as a slave owner, or, as Truscott writes, “it reveals him with his moral failings in full, an imperfect man, a flawed founder.” “I am the sixth-generation great-grandson of a slave owner,” Truscott continues. “My cousins from the Sally Hemings family are also the great-grandchildren of a slave owner. But the difference is that our great-grandfather owned their great-grandmother. My family owned their family. That is the American history you will not learn when you visit the Jefferson Memorial. But you will learn it when you visit Monticello: There’s now an exhibit of Sally Hemings’s bedroom in her cavelike living quarters in the south wing, a room my brother and I used to play in when we were boys.” Truscott is a novelist and columnist for Salon whose grandfather was a general during World War II. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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dfitzo53 Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 Sadly, I'm not surprised. When my wife and I were looking for homes in Baltimore, we encountered a similar situation from the opposite side. We were touring a house and the agent showing it (not our agent) kept saying, "Now, this is a mixed neighborhood..." Wife and I were like, "Yep, that's fine with us." The agent repeated it at least a dozen times. Maybe even 20. Literally. I'm 99% certain she was saying, "There are black people in this neighborhood, a nice white couple like you should find a good white neighborhood to live in." 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 2 hours ago, visionary said: No one that’s spent five minutes on the malignant social network Nextdoor would be even remotely surprised by that letter. The racists are out in force arguing against any BLM signs of any kind. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 https://www.yahoo.com/news/video-shows-black-man-pinned-to-tree-in-what-he-calls-attempted-lynching-at-indiana-lake-222244516.html 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumbo Posted July 7, 2020 Author Share Posted July 7, 2020 man, i'd like to get a hold of them stupid ****-eaters and fix 'em 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 That video gave me a headache. Do they make noise canceling prison cells? Even the incarcerated shouldn’t have to listen to those idiots drone on with their endless bull****. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 Yeah, I could only get through like 90 seconds of it. I suppose it just keeps getting worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llevron Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 I dont know what to say about that other than I plan to have a weapon on me whenever I leave my comfort zone. Hopefully if im pulled over with it ill be able to remain calm and tell the cop before he/she freaks out and kills me. I gotta get a gun. Its long past time. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Wiggles Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 1 minute ago, Llevron said: I dont know what to say about that other than I plan to have a weapon on me whenever I leave my comfort zone. Hopefully if im pulled over with it ill be able to remain calm and tell the cop before he/she freaks out and kills me. I gotta get a gun. Its long past time. I haven't picked up the shotgun I ordered yet. I no wanna go in a store still. Place opens at 10 so hopefully going in at open will be low risk. 😷 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Sinister Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 Sometimes I really wonder how its possible to stay positive and not flip out into a murderous rage. Takes true strength to withstand **** like that and still have a hopeful view of things 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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visionary Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 (edited) Edited July 7, 2020 by visionary 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Renegade7 Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 46 minutes ago, Mr. Sinister said: Sometimes I really wonder how its possible to stay positive and not flip out into a murderous rage. Takes true strength to withstand **** like that and still have a hopeful view of things They are hopelessly outnumbered and that's really what they're scared of, that's what it keeps coming back to. Waiting them out was never going to be pretty. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dan T. Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 (edited) Redneck racists ID'ed, [edit] but I’ll wait for official confirmation. Edited July 7, 2020 by Dan T. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosher Ham Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 Isn't Sean Purdy the guy from that cancelled mtv show? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfitzo53 Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 (edited) I don't agree with posting stuff like this online. There's been more than one case of people being incorrectly identified at first. Edited July 7, 2020 by dfitzo53 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 13 minutes ago, dfitzo53 said: I don't agree with posting stuff like this online. There's been more than one case of people being incorrectly identified at first. I’ve seen them id’ed from multiple sources, but I do see your point. I’m going to pull the post until something more official comes out. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrilbo67 Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 As much as I want to socially ostracize those sickos, @dfitzo53 is spot on. I think some random grad student in Arkansas started getting death threats after the Charlottesville hate march. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistertim Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 (edited) On 7/5/2020 at 6:52 PM, visionary said: NSFW Looks like these two ****knuckles are in trouble. Two people are charged with a hate crime for vandalizing a Black Lives Matter mural Quote A White man and a White woman who allegedly painted over a California community's Black Lives Matter mural this weekend are each facing a hate crime charge, the Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office said Tuesday. David Nelson and Nicole Anderson are each charged with three misdemeanor counts, including violation of civil rights, vandalism, and possession of tools to commit vandalism or graffiti, the district attorney's office said in a statement. The incident happened soon after the mural was painted in front of the courthouse in Martinez, California, on July 4. Edited July 8, 2020 by mistertim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 Trump-Loving California Couple Charged With Hate Crime For Brazen Vandalism Of Black Lives Matter Mural The couple recorded defacing a Black Lives Matter mural that was painted in front of a California courthouse has been charged with three misdemeanors, including a hate crime, prosecutors today announced. David Nelson, 53, and Nicole Anderson, 42, are each facing misdemeanor charges in connection with a July 4 incident in Martinez, a city about 25 miles from San Francisco. The decision to charge the couple was made by officials with the Contra Costa County District Attorney's office. Nelson and Anderson are each charged with violation of civil rights, vandalism, and possession of tools to commit vandalism. If convicted of the charges, the defendants--who share a Martinez address--face up to a year in the county jail. Click on the link for the full article 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhead36 Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 A year in county jail isn't enough. No more proportionate responses. We need DISproportionate responses if we really want to punish these ignorant, hateful, insecure pieces of garbage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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