The battle for the soul of America.

[Mindful]

In today's culture wars, the future of the republic itself is at stake.

Historically, US presidential elections were dominated by competing views on economic and social issues. No longer. This approaching election has increasingly been consumed by a cultural conflict, at the heart of which is a war over American history. But this is no mere disagreement over the precise details of what happened three or four centuries ago. It is a battle for the very soul of the United States.

The battle for the soul of America

In today's culture wars, the future of the republic itself is at stake.

www.spiked-online.com

 

[Mindful]

^The principal battle is being fought over the founding of the US. As we will see, this is best captured, by, on one side, the New York Times’ 1619 Project, which contends America was founded when African slaves first arrived in Jamestown; and, on the other, President Donald Trump’s mooted 1776 Commission, which reasserts the traditional, would-be inspiring narrative of revolution and independence as America’s founding moment.

All of this raises questions of the utmost importance. Why has America’s founding become such a vital issue in the 21st century? And, more broadly, how should humanity engage with the legacy of its past achievements?

The political philosopher Hannah Arendt regarded the founding of America as a unique event, not just for Americans, but for humanity as a whole. In her essay ‘Founding Fathers’, she wrote that the challenge of realising freedom demanded a ‘new foundation’, a demonstration that humanity ‘can begin something altogether new’. Arendt observed that:

‘the question of the foundation of a republic was how to preserve this spirit, the revolutionary spirit, how to find lasting institutions which could prevent this experience from being the experience of only one generation’

The preservation of the spirit of foundation was successfully realised in the Constitution of the United States.

As Arendt explained, the difference between the American constitution and those of postwar Europe, ‘which were given from above, usually by experts’, is that ‘the foundation’ was ‘an event’ that was ‘absent everywhere except in America’.

 

[pknopp]

Asking a black man to pass by a statue honoring someone that fought to keep his ancestors in slavery as he goes to the courthouse to pay his taxes is wrong.

Just because "historically" we did it does not make it right.

 

[Mindful]

Asking a black man to pass by a statue honoring someone that fought to keep his ancestors in slavery as he goes to the courthouse to pay his taxes is wrong.

Just because "historically" we did it does not make it right.

You didn’t read the whole piece then?

 

[Mindful]

^Because make no mistake – the New York Times’ 1619 Project has played a vital political role in today’s political unrest. It has done nothing less than devalue and criminalise the founding of the United States.

 

[Moonglow]

In today's culture wars, the future of the republic itself is at stake.

Historically, US presidential elections were dominated by competing views on economic and social issues. No longer. This approaching election has increasingly been consumed by a cultural conflict, at the heart of which is a war over American history. But this is no mere disagreement over the precise details of what happened three or four centuries ago. It is a battle for the very soul of the United States.

The battle for the soul of America

In today's culture wars, the future of the republic itself is at stake.

www.spiked-online.com

Nope, it has always been about the economy..

Voters' top concern this election is their wallets, study finds

https://i.insider.com/5f7943a42400440019129d81?width=600&format=jpeg&auto=webp

 

[Moonglow]

^Because make no mistake – the New York Times’ 1619 Project has played a vital political role in today’s political unrest. It has done nothing less than devalue and criminalise the founding of the United States.

That is what King George thought also..

 

[bendog]

In today's culture wars, the future of the republic itself is at stake.

Historically, US presidential elections were dominated by competing views on economic and social issues. No longer. This approaching election has increasingly been consumed by a cultural conflict, at the heart of which is a war over American history. But this is no mere disagreement over the precise details of what happened three or four centuries ago. It is a battle for the very soul of the United States.

The battle for the soul of America

In today's culture wars, the future of the republic itself is at stake.

www.spiked-online.com

Apparently you slept through Trump's 2016 primary and general campaigns. In short, you reap what you sow

 

[pknopp]

You didn’t read the whole piece then?

Those who defend keeping these symbols in place can rightly be defined by those they are protecting.

 

[Mindful]

^Because make no mistake – the New York Times’ 1619 Project has played a vital political role in today’s political unrest. It has done nothing less than devalue and criminalise the founding of the United States.

That is what King George thought also..

How do you know what he thought?

 

[sparky]

The preservation of the spirit of foundation was successfully realised in the Constitution of the United States.

But arguably left in the dusty path on our way to becoming an empire much like the one we left

~S~

 

[Mindful]

No, no I didn't. When I got to the part defending the "historical" statues honoring people I quit reading.

No further discussion from you then?

 

[Tommy Tainant]

In today's culture wars, the future of the republic itself is at stake.

Historically, US presidential elections were dominated by competing views on economic and social issues. No longer. This approaching election has increasingly been consumed by a cultural conflict, at the heart of which is a war over American history. But this is no mere disagreement over the precise details of what happened three or four centuries ago. It is a battle for the very soul of the United States.

The battle for the soul of America

In today's culture wars, the future of the republic itself is at stake.

www.spiked-online.com

No opinion from the cutnpaste queen again.

 

[B. Kidd]

Asking a black man to pass by a statue honoring someone that fought to keep his ancestors in slavery as he goes to the courthouse to pay his taxes is wrong.

Just because "historically" we did it does not make it right.

The primary purpose of statues is to note history, not necessarily to promote history.

 

[Likkmee]

 

[Mindful]

In today's culture wars, the future of the republic itself is at stake.

Historically, US presidential elections were dominated by competing views on economic and social issues. No longer. This approaching election has increasingly been consumed by a cultural conflict, at the heart of which is a war over American history. But this is no mere disagreement over the precise details of what happened three or four centuries ago. It is a battle for the very soul of the United States.

The battle for the soul of America

In today's culture wars, the future of the republic itself is at stake.

www.spiked-online.com

No opinion from the cutnpaste queen again.

Can’t you grind your personal axe elsewhere?

 

[pknopp]

No, no I didn't. When I got to the part defending the "historical" statues honoring people I quit reading.

No further discussion from you then?

I said what I had to say. What more is there for me to discuss? If you disagree, say so.

 

[pknopp]

Asking a black man to pass by a statue honoring someone that fought to keep his ancestors in slavery as he goes to the courthouse to pay his taxes is wrong.

Just because "historically" we did it does not make it right.

The primary purpose of statues is to note history, not necessarily to promote history.

They are put there as an honor. Museums are places we note history or history books.

 

[Mindful]

Asking a black man to pass by a statue honoring someone that fought to keep his ancestors in slavery as he goes to the courthouse to pay his taxes is wrong.

Just because "historically" we did it does not make it right.

The primary purpose of statues is to note history, not necessarily to promote history.

The problem is, people tend to judge historical events by today’s context.

I wonder how we will be viewed 200 years from now. Horrendous activities still going on in the present day.

Organised pedophilia in Great Britain, slavery ongoing in Africa, for starters.

 

[Moonglow]

^Because make no mistake – the New York Times’ 1619 Project has played a vital political role in today’s political unrest. It has done nothing less than devalue and criminalise the founding of the United States.

That is what King George thought also..

How do you know what he thought?

He had a problem of speaking his mind.