Trump the Dictator strikes again. He had the audacity to request an audit of the Smithsonian – which he claims is woke and overly negative about the US History – and particularly how it treats slavery.
A fellow on yahoo – comments: Go to Berlin. The Germans don’t shy away from the horror their ancestors inflicted on others. You aren’t responsible for past generations. There is a responsibility to display history and vow to stand up to injustice. BTW, it’s not just slavery. Horrible racism persisted for years. It exists today. Suppressing history condones the past.
BF: now you’re going to compare the Holocaust to every country on the planet including America that had a history of – slavery? Unlike Germany – we had a brutal Civil War where 600,000 white men died in the process of freeing the black slaves. We have a history of slavery but we also have a history of Civil Rights and today have more actual opportunity for all people of all colors and all religions than any country on the planet. We are literally the most culturally diverse country on the planet. No one is suppressing history in this country other than the woke left that ignores the accomplishments of Europeans and makes everyone not European as oppressed and all Europeans oppressors. This is nothing more than racism.
Another person responds: lighten up Francis. Would there have been 600,000 white men lost if the south simply gave up their slaves? I don’t think so my esteemed unwoken one.
BF: In the next Civil War will the woke left give up their Sanctuary Cities to abide by Federal Immigration Laws? The reality is that Slavery gets the press for the cause of the Civil War – but Lincoln’s justification was the Southern States NOT abiding by Federal Law: responding to the shots at Ft Sumter and the South’s nullification of US Federal Law and effectively “seceding” from the Union. Democrats have historically been on the wrong side of history – Slavery, Segregation, Confederacy Nullification and seceding from the Union, and now Sanctuary City Nullification of Federal Immigration Law. Although the stated reason for sending troops to DC is to tackle the out of control crime in the city – which is easier to do in DC – the “District of Columbia” – – since it technically is under congressional authority (and this gives Trump the opening he needs to act with impunity with a Congress that is Republican). The logical next step after DC will be to enforce Immigration Laws in Sanctuary States and Cities – and yes, it will be interesting to see how those Democrat Cities and States respond – if the full force of the Insurrection Act of 1807 is enforced – which could mean troops in numerous hell holes with massive weekly homicides run by Democrats: Memphis, New Orleans, Chicago – just to name a few.