Ahistorical

For John, BLUF:  There are those who ignore history, and are thus forced to repeat it, and those who deny what they know about history, and re thus stumbling into even worse situations.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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“Not Pro-Black”: Wisconsin Students Unanimously Vote To Remove Lincoln Statue As Racist

From the Jonathan Turley blog, by Blogger Jonsathan Turley, 30 October 2020.

Here is the lede:

We previously discussed the effort at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to have the famous statue of Abraham Lincoln removed as racist. The student government has now voted unanimously in favor of a resolution that calls for the removal of the Abraham Lincoln statue on campus. The students declared that the president who signed the Emancipation Proclamation, advocated for the 13th Amendment, and led the war against the South and slavery was “not pro-Black” and a “remnant of White Supremacy.” That would likely have come as something of a surprise to John Wilkes Booth.

So, the students agree with Actor John Wilkes Booth—"Sic semper tyrannis"?

If you follow Blogger Rod Dreher, you may see the University as a whirl pool, sucking folks down, and requiring a resistence movement to retain what is good from Western Civilization, including the idea of moral progress.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff