Posted on 03/06/2023 10:05:41 AM PST by Carriage Hill
Residents in Newburyport are demanding that the City Council replace the Massachusetts flag and seal, claiming that the imagery is problematic and helps promote the state’s racist history. According to the Newburyport Daily News, the Council received a resolution on Feb. 27 asking them to support the work of the Special Commission Relative to the Seal and Motto of the Commonwealth. The Commission, in part, recommended replacing the seal and flag to better reflect the diverse residents now living in Massachusetts.
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The Left uses every logical fallacy in the book to push the Big Lie.
Leftists, liberals, socialists, fascists, communists, anarchists... they all do it incrementally.
The arm and sword are an old heraldic device from England that has nothing to do with Miles Standish. It denotes honor and bravery and was added to remind people of the sacrifices of the patriots who fought in the in the Revolution.
Notice they only quote the first part of the motto so they can infer it is meant as a threat to the Indians when in fact the motto was a reference to the British crown as a reminder of the ideals of the American Revolution.
They even twist and turn illogical into logical, for their specious arguments.
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