NAACP Covers George Washington Statue on MLK Day

[Ernie S.]

Clearly they blocked off the statue out of concern that it would be spray painted with graffiti or otherwise vandalized, given who would be attending the rally.

Smart move when you think about it.

Valid point

 

[Bass v 2.0]

Did you know MLK was a republican and that he held a high regard for our founding fathers?

Stop the lies already, MLK was not a Republican.

 

[Ernie S.]

Did you know MLK was a republican and that he held a high regard for our founding fathers?

Stop the lies already, MLK was not a Republican.

Yes, he was.

It should come as no surprise that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a Republican. In that era, almost all black Americans were Republicans. Why? From its founding in 1854 as the anti-slavery party until today, the Republican Party has championed freedom and civil rights for blacks. And as one pundit so succinctly stated, the Democrat Party is as it always has been, the party of the four S's: slavery, secession, segregation and now socialism.

Read more if you dare.

 

[peach174]

Yes He was. I was alive when he was still alive.
And My Great Grandfather's name was Martin Luther King and he was also a Baptist minister.

 

[Tank]

Is it just me or does anyone else feeling like were waiting for blacks to grow up?

 

[SFC Ollie]

Is it just me or does anyone else feeling like were waiting for blacks to grow up?

Some, but percentage wise no more than anyone else.

 

[Jackson]

Wow! This thread has really grieved me. Was it wrong to cover the statue of Washington? Yes. He was the father of our country. Not of just whites, but all of us. There has been racist rants on this thread, from both sides. We have to get over it.

The blacks today have no bone to pick. They are not the slaves who were treated so inhumanely and dogs lead a better life. It was their ancestors. Have they even given thanks to their ancestors for what they endured?

And for those who think that blacks are beneath the whites, you are just proving they aren't by your own tasteless rhetoric.

It's time we all thank God that this country finally saw the errors of our ways and rectified the injustices we handed out and we have a better nation for it. We have black inventors, authors, scientists, educators, judges and just the best that whites too have supplied our nation.

And it is time we work and live together as one nation understanding history but not making political hay out of it. It is the past. It is now lessons to be learned for our futures.

 

[Bass v 2.0]

Did you know MLK was a republican and that he held a high regard for our founding fathers?

Stop the lies already, MLK was not a Republican.

Yes, he was.

It should come as no surprise that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a Republican. In that era, almost all black Americans were Republicans. Why? From its founding in 1854 as the anti-slavery party until today, the Republican Party has championed freedom and civil rights for blacks. And as one pundit so succinctly stated, the Democrat Party is as it always has been, the party of the four S's: slavery, secession, segregation and now socialism.

Read more if you dare.

Just as I thought, no documented proof that MLK was a Republican and incidentally, none of his views reflected that of the Republitard Party, your link has shown no evidence.

 

[Bass v 2.0]

Wow! This thread has really grieved me. Was it wrong to cover the statue of Washington? Yes. He was the father of our country. Not of just whites, but all of us. There has been racist rants on this thread, from both sides. We have to get over it.

The blacks today have no bone to pick. They are not the slaves who were treated so inhumanely and dogs lead a better life. It was their ancestors. Have they even given thanks to their ancestors for what they endured?

And for those who think that blacks are beneath the whites, you are just proving they aren't by your own tasteless rhetoric.

It's time we all thank God that this country finally saw the errors of our ways and rectified the injustices we handed out and we have a better nation for it. We have black inventors, authors, scientists, educators, judges and just the best that whites too have supplied our nation.

And it is time we work and live together as one nation understanding history but not making political hay out of it. It is the past. It is now lessons to be learned for our futures.

Blacks don't have to honor a slave owner, sorry, you must be stupid to think blacks should overlook that and just embrace Washington, especially at a time when Blacks were owned by Washington and considered as 3/5 human, get a grip. Washington certainly didn't fight the Revolutionary War for Blacks.

 

[Tank]

Hey Bass,

You have a problem with people thinking blacks were 3/5 human, but you have no problem holding on to the past as you still believe homosexuality is a mental illness.

