This
past Sunday, statues of Jefferson Davis and Woodrow Wilson were removed from
their pedestals (on which they’ve stood for the last 82 years) at the
University of Texas, victims of a multi-culturally-crazed and
politically-correct-crazy society. While neither one is a particular favorite
of mine (especially Wilson), it is
sadly illustrative of the vehemently intolerant and anti-historical times we
live in. Ironically, history is now being made by how fast history is being
erased, defaced, twisted and shat upon in the Era of Obama.
President
McKinley has also been kicked off of his
pedestal in the past few days, albeit a slightly higher one. President Obama
has unilaterally decided to rename Alaska’s Mount McKinley (the highest peak in
the United States, as most any schoolboy or girl could tell you), Mount Denali. William McKinley was the 25th president of the United States, the last
president to serve in the Civil War and led the country to victory in the
Spanish-American War. He presided over prosperity and rapid economic growth and
was for the “gold standard.”
At the
start of his second term McKinley was assassinated by an anarchist. Now he has
been posthumously pushed off his peak by President Obama.
In Minneapolis, Minnesota, historic
Lake Calhoun is likely to be re-christened “Bde Maka Ska” (White Earth
Lake) in the near future.
The mad scramble to edit and erase
history does an injustice to all,
including those who believe history has done them an injustice.
And it is a veritable hallmark of newly totalitarian states.
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