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Title: Founding Fathers under attack: Students demand Thomas Jefferson statue removal
Post by: rangerrebew on May 03, 2019, 02:02:03 pm
 Founding Fathers under attack: Students demand Thomas Jefferson statue removal
Sergei Kelley

on Mar 29, 2019 at 4:47 PM EDT

    Students at Hofstra University are demanding the school remove a Thomas Jefferson statue.

    The group included other demands as well, including "mandated, comprehensive, cultural competency training.”

https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=12043 (https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=12043)
Title: Re: Founding Fathers under attack: Students demand Thomas Jefferson statue removal
Post by: mountaineer on May 05, 2019, 02:58:25 am
The Democrats like to claim TJ as "one of them."   :laugh:
Title: Re: Founding Fathers under attack: Students demand Thomas Jefferson statue removal
Post by: Smokin Joe on May 05, 2019, 07:14:09 am
Quote from: mountaineer on May 05, 2019, 02:58:25 am
The Democrats like to claim TJ as "one of them."   :laugh:
His classic "Liberal" was a world away from the totalitarian crap the Communists of today's Democrat Party are peddling.

 
Title: Re: Founding Fathers under attack: Students demand Thomas Jefferson statue removal
Post by: Smokin Joe on May 05, 2019, 07:18:50 am
Quote from: rangerrebew on May 03, 2019, 02:02:03 pm
Founding Fathers under attack: Students demand Thomas Jefferson statue removal
Sergei Kelley

on Mar 29, 2019 at 4:47 PM EDT

    Students at Hofstra University are demanding the school remove a Thomas Jefferson statue.

    The group included other demands as well, including "mandated, comprehensive, cultural competency training.”

https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=12043 (https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=12043)
I wonder if any of these cultural incompetents have actually read Jefferson's comments on Slavery?

https://www.monticello.org/slavery-at-monticello/liberty-slavery/jeffersons-antislavery-actions (https://www.monticello.org/slavery-at-monticello/liberty-slavery/jeffersons-antislavery-actions)

The only slaves on that campus are slaves to their own ignorance.
Title: Re: Founding Fathers under attack: Students demand Thomas Jefferson statue removal
Post by: mountaineer on May 05, 2019, 12:12:41 pm
Quote from: Smokin Joe on May 05, 2019, 07:14:09 am
His classic "Liberal" was a world away from the totalitarian crap the Communists of today's Democrat Party are peddling.
Exactly. That's why I laugh when the local Dems hold their annual "Jefferson Day Dinner." Clueless.
Title: Re: Founding Fathers under attack: Students demand Thomas Jefferson statue removal
Post by: sneakypete on May 05, 2019, 12:18:10