When Erasing Symbols of Slavery, Don't Forget the Democratic Party

In the aftermath of the mass shooting at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, SC, there are increasing and ever louder calls for the removal of all symbols, objects and persons connected to slavery or the Confederate States of America. Thomas Jefferson owned slaves, and so all honors given him should be renamed, and all copies of the Declaration of Independence shredded. Robert E. Lee fought for the South, so all his effigies should be melted down and his rebel flags shredded, even though the Confederacy had nothing to do with the shooting. The Confederacy is no more; however, there still exists an organization that gained power from instituting slavery and segregation: the Democratic Party.

The founders of the Democratic-Republican Party were prominent slave holders, like Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. Its opponent, the Federalist Party, was founded by abolitionists, like Alexander Hamilton. While the main point of contention was Federalism vs anti-Federalism, the parties were strangely divided between abolitionists and anti-abolitionists. The Democratic-Republican Party split in 1832, due to the rivalry of John Quincy Adams (abolitionist) and Henry Clay (emancipator) against Andrew Jackson (slavery advocate). Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren (anti-abolitionist), James K. Polk (slavery compromiser), and Stephen A. Douglas (slavery fence-sitter) founded the current Democratic Party. The abolitionists wandered in the wilderness for a while, mixing with Whigs, and finally coalescing into the Republican Party in 1854, with abolition as its singular purpose.

When the mother of the boy killed at Charleston forgave Dylan Roof for the murders and offered him the path to Salvation through a relationship with Jesus Christ, Left Wingers became enraged and now we have the flag, symbols, statues and monuments they want to remove because its “representation of slavery”. The Left is angry this didn’t start a race war, and they are trying everything in their power to make it happen.

So I agree with the article. The democrat party has kept African Americans enslaved for many years. And they have stopped progressing under the Democrat leadership. How long before they break those chains the Democrats have snared them in? When will they see that they can have freedom at last, by leaving the democrats behind and moving forward? I pray they will open their eyes, and leave the slave masters of the democrat party

Let's do the ultimate erasure of racism:

Deny black people white people's money since white people are racists!

Let's see if those racially sensitive blacks (read: black racists) think that is a good idea. I think it is. We should be sure that no black person is ever tainted by having to accept welfare from a white person.

After the Civil War, Democrats implemented new strategies to re-enslave or oppress African Americans. They introduced things like Jim Crow laws. President Woodrow Wilson (D) segregated the Army and Federal government. They were integrated by Republicans before him, and again by Republicans after Roosevelt. President Roosevelt appointed a leader of the Ku Klux Klan to the Supreme Court, and another KKK leader, Robert Byrd, was a prominent Democratic Senator for decades. Republicans had tried to pass the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts since the mid-50's, but Democrats blocked them, until President Johnson (D) gutted the Acts and passed them as part of a scheme to pacify blacks and snare their votes.

It's later than you think...

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