 

[thereisnospoon]

A country where hopefully it isn't illegal to cover up the statue of a slave holder temporarily when celebrating the birthday of the descendant of slaves.

It isn't illegal. If you want to live here and crap all over the Founding Fathers don't expect it not to ruffle a few feathers.

Washington was a slave owner and holder, why should any black honor on a MLK celebration? I would never honor a slave holder and owner, my point stands, some whites don't care about anyone's humanity except their own.

Ok....What does George Washington's ownership of slaves have to do with anything?
Did it ever occur to you knee jerk reaction black people that some of the elected officials whom you agree with may in fact be descendants of slave owners while the white conservatives you hate with such vitriol may not have had family in the US before 1900?
You people on the Left are very cute with your selective persecutions.
I read all the nonsense about the wealthy than comes from your side while some of the wealthiest people on Washington and those wealthy elitists in Hollywood get a hall pass.
What horse shit you spew.
You people love to yammer on and on claiming victim status while lashing out at your alleged oppressors. Cram it up your ass.
I am sick and tired of black people running around calling everyone that dares to criticize them a racist while they practice racism with impunity...
Every time one you people plays the race card, I will be there to call you on it.
If it's really racism or race baiting, I am with you 100% ....I hate and denounce racial hatred and bigotry. However, I will not stand by while the race card is played purely for political gain.
If you want allies in the battle vs racism, be genuine about it.
Those people who chose to cover the statue practiced blatant racism and disrespect.
They are closed minded and exclusionary.
MLK Day is not a celebration of "Blacks only"....In fact I have my doubts many black people born in the last 45 years have a clue what Dr.King stood for and what his message was.
I am sick of black people who conveniently forget these words ......"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character".

Unfortunately there are prominent liberal black leaders who have forgotten those words.
These men have fostered a continued distrust between blacks and people of other races. They have enriched themselves by seeing to it that black people are perpetual victims.

 

[Bass v 2.0]

It isn't illegal. If you want to live here and crap all over the Founding Fathers don't expect it not to ruffle a few feathers.

Washington was a slave owner and holder, why should any black honor on a MLK celebration? I would never honor a slave holder and owner, my point stands, some whites don't care about anyone's humanity except their own.

Ok....What does George Washington's ownership of slaves have to do with anything?
Did it ever occur to you knee jerk reaction black people that some of the elected officials whom you agree with may in fact be descendants of slave owners while the white conservatives you hate with such vitriol may not have had family in the US before 1900?
You people on the Left are very cute with your selective persecutions.
I read all the nonsense about the wealthy than comes from your side while some of the wealthiest people on Washington and those wealthy elitists in Hollywood get a hall pass.
What horse shit you spew.
You people love to yammer on and on claiming victim status while lashing out at your alleged oppressors. Cram it up your ass.
I am sick and tired of black people running around calling everyone that dares to criticize them a racist while they practice racism with impunity...
Every time one you people plays the race card, I will be there to call you on it.
If it's really racism or race baiting, I am with you 100% ....I hate and denounce racial hatred and bigotry. However, I will not stand by while the race card is played purely for political gain.
If you want allies in the battle vs racism, be genuine about it.
Those people who chose to cover the statue practiced blatant racism and disrespect.
They are closed minded and exclusionary.
MLK Day is not a celebration of "Blacks only"....In fact I have my doubts many black people born in the last 45 years have a clue what Dr.King stood for and what his message was.
I am sick of black people who conveniently forget these words ......"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character".

Unfortunately there are prominent liberal black leaders who have forgotten those words.
These men have fostered a continued distrust between blacks and people of other races. They have enriched themselves by seeing to it that black people are perpetual victims.

Are you too damn retarded to get the point that its absurd for black people to embrace a damn slave owner? How can some of you whites talk about the bad and evils of slavery and then around and celebrate a slave owning president as a "Founding Father" and expect blacks to do the same?

