Plain Ol'; as is typical said: *"imagine the outrage when they rename national monuments of US presidents who owned slaves."*
As is typical, Secular Progressives once again attempting to rewrite history....*"Everything Changes~~Nothing Changes~~"* On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 11:02 AM, plainolamerican <[email protected] > wrote: > imagine the outrage when they rename national monuments of US presidents > who owned slaves. > > > On Tuesday, May 17, 2016 at 7:28:36 AM UTC-5, Travis wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> [[ I'd Nickname it "Flat Tire Road". ]] >> >> >> >> http://usherald.com/southerners-outraged-old-dixie-highways-name-changed-barack-obama/ >> >> >> >> *Southerners Are OUTRAGED After ‘Old Dixie’ Highway’s Name Changed to >> BARACK OBAMA!* >> >> *Posted by Arthur Browne <http://usherald.com/author/abrowne/> / December >> 26, 2015 * >> >> Shakespeare may have had it right when he said, "What's in a name?" But >> names are also a way to preserve a legacy and heritage, whether it be a >> person's name, a city's name, or the name of a road. >> >> One historic name, however, is under attack from liberals and other >> progressives who are seeking to overwrite history simply by changing the >> name of a historic highway in Riviera Beach, Florida. >> >> Old Dixie Highway is officially being renamed as the "President Barack >> Obama Highway." The change comes after city officials determined that the >> old name carried too much racial baggage. They hope that the change will >> erase all of that. >> >> "(The street is) symbolic of racism, symbolic of the clan, symbolic of >> cross burnings and today we are stepping up to a new day, a new era," said >> the mayor of Riviera Beach. >> >> While some of Riviera Beach's citizens are overjoyed with the name >> change, it's obviously a PR stunt instead of something designed to actually >> bring the city together. The street was the sight of some crosses being >> burnt in association with the Ku Klux Klan, and it's obvious that any city >> would want to distance itself from that terrible past. >> >> But to rename the street, almost arbitrarily, after President Obama seems >> ridiculous. There is no evidence that President Obama has had any special >> relationship with Riviera Beach, and, aside from a publicity event that >> will feature Martin Luther King Jr.'s son shaking hands with President >> Obama, it's not a true sign of any advancement in racial equality and >> justice. >> >> It's time that people stopped trying to use publicity events like this to >> mend racial divide and foster unity. A real sense of community only comes >> from a unified purpose and a combined desire to improve a situation or >> place. Renaming a street after one of the worst presidents in American >> history is not going to fix anything. >> >> >> >> >> __._,_.___ >> ------------------------------ >> Posted by: "Beowulf" <[email protected]> >> ------------------------------ >> >> >> Visit Your Group >> <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmMWVkbzhnBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE0NjM0MzcwNzA-> >> >> >> [image: Yahoo! Groups] >> <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo;_ylc=X3oDMTJlbnVuMnIyBF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNnZnAEc3RpbWUDMTQ2MzQzNzA3MA--> >> • Privacy <https://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/groups/details.html> >> • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use >> <https://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/> >> >> __,_._,___ >> >> >> -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "PoliticalForum" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
