Posted on 08/26/2017 9:13:55 AM PDT by Lazamataz
Statuary Rape
A curious madness has swept the American left as of late: There is a hatred and a desire to tear down every monument and statue that 'offends' them.
Leaving aside the fact that there is no American right to remain unoffended, what started as a focus on Confederate statues has spread to every manner of marker or memorial.
Let us consider:
If the name of a horse owned by Robert E. Lee is now forbidden, I shudder to think what comes next. Will the girl's names of Georgia and Virginia be stricken from the list of acceptable names, because those States joined the Confederacy? Will Mason canning jars be banned, because they remind someone -- somewhere -- of the Mason-Dixon line? Will flocks of geese, flying south for the winter, be shot out of the sky by crazed leftists, because "South" is now an expletive?
To the left, I say this: The comparison of your behavior to the behavior of MiniTruth (the Ministry of propaganda in the novel '1984',) is an obvious one. Further, to strike the statues that you object to makes you no different than ISIS, who regards any monument not directed towards the furtherance of Islam a "Haram" -- or forbidden -- thing. Finally, by deleting any statue of a historical figure, you diminish the publics' awareness of history -- and in so doing, increase the chance we will repeat that history. Perhaps these are your true goals, but if they are not, then I suggest you stop directing your rage to inanimate objects.
Besides, I would add, not even people of color share your priorities. In a recent poll, it was shown that Black Americans do not want Confederate statues removed.
This all started with the hysterical overreaction to the existence of the Confederate battle flag that occured after it was found that Dylann Root, a shooter who attacked a South Carolina church posed in one picture with such a flag. I wrote an editorial about that topic. I was not yet aware just how far this hatred of inanimate objects would go.
In conclusion, I would like to remind the American left that the urge to destroy inanimate objects that they do not favor will inevitably become an urge to destroy the people they do not like.
And there begins the Fascism and tyranny of which you so routinely, and inaccurately, accuse President Donald Trump.
Planning on doing some writin’ then, huh?
Sorry, man. If you cannot see (what I perceive as) a clever turn of a phrase, I cannot help you.
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Yes, I do.
Good work Laz!
Thanks, jaz!
Stay tuned, three more editorials will drop this weekend.
See you on the FB.
Very well said. Thank you for your sanity!
Thank you, in return!
I think the Cong is for Congresscritter.
Then ban Congress.
A vain effort to keep the victor honest in its "writing".
Antifa being in such high dungeon reminds me of the emotional run up to the Civil War.
Antifa is playing the part of the vocal and virulent abolitionists in the north.
It seems we have a curious mix of pre-civil war hatred mixed with Weimar Republic lawlessness.
My mother, a lifelong democrat, agrees that this could descend into a shooting disaster any day.
Please add me to The Official Lazamataz Sometimes-Funny, Sometimes-Disturbing Ping List!
You picked an opportune time to join. Three more editorials are planned for this weekend. Happy reading!
Laz, I did fall for the title play on words!
I glanced and thought I read “Statuatory Rape” so of course I was curious. Hey, we get very interesting articles posted here on FR—like the one about the Chinese problem of young men masturbating too much and having large testicular veins.
Great editorial,BTW.
Antifans will not rest, excluding dope and sex breaks, until they have eradicated every last statue of George Santayana.
A curious Madness of the
American hating Left...
Thanks
Maybe you should cut back on the coffee a little
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