 

[peach174]

Washington was a slave owner and holder, why should any black honor on a MLK celebration? I would never honor a slave holder and owner, my point stands, some whites don't care about anyone's humanity except their own.

Ok....What does George Washington's ownership of slaves have to do with anything?
Did it ever occur to you knee jerk reaction black people that some of the elected officials whom you agree with may in fact be descendants of slave owners while the white conservatives you hate with such vitriol may not have had family in the US before 1900?
You people on the Left are very cute with your selective persecutions.
I read all the nonsense about the wealthy than comes from your side while some of the wealthiest people on Washington and those wealthy elitists in Hollywood get a hall pass.
What horse shit you spew.
You people love to yammer on and on claiming victim status while lashing out at your alleged oppressors. Cram it up your ass.
I am sick and tired of black people running around calling everyone that dares to criticize them a racist while they practice racism with impunity...
Every time one you people plays the race card, I will be there to call you on it.
If it's really racism or race baiting, I am with you 100% ....I hate and denounce racial hatred and bigotry. However, I will not stand by while the race card is played purely for political gain.
If you want allies in the battle vs racism, be genuine about it.
Those people who chose to cover the statue practiced blatant racism and disrespect.
They are closed minded and exclusionary.
MLK Day is not a celebration of "Blacks only"....In fact I have my doubts many black people born in the last 45 years have a clue what Dr.King stood for and what his message was.
I am sick of black people who conveniently forget these words ......"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character".

Unfortunately there are prominent liberal black leaders who have forgotten those words.
These men have fostered a continued distrust between blacks and people of other races. They have enriched themselves by seeing to it that black people are perpetual victims.

Are you too damn retarded to get the point that its absurd for black people to embrace a damn slave owner? How can some of you whites talk about the bad and evils of slavery and then around and celebrate a slave owning president as a "Founding Father" and expect blacks to do the same?

You do know don't you that he freed his slaves on his death in his will.
Martha kept hers though.

 

[thereisnospoon]

Washington was a slave owner and holder, why should any black honor on a MLK celebration? I would never honor a slave holder and owner, my point stands, some whites don't care about anyone's humanity except their own.

Ok....What does George Washington's ownership of slaves have to do with anything?
Did it ever occur to you knee jerk reaction black people that some of the elected officials whom you agree with may in fact be descendants of slave owners while the white conservatives you hate with such vitriol may not have had family in the US before 1900?
You people on the Left are very cute with your selective persecutions.
I read all the nonsense about the wealthy than comes from your side while some of the wealthiest people on Washington and those wealthy elitists in Hollywood get a hall pass.
What horse shit you spew.
You people love to yammer on and on claiming victim status while lashing out at your alleged oppressors. Cram it up your ass.
I am sick and tired of black people running around calling everyone that dares to criticize them a racist while they practice racism with impunity...
Every time one you people plays the race card, I will be there to call you on it.
If it's really racism or race baiting, I am with you 100% ....I hate and denounce racial hatred and bigotry. However, I will not stand by while the race card is played purely for political gain.
If you want allies in the battle vs racism, be genuine about it.
Those people who chose to cover the statue practiced blatant racism and disrespect.
They are closed minded and exclusionary.
MLK Day is not a celebration of "Blacks only"....In fact I have my doubts many black people born in the last 45 years have a clue what Dr.King stood for and what his message was.
I am sick of black people who conveniently forget these words ......"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character".

Unfortunately there are prominent liberal black leaders who have forgotten those words.
These men have fostered a continued distrust between blacks and people of other races. They have enriched themselves by seeing to it that black people are perpetual victims.

Are you too damn retarded to get the point that its absurd for black people to embrace a damn slave owner? How can some of you whites talk about the bad and evils of slavery and then around and celebrate a slave owning president as a "Founding Father" and expect blacks to do the same?

