We the majority of The People are appalled and saddened, but motivated by DJT’s comments blaming counter-protestors for the violence and deaths in Charlottesville, VA, where torch-bearing KKK groups joined with swastika-waving neo-Nazis, skin-heads, and Alt-right folks in Trump/Pence caps, who gathered to celebrate in a Festival of Hate, and protest the pending removal of a statue of General Robert E. Lee, who led confederate armies (who fought to keep and expand a slave empire) against Union forces, thereby contributing to the deaths of hundreds of thousands on both sides. We defeated the Confederates in 1860s, the Nazis in 1940s and Jim Crow in the 1960s. Many of the over 700 statues will be removed in time, probably inciting “monumental anger”, but they stand counter to the culture the U.S. stands FOR. History cannot be changed, but we can study it and evolve. We DO have a shared heritage to celebrate; it’s the UNITED States of America, which stands for liberties and equality!
Aug 20 2017
My take on DJT’s response to events in Charlottesville, VA.
We the majority of The People are appalled and saddened, but motivated by DJT’s comments blaming counter-protestors for the violence and deaths in Charlottesville, VA, where torch-bearing KKK groups joined with swastika-waving neo-Nazis, skin-heads, and Alt-right folks in Trump/Pence caps, who gathered to celebrate in a Festival of Hate, and protest the pending removal of a statue of General Robert E. Lee, who led confederate armies (who fought to keep and expand a slave empire) against Union forces, thereby contributing to the deaths of hundreds of thousands on both sides. We defeated the Confederates in 1860s, the Nazis in 1940s and Jim Crow in the 1960s. Many of the over 700 statues will be removed in time, probably inciting “monumental anger”, but they stand counter to the culture the U.S. stands FOR. History cannot be changed, but we can study it and evolve. We DO have a shared heritage to celebrate; it’s the UNITED States of America, which stands for liberties and equality!
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