2020 summer of discontent

[ToddStarnes]

[John Galt]

[Tragic KingdomII]

[John Galt]

protesters tore down a statue to Hans Christian Heg in front of Madison capital. the statute was beheaded and thrown into the river, with "black is beautiful" graffitied on the plinth. Heg died of his wounds fighting for the union in Chickamunga. he was prominent norweigen american anti-slavery activist, leader of an anti-slave catcher militia before the war who incited a mob to rescue an escaped slave at one point which put him in jail. but he was an old dead white dude, tear him down

[Tragic KingdomII]

[John Galt]

they also toppled a Grant statue. Grant was as Fredrick Douglass said "the vigilant, firm, impartial, and wise protector of my race", and that "to Grant more than any other man the Negro owes his enfranchisement". this is because it was Grant's -- savior of the union -- explicit endorsement of the 15th amendment that pushed it through

his father in law owned slaves. people say his wife did but that's not true because he would do the same thing he did with the one slave he was gifted by his father in law: free them. under missouri law, his wife's property would be his, so his father in law would not give them to his wife, even though she used them. he made it clear. if anything he did one thing racist, and that was against the jews, something which he regretted and made up for later in life when he appointed more jews to offices than any other president including governorship of a territory. he was key in limiting Johnson -- the most overtly racist president ever -- from hurting the newly freed blacks. when the congress with republicans were trying to keep reconstruction going they put the power into Grant, general in chief, to sidestep Johnson.

they have the power of all human knowledge in their f**k pockets and they still topple these statues.

[Tragic KingdomII]

[John Galt]

they are showing us why we need more police is all they are doing

[Tragic KingdomII]

[John Galt]

bread and circuses, sure