The statute of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America, has been moved from the Main Mall where it has stood for 82 years on the campus of the University of Texas. It will now be housed at the university's Center for American History. Perhaps there it will not be vandalized by politically correct ideologue progressives or those empowered to stomp on our history as if it never existed.
Jefferson Davis, a graduate of West Point, fought in the Mexican-American War, served as the United States Secretary of War and was a United States Senator from Mississippi. Davis actually was against the south's secession in 1858 but he was a big supporter of States Rights believing that each state was sovereign and had an unquestionable right to secede from the Union. Back then, slavery was a legally recognized system going back as far as the 1700's and has spanned nearly every culture, nationality and religion.
At a reception in 1887 in New Orleans, well after the Confederate War, Davis said, "United you are now, and if the Union is ever to be broken, let the other side break it." The University of Texas has now broken history, relegating his remembrance to an obscure area.
Since Obama was elected, America has been wiping away its history. We have seen political and social "reforms" such as banning the song "Dixie" or removing the Confederate Flag or even changing the names of streets or schools that are named for Confederate heroes. Progressives today want to emphasize the positive rather than the negative and this is prevalent in the schools. It gets sillier--Now Obama is changing the name of Mt. McKinley to Mt. Danali in recognition of the traditions of Alaska Natives. But our history is what made this country the greatest on Earth.
Why should our government change names, move statutes or hide our history in a shoebox?
Anon at 2:18.What an ignorant dumbass you are. The "True American Indians(What,as opposed to the False American Indians???) as you so strangely label them, were not exactly a group of cuddly little bunnies.
ReplyDeleteI guess if we lived like they did ,we would never have abolished slavery. We would also let all of our weak die. Forget water boarding. We would be cutting out the beating hearts of our foes captured in battle.We would still live in tents. Forget the industrial revolution.
Please leave your Mommy and Daddy's house and go try to make it on your own . Cross over the boarder into Guatemala or Mexico as an uninvited guest. Do you know what all of those wonderful Guatemalans and Mexicans will do to you? Here's a hint- they won't be giving you any free shit. Unless it's a d*&k up your azz when you get thrown in one of their jails.
Excellent at 4:28pm , 2:18 needs a school of life education which can't be found in his Mom's basement.
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