That's just an excuse for classless behavior.
Here's the problem to which I refer. I disagree with you and you call me a retard.
Washington was a great man. He was our first president. He helped build a nation.
Did it ever occur to you that people of THAT time never gave credence to the fact that holding a person in bondage was wrong? That over time as the nation evolved and people became more enlightened, a process that began with the forming of the United States, the abolishment of slavery was inevitable?
Tell me, is it not the popular view of blacks today that just being Caucasian allows black people to view them as guilty?
Is there no room for analysis on your part that allows you to think the people who helped create this nation actually had good in their hearts. After all, THEY wrote the words that by which we live...."...that all Men are created equal..."
If for example George Washington was an evil slave owner as you prefer to maintain, he would have resisted those words?
Why is it that black people of those times decided to drop their given slave surnames and take the surnames of the early presidents? If these men were viewed by those people as evil as you see them, then why is this so?
Clearly you are blinded by the popular belief that white people are inherently racist by virtue of the color of their skin. Sad.
You have committed yourself to the comfort zone of racial distrust. The path of least resistance. Not very enlightened, is it?

 

[thereisnospoon]

Ok....What does George Washington's ownership of slaves have to do with anything?
Did it ever occur to you knee jerk reaction black people that some of the elected officials whom you agree with may in fact be descendants of slave owners while the white conservatives you hate with such vitriol may not have had family in the US before 1900?
You people on the Left are very cute with your selective persecutions.
I read all the nonsense about the wealthy than comes from your side while some of the wealthiest people on Washington and those wealthy elitists in Hollywood get a hall pass.
What horse shit you spew.
You people love to yammer on and on claiming victim status while lashing out at your alleged oppressors. Cram it up your ass.
I am sick and tired of black people running around calling everyone that dares to criticize them a racist while they practice racism with impunity...
Every time one you people plays the race card, I will be there to call you on it.
If it's really racism or race baiting, I am with you 100% ....I hate and denounce racial hatred and bigotry. However, I will not stand by while the race card is played purely for political gain.
If you want allies in the battle vs racism, be genuine about it.
Those people who chose to cover the statue practiced blatant racism and disrespect.
They are closed minded and exclusionary.
MLK Day is not a celebration of "Blacks only"....In fact I have my doubts many black people born in the last 45 years have a clue what Dr.King stood for and what his message was.
I am sick of black people who conveniently forget these words ......"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character".

Unfortunately there are prominent liberal black leaders who have forgotten those words.
These men have fostered a continued distrust between blacks and people of other races. They have enriched themselves by seeing to it that black people are perpetual victims.

Are you too damn retarded to get the point that its absurd for black people to embrace a damn slave owner? How can some of you whites talk about the bad and evils of slavery and then around and celebrate a slave owning president as a "Founding Father" and expect blacks to do the same?

You do know don't you that he freed his slaves on his death in his will.
Martha kept hers though.

He doesn't care. He has made up his mind and that's that.
It is much easier to go along to get along than it is to think for one's self.

 

[manifold]

I have to agree with Bass here. It's pretty foolish to expect black people to simply block out and ignore ithe fact that the father of our country was a slave owner. Besides, It's no skin of my back if black people want to hold a grudge for the next thousand years or longer.

But regardless of how anyone feels about that, boxing it off was the prudent thing to do to protect it from vandalism. So once again, if it doesn't effect you, why give a shit? Just a bunch of thinly veiled racist faux-rage is what it appears to this observer anyway.

 

[Tank]

A proud, intelligent and more mature people would have used the statue as a example of how far they have come, without covering it up.

 

[manifold]

A proud, intelligent and more mature people would have used the statue as a example of how far they have come, without covering it up.

I'm pretty sure the decision to wall it off was not made unanimously or even democratically by the 'people' you attempt to implicitly malign. It was likely one person's decision or at most the decision of a very few. And again, it was the prudent thing to do. The fact that it seems to piss you off so much says more about you than anyone else.

 

[Tank]

I'm not pissed at all, I understand the mindset of the black African and this behaviour is natural and to be expected.

 

[manifold]

I'm not pissed at all, I understand the mindset of the black African and this behaviour is natural and to be expected.

So you think it's simultaneously natural and unreasonable?

Methinks you're a bit conflicted here.