Remember how the Mainstream Media said they won't be coming for Jefferson and Washington Next?

[Rocketboy1313]

I think we should put up a monument to the Confederate soldiers. Something nice and big:

"This is to a bunch of thoughtless fools, who followed traitors in the name of owning other humans
They killed tens of thousands of people and died themselves
In the name of possessing another person as property
Try not to be like them. Be better."

That would at least be honest.

[Thebestoftherest]

I think we should put up a monument to the Confederate soldiers. Something nice and big:

"This is to a bunch of thoughtless fools, who followed traitors in the name of owning other humans
They killed tens of thousands of people and died themselves
In the name of possessing another person as property
Try not to be like them. Be better."

That would at least be honest.

same

[Captain Crimson]

Seems they're coming for Mr. Lincoln now. "Land of Lincoln to Cancel Lincoln." Like, wow. Sure, yes, he perpetuated a lot of racism early into his tenure, but he was still a man who wanted to end slavery. And while he didn't believe the freed slaves should remain in the states, it's a view he quickly evolved on as late into the war, we had black Union soldiers. Did they make less pay? Yes. But back then, that's positively enlightened. And it's not enough, because we're filtering it through the lens of historical revision. He wasn't as pure saintly saintlike as he could have been, as SJWs want us to be now, and so we have to remove all trace of him. It's sad.

[Thebestoftherest]

Hey remember how people say they shouldn't impeach george washington

[Fuzzy Necromancer]

dude's dead, dude

[Thebestoftherest]

yeah, but if he was too come back he a slave owner zombie, and I wouldn't want him running for president again. So yes I do think we should impeach him if that happens.

[TGLS]

yeah, but if he was too come back he a slave owner zombie, and I wouldn't want him running for president again. So yes I do think we should impeach him if that happens.

I understand buckshot is effective against zombie slave owners.

[Thebestoftherest]

yeah, but if he was too come back he a slave owner zombie, and I wouldn't want him running for president again. So yes I do think we should impeach him if that happens.

I understand buckshot is effective against zombie slave owners.

That too.

[sayla0079]

Seems they're coming for Mr. Lincoln now. "Land of Lincoln to Cancel Lincoln." Like, wow. Sure, yes, he perpetuated a lot of racism early into his tenure, but he was still a man who wanted to end slavery. And while he didn't believe the freed slaves should remain in the states, it's a view he quickly evolved on as late into the war, we had black Union soldiers. Did they make less pay? Yes. But back then, that's positively enlightened. And it's not enough, because we're filtering it through the lens of historical revision. He wasn't as pure saintly saintlike as he could have been, as SJWs want us to be now, and so we have to remove all trace of him. It's sad.

Agreed alot of these cancel culture people don't seem to factor in the timeframes.

[phantom000]

Seems they're coming for Mr. Lincoln now. "Land of Lincoln to Cancel Lincoln." Like, wow. Sure, yes, he perpetuated a lot of racism early into his tenure, but he was still a man who wanted to end slavery. And while he didn't believe the freed slaves should remain in the states, it's a view he quickly evolved on as late into the war, we had black Union soldiers. Did they make less pay? Yes. But back then, that's positively enlightened. And it's not enough, because we're filtering it through the lens of historical revision. He wasn't as pure saintly saintlike as he could have been, as SJWs want us to be now, and so we have to remove all trace of him. It's sad.

Agreed alot of these cancel culture people don't seem to factor in the timeframes.

What concerns me is that a lot of them seem to have an orwelian attitude; if something doesn't fit just sweep it under the rug and forget about it. The dark side of revisionism is rewriting history just to make with your own perceptions and in a lot of cases what they want is a clear villain; someone they can point at and say 'he's the bad guy.' It's a very skewed vision of history that has little to do with what actually happened.

Also, if this is how someone sees leaders of the past, what about leaders of today? Are they going to vote against a perfectly capable leader simply because he doesn't their idealized vision of what a leader is? Who are they going to support?