VIDEO: DC RESIDENTS SAY TAKE DOWN JEFFERSON MEMORIAL, RENAME WASHINGTON, DC:
“It should come down,” one D.C. resident told PJ Media, referencing the Jefferson Memorial in Washington.
“If we do that, though, George Washington owned slaves. Should we rename Washington, D.C.?” he was asked.
“You have to draw the line at some point, I guess, maybe take a poll across the country and see what people think about it and if they want to rename the city, do it,” he said. “I would support changing the American flag as well. America is based on a lot of mass killings and slavery and the history is just – look at the Germans, they own up to the Holocaust, nobody is proud of their history. Americans, at least, you should not be proud of any mass killing. You should not be proud of anything wrong that’s been done in the past or any symbols that represent that and that’s all.”
Leave no black armband behind.
RELATED: Perhaps it’s time to rename the Washington Post, considering its namesake’s background. Either that or admit, as Marc Thiessen does within its pages that “Our country is in a miasma of political correctness,” and that “The recent criticism of the Confederate flag is really not about a flag — it is about the people of the South. It is driven by the notion that most Southerners are a bunch of racists who agree with the Charleston shooter’s murderous actions. As we saw after the shooting, nothing could be further from the truth.”
UPDATE: Heh, indeed:™
Washington Post shouldn't have to rename. They should just lose their trademark…like the Redskins. @EdDriscoll
— Colin Fraizer (@cfraizer) July 7, 2015