Walter Williams, African-American Professor of Economics at George Mason University and writer for The Patriot Post, disagrees with the removal of statues and monuments of Confederate Generals . . .
"George
Orwell said, 'The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and
obliterate their own understanding of their history.' In the former USSR,
censorship, rewriting of history and eliminating undesirable people became part
of Soviets’ effort to ensure that the correct ideological and political spin
was put on their history. Deviation from official propaganda was punished by
confinement in labor camps and execution.
Today there
are efforts to rewrite history in the U.S., albeit the punishment is not so
draconian as that in the Soviet Union. New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu had a
Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee monument removed last month. Former Memphis
Mayor A C Wharton wanted the statue of Confederate Lt. Gen. Nathan Bedford
Forrest, as well as the graves of Forrest and his wife, removed from the city
park. In Richmond, Virginia, there have been calls for the removal of the
Monument Avenue statues of Confederate President Jefferson Davis and Gens.
Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson and J.E.B. Stuart. It’s not only Confederate
statues that have come under attack. Just by having the name of a Confederate,
such as J.E.B. Stuart High School in Falls Church, Virginia, brings up calls
for a name change. These history rewriters have enjoyed nearly total success in
getting the Confederate flag removed from state capitol grounds and other
public places.
Slavery is
an undeniable fact of our history. The costly war fought to end it is also a
part of the nation’s history. Neither will go away through cultural cleansing.
Removing statues of Confederates and renaming buildings are just a small part
of the true agenda of America’s leftists. Thomas Jefferson owned slaves, and
there’s a monument that bears his name — the Thomas Jefferson Memorial in
Washington, D.C. George Washington also owned slaves, and there’s a monument to
him, as well — the Washington Monument in Washington. Will the people who call
for removal of statues in New Orleans and Richmond also call for the removal of
the Washington, D.C., monuments honoring slaveholders Jefferson and Washington?
Will the people demanding a change in the name of J.E.B. Stuart High School
also demand that the name of the nation’s capital be changed?"
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