9/7/2023 0 Comments Right wing pro slavery![]() It is they who argue that we should not look at racism in our country. The true matter is that it is the right wing and the white supremacists who keep arguing about how we should not discuss slavery in our country. They talk about our Founding Fathers as some kind of saints despite their sin of owning people and treating them a “property”. Nor should we not discuss it because some of our Founding Fathers owned slaves. But, that doesn’t make it something to be whitewashed over. Yes, there has been slavery throughout history. It’s a terrible history we should talk about, but we should not feel guilty or ashamed of our leaders when we go and visit the people who brought us the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence. She argued that there were slaves throughout human history, but people shouldn’t be “ashamed” of leaders who owned them. Thomas Jefferson owned 600 slaves 400 of which were held at Monticello.Ĭampos-Duffy wasn’t finished. “All of these sort of books that are damning of America and suggesting that we’re still a racist country are for sale in the gift shop.”Īll of this of course is to deflect from the very fact that many of our Founding Fathers did in fact own slaves all the while they were “fighting for independence and freedom” from England. ![]() She also took issue with an international bestselling anti-racism book for sale in the gift shop. Hegseth complained that Monticello is now all about “how terrible Thomas Jefferson was because he was a slave owner” and presents a “one-sided point of view that makes Thomas Jefferson a bad guy in his own home.”Ĭampos-Duffy complained that there is a sign in the museum that questions if Jefferson’s line in the Declaration of Independence that “all men are created equal” is being lived up to in the U.S. Weekend hosts Rachel Campos-Duffy and Pete Hegseth brought up an article published in the New York Post Saturday that accused the Charlottesville, Virginia, home of the Founding Father of “going woke” and offering visitors “a harangue on the horrors of slavery.” It was two of the usual “slavery excusers” who did the most complaining from Fox and Friends. In a special segment on Sunday they complained that Monticello plantation makes visitors feel bad by educating them on true aspects of American history. So, now Fox News has taken up the “slavery wasn’t all that bad” mantra openly an proudly. Fortunately, it was voted down by the education department. In one Republican state they even tried to call slavery “involuntary relocation” in the school curriculum. ![]() In Republican controlled after Republican controlled state things like “critical race theory” and even the mentioning of slavery in public schools is either being banned or strongly attacked. They call it being “woke” and they claim it must stop because it is making too many white people feel bad. ![]() You know this is getting out of hand when a national so-called “news network” complains about anyone talking about the real history and the real facts of slavery. The reality is they are excusing the great sin of America being involved with the selling and enslaving human beings. They use words like “woke” or “leftist blaming whites” or “making whites feel bad”. Or at least as excuses not to even want to talk about it. It doesn’t matter what “words” the right wing in America tries to downplay it, the fact is they have fallen in love with the concept of slavery. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |