Historical American figures only please. While probably a very nice woman she has played no role in the advancement of our nation.
To Grampa Murked U: Who defines advancement?
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To me, Malanie Trump as first lady is more deserving than anybody who advocated a political cause. Preaching moral horseshit should never be honored. Let those people who agree with an individualās claim to fame do so in the public sector. I include prohibiting monuments to religious hustlers put on the National Mall?
Just so Iām not misunderstood in this thread. Instead of removing a ācontentious phraseā from the Martin Luther King Memorial remove the whole damned thing. Leaving it there brings the country one step closer to combining religion and government. That, in itself, is a violation of the First Amendment. Donāt expect members of Congress to remove it. They are all philosophically closer to theocratic government than they will ever be to the American people.
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WASHINGTON ā The Chinese sculptor Lei Yixin finished removing a contentious phrase on the memorial for the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Thursday in preparation for the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington at the end of the month.
Sculptor Removes Phrase From Memorial to King
Critics of the memorial to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said a phrase carved into the statue misrepresented his statement.
By ERIN BANCO
Published: August 1, 2013
Sculptor Removes Phrase From Memorial to King
The monument turns King into an Oriental-looking white guy; so screw the black racists who are sure to crawl out from under their rocks over my comments. A CHINESE GUY DID IT!
The MLK Memorial is a national disgrace as is the federal holiday honoring Kingās birth. Congress gave the country that one, too. Ronald Reagan opposed it but signed it in the face of a veto-proof majority in Congress. The problem then, and now, is that King was a street hustling preacher not much different than the rest of them except that he made the big time.
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The trouble with King is that he was a Christian preacher. Socialists/Communists and limousine liberals hate Christians; so why do they piss their pants at the mention of Kingās name? Some actually have an organism whenever they hear the phrase āI have a dream.ā Could it be racism? Put it in perspective this way:
Imagine how the Left would react if a holiday was named after Billy Graham or foreign-born Mother Cabrini; two Christians who did a lot more for this country than King ever did.
Bottom line: Nobody, black or white, whose only claim to fame is moralizing should be honored with tax dollar expenditures. If Kingās admirers in the private sector want to worship him let them do so out of their own pockets āā AND NOT ON PUBLIC LAND.
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Where was the ACLU when Kingās Memorial was put on the National Mall? Liberals, usually led by the ACLU, scream bloody murder every time they find a Christian symbol in a government building, or on public land. Kingās monument is the latter; so where is the Leftās outrage?
Even if Kingās monument is dedicated to him as an individual rather than to his religion it does not belong on public land. Honoring individuals on public land should be restricted to individuals who contributed to all Americans.
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Nine out of ten stories about MLK refer to him as one of Americaās greatest leaders. MLK was not a national leader by any stretch of the imagination. Leader implies he led the nation. He might have been a spiritual leader to some, but he was still an opportunistic street hustling preacher to a substantial number of Americans. I suppose that will be forgotten in the fullness of time.
No preacher, or spiritual leader if you prefer, belongs on the National Mall because not a one of them leads everybody. Hell, King did not lead anywhere near a majority of Americans.
The only possible good that can come out of keeping Kingās Memorial on the National Mall is that future visitors might compare him to the others who are honored there. Once the comparison is made the obvious question will be āWhat the hell did this guy ever do?ā
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Let me close by saying āI have a dream.ā Call in the Army Corps of Engineers and dynamite that memorial out of existence.
Memorials, Hoodies, & Peckers
Bottom line: No dirty little moralist can possible serve every America; hence, they should never get their hands on tax dollars alive or dead.