Ok, going out on a limb here: It seems like a group of people from the far right were exercising their 1st amendment rights the other day as many other groups also do for one thing or another. Usually when the Right or Left do these events there are small groups of protesters with signs and everything is pretty much organized during these events. Not this one! From what I saw the lack of crowd control by the local police was totally absent, I may of missed it but it sure looked like the people on the right were getting plummeted by the folks on the left with water balloons and being spit on when they passed by the other side. Normally the police have one side a safe distance away from the other side but this time without any crowd control things went south pretty fast and turned into a total mess.
Now the media will tell you that it is the Far Right’s fault all this happened, they will call out the skin heads, neo Nazi and the kkk for showing up to support what they feel is a right they have. What you won’t see is the mainstream media doing real digging into who on the far left was there doing all of the agitating! Who on the far left was inciting the actual violence during these events? Were these the local “Community Organizers” or the local “Community Activists”? NO they weren’t, look at the crowds, these were well organized groups probably bussed in by some “Activist” groups like BLM and ANTIFA. Go on to Craigslist and under Non-profits you can find jobs that pay $15-20/hr for activists and they pay for your transportation to events and food! Don’t believe me? Search for yourself! I did and found a number of offerings from various groups!
The media and the left will try to demonize our elected officials like our president or heads of agencies when the real fault is right in front of them! There own state or local officials.
I understand that we have a history of slavery, I never owned any slaves, my parents or grandparents or great grandparents never did either. I have friends of color who I respect as much as any of my other friends and I don’t treat them any different than my other friends and they know it. I lived through the Riots in Watts.
We have a national history that prior generations thought important enough to memorialize it in national, state and local monuments, statues and places. We should honor all those who fought to bring us to where we are today, our past history is part of the total American historical path we have taken and to try and remove it or “Delete” it is a disgrace to those who though it important and for those who fought to protect it.
Are we as a nation going to not celebrate Juneteenth, Cinco de Mayo, St. Patties Day, 4th of July, Presidents Day, Easter, Halloween, Veterans Day, Memorial Day?. They could be construed as offensive and racist!!!
I cannot stand how people want to delete historical sites and monuments from our history because they “Offend” others! Ok, yes they may do that and it is a reminder of that period in our American history that we should not ever forget. Americans are a very forgiving people, but what we are seeing now is something else! I think what we are seeing is an attempt to re-write our history to omit the “Dirty” parts, to make people “Feel” better about our history and this in my OPINION is totally WRONG!
The day will come when the far left activists will declare that the National monuments carved in granite like Crazy Horse and Mt. Rushmore are going to be “Declared” racist and the far left will “Demand” that they be taken down, they will demand that your schools be renamed, your roads be renamed and your organizations be renamed to mention just a few! Well, here is a news flash, if that day ever does come the country as a whole has gone to hell and every conservative in this nation will rightfully be “Up In Arms” against these far left idiots and it won’t be a pretty site……
Then in another day they will want to change the names of your schools, the flags you fly, the shows or entertainers you see and the names of places you visit or live in all in the names of being “Progressive” and righteous. Allowing this to happen is something that every American should be aware of and stand against.
If you don’t like part of our history then that is good, we have done a lot of really bad things and we should never ever forget it or it will happen again! If things like monuments of the south or internment camps make you uncomfortable, good….they should but you should NOT want to delete them from our history or remove them from our public places………
Respectfully,
One Old Vet and Ex- Democrat of 50+ years
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