‘Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.’ - George Orwell, 1984
Today, a darkness spreads across the country.
From coast to coast, we are benighted…in a total eclipse of good sense.
We ended yesterday wondering what future generations will think of us. We take away our monuments in the dead of night…and spit on the graves of our ancestors in the light of day.
Smashing statues
A now-famous photo shows a stout young woman in North Carolina stomping on a statue of a Confederate soldier.
A protester in North Carolina stands on a toppled Confederate statue
Source: AP Photo; Jonathan Drew
It is not a monument to the Confederacy or to the generals or to slavery. It is merely a statue remembering the sacrifices and suffering of ordinary soldiers.
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