Posted on Aug 25, 2017
In dispute over statues, where do you draw the line?
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You cannot draw a line, there will always be some one offended by something, so this will become a never ending problem. If you remove all the statues, then it will be street names or city/town names, and on and on.
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To keep it fair, leave it to the decision of the states in public property only.
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"Universities, too, are removing statues. Stockton University in New Jersey pulled a bust of its namesake Richard Stockton, a slave owner who signed the Declaration of Independence."
This is another proof that the slippery slope has already arrived. Like in other articles and reports, there are now people clamoring for this type of thing with no due regard.
41 signers of the Declaration of Independence were slave owners.
16 signers were not slave owners.
This is what Suzanne Sherman wrote a year ago:
"The point is not that the issue of slavery is unworthy of recognition; it is that slavery is dominating the theme of these places to the detriment of the discussion and sharing of ideals, philosophies and political goals upon which the American republic was founded. The Montpelier Foundation and The Thomas Jefferson Foundation have lost sight of the ideals these men stood for. Both Jefferson and Madison are buried on their respective properties, and if you go to their places of rest and sit quietly, you can hear them rolling over in their graves."
I would also go on to state that we (the American people) do not live in a Democracy but a Democratic Republic, and would reiterate what Benjamin Franklin had stated - A Mrs. Powel of Philadelphia asked Benjamin Franklin, “Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?” With no hesitation whatsoever, Franklin responded, “A republic, if you can keep it.”
The way that we are going we will end up as a Democracy that will be the ruin of these United States.
This is another proof that the slippery slope has already arrived. Like in other articles and reports, there are now people clamoring for this type of thing with no due regard.
41 signers of the Declaration of Independence were slave owners.
16 signers were not slave owners.
This is what Suzanne Sherman wrote a year ago:
"The point is not that the issue of slavery is unworthy of recognition; it is that slavery is dominating the theme of these places to the detriment of the discussion and sharing of ideals, philosophies and political goals upon which the American republic was founded. The Montpelier Foundation and The Thomas Jefferson Foundation have lost sight of the ideals these men stood for. Both Jefferson and Madison are buried on their respective properties, and if you go to their places of rest and sit quietly, you can hear them rolling over in their graves."
I would also go on to state that we (the American people) do not live in a Democracy but a Democratic Republic, and would reiterate what Benjamin Franklin had stated - A Mrs. Powel of Philadelphia asked Benjamin Franklin, “Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?” With no hesitation whatsoever, Franklin responded, “A republic, if you can keep it.”
The way that we are going we will end up as a Democracy that will be the ruin of these United States.
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