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The painting, "His Homestead Cohabitant's Voice," by English artist Francis Barraud?

philip964 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 25, 2020 5:56 pm Master’s Golf tournament, MasterCard, Master’s Degree, Master Planned Community and Master Chef, Plumber, Electrician.

Where will it stop?

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AndyC wrote: ↑Wed Jun 24, 2020 11:13 am

jason812 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 24, 2020 9:59 am I would add another theory: The ones tearing down or defacing statues are just plain ignorant

Of course, but I'm more specifically concerned about the malignant than the ig'nt ;)

Okay. AndyC has the solution. We need to mandate that all protesters/demonstrators choose and wear one of two T-shirts so that they can be properly identified. One T-shirt says MALIGNANT, and the other says IG'NT.


Oh, and BTW, just saw on the news that Walmart has announced it will stop displaying or selling the Mississippi flag in its stores because, of course, that state flag contains the CSA battle flag in the upper-left corner.

“We believe it’s the right thing to do, and is consistent with Walmart’s position to not sell merchandise with the confederate flag from stores and online sites, as part of our commitment to provide a welcoming and inclusive experience for all of our customers in the communities we serve.”

I expect that the State of Mississippi will cave quickly and ratify a new, redesigned flag in a few months...if not weeks.

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watc ... -in-stores

jason812 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 24, 2020 9:59 am I would add another theory: The ones tearing down or defacing statues are just plain ignorant and are vandalizing the statues because they are statues. It's the cool thing to do if you're angry at the system. Doesn't matter who, what, or why the statue is in place. It's a statue and has to come down. What did SRV do to anybody?

Yeppers. I fully agree that some of this cancel culture is orchestrated and malicious. But some of it is simply stupid, ignorant people who see a statue. Miguel de Cervantes is clearly an old colonialist-looking dude. Col. Hans Christian Heg's statue looked--before it was tossed in a lake--like an old civil war dude. And the statue of Stevie Ray Vaughn--with the hat and the full-coverage poncho--maybe looked like some Old West territorialist.

Oh, and besides... SRV griped about the weather.

Spray painting the statue of Jimi Hendrix...I got no idea. Surely nobody could have been ignorant enough to mistake the Stratocaster in his hands as being a civil war era rifle. Well...on second thought...there is that whole very troubling IQ bell curve thing goin' on...

Winston S. Churchill wrote: History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it.

What's taught today as history in public schools has already gone through a leftist, politically-correct strainer. I shudder to think what the books will say that some 6th grader has to study in 2040. Will all the valid, non-slavery reasons behind the south's secession be erased, and all people who lived in and fought for the CSA be reviled as nothing but anarchist villains and murderers? Will the war for the Republic of Texas be denounced as a "white privilege" armed takeover, ignoring the reasons why the minority rose up to face the majority, and that many, many natural-born Mexican nationals stood with, fought for, and provided vital leadership for the Republican army and the new nation? Will all of our ancestors who braved danger, new frontiers, and extreme conditions to migrate into the southern coastal states--the majority of whom were dirt-poor and came because of the opportunity offered by land and the chance to make a life for their families--be written-off as all being wealthy, privileged elitists worthy of nothing but scorn and hate?

It could happen...