With a backdrop of colonial architecture which Jefferson helped inspire, the college town of Charlottesville has become a synonym for the devolution of American values. Thomas Jefferson, himself, built this great university in the same Virginia town where he penned the original draft of our Declaration of Independence. It is this abject defiance of the values of Jefferson which saddens so many of us. See, Charlottesville has has a very active community calendar of protests. Most of those protests have been leftist-led. And that's okay with me. Let them march peacefully and go home. But when those same leftist begin dismantling the historic narrative of our nation, I do have a problem with it. Let's explore an example of extremists seeking to destroy historic icons and any memory of them. When the Taliban rose to power in Afghanistan, very few folks knew that they would destroy icons of world history and supplant that narrative with their own propaganda. Many see the destruction of the memorial to Gen. Robert E. Lee as a similar and seminal event. The mantra of today's self-obsessed radicals is; "Liberty for me, but not for thee!" |
Breitbart News reports that Leftist Hate Groups turned violent on the campus of the University of Washington, last night. Vandalism and looting reports came in early, followed by pepper spray and other assaults. It stopped when a person was shot. Milo Yiannopoulos was scheduled to speak to a civics group at the campus and defiant leftists and other intolerant groups were determined not to let his message be heard. Ironically, the protesters met at "Red Square" and assaulted Milo's production crew. Law Enforcement officials said they confiscated numerous weapons last night from the protesters. While the Milo event was properly scheduled and organized, the protesting mob violated numerous laws and campus rules. Yet the police allowed the leftist protesters to continue, but nearly shut down the free speech of the one orderly conservative, Milo Yiannopoulis . The shooting suspect is described as 50 years old and of asian descent. He came into the police facility and claimed his actions were in self defense. Supporters of Milo had been violently accosted, as shown in the video below, involving Milo's support team. The critically injured man is said to be 34 years old and in critical condition, having undergone emergency surgery. Here's part of the Breitbart report: |
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