Posted on 06/24/2015 7:41:56 PM PDT by drewh
CNN's Don Lemon on Tuesday hinted that there will come a day when the United States will have to "rethink" tributes such as the Jefferson Memorial. After a contentious segment with Ben Jones, in which the former Congressman defended the Confederate flag, Legal View host Ashley Banfield brought up the author of the Declaration of Independence.
She reminded, "There is a monument of him in the capital city of the United States. No one ever asked for that to come down." At first, Lemon asserted that the comparison was not "equal" and that Jefferson "was a part of the entire United States." He then added, "There may come a day when we may want to rethink Jefferson, I don't if we should do that. But when we get to that point, I'll be happy to partake in that particular discussion."
A transcript of the June 23 segment:
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ASHLEIGH BANFIELD: But he made a good point in the pre-interviews that we did with [Former Congressman and actor Ben Jones]. And that is this, Jefferson owned slaves. Thomas Jefferson owned slaves, third president of the United States. And there is a monument of him in the capital city of the United States. No one ever asked for that to come down. Is it equal?
DON LEMON: No I don't think it's equal because Jefferson was a figure that -- who part of the entire United States, not just the south. And that doesn't mean that Jefferson was perfect or anyone is perfect. And our history is not perfect. There may come a day when we may want to rethink Jefferson, I don't if we should do that. But when we get to that point, I'll be happy to partake in that particular discussion. But right now I don't think the two are equal. It's not just, you know, well what about this and what about this and what about this. We're talking about nine people who are dead, who were slaughtered. We're talking people in the south who have been sick of that flag and living under the impression of that flag for generations.
The chimpout is strong with this one.
Hey 2nd D, maybe they will just put Mount Rushmore on the back burner.
Isn’t that the truth? These people are like Egyptians would be trying to destroy the pyramids because slaves built them.
Good point mama. They should tear down the Aswan dam too. It was probably built by slaves too.
Grant owned one slave he acquired through his father in law, and gave the man his freedom in 1859, when he was broke and could have really used the money if he had sold him instead.
Calypso Louie joins the purge:
“I don’t know what the hell the fight is about over the Confederate flag. We need to put the American flag down. Because we’ve caught as much hell under that as the Confederate flag,”
If you really want to twist the Libs around, try this. Since evolution believes we all evolved out of Africa, I often announce myself as an African American. In their view, we all came from something less, and if you go back enough generations, you have to, by their logic, end up in Africa.
Banfield and Lemon are pushing the Communist agenda, and cable subscribers are paying their salary.
How about banning the Democrat Party. They supported segregation, etc. Ban the donkey symbol, too.
Yep, and tear down the Washington Monument while we’re at it!
They will eventually destroy any and all vestiges of White Western culture and in turn its people.
What have Blacks done for America over the last 50-Years?
It's as much of a legitimate question.
Tell it like it is, Mr. StormFront Troll.
You tell me, Mr. StormFront Troll, are they?
Your posting history makes perfectly clear exactly who and what you are:
- near exclusive focus on race-related posts.
- use of language/phrases that are associated with white nationalist groups (”wake up white people,” “white quislings,” “white collaborators,” etc.)
- open support for white nationalist groups like the CofCC
- open support for white nationalist authors/ sites
- support for segregation and separation of the races.
It’s all right there, out in the open, for anyone to see. You are a white nationalist StormFront troll. Those cesspools send people like you onto forums like this to quietly/softly try to bring people around to their point of view, and you are playing that role. You don’t even deny it (though you’re is careful not to say the magic words and/or explicitly admit it, as you know it would get you zotted instantly, which would defeat the purpose of your presence).
Time to get serious about erasing the stain of this KKK recruiter from these places:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd
Repeat: KKK recruiter
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