If you don’t see it, then it doesn’t exist, right? Hasn’t that been government (federal/state/local) persona for so long? We’ve gone from “what drug issue in the inner city” to “OMG! the rich kids are getting high we gotta do something.”
And here we are now wiping clean history. Why, why now? All these decades no one cared, kids didn’t care the name of the park, it’s a place to swing and play. Are you afraid some kid is gonna be offend by the chains on the swing and have repressed feelings? – PB/TK
Town In Virginia Votes To Tear Down Gen. Lee Statue
Rob Shimshock Education Reporter 4:56 PM 02/07/2017
The city council of Charlottesville, Virginia voted 3-2 to remove the statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee from Lee Park and 5-0 voted to rename the park, a decision which some believe sanitizes a public space and others believe is censoring history.
Council members in favor of the measures, as well as council members against, sought to explain their votes.
“Time after time in his teaching, Jesus called out the need to act with mercy for those with less power in society,” said Kristen Szakos, justifying the removal.
“We will not be bullied, we will not be pushed away,” said Wes Bellamy, who also voted to strip the city of the statue. Bellamy recently came under fire for tweets that were construed by many as racist and sexist.
Continue to dailycaller.com article: http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/07/gen-lee-statue-stripped-from-virginia-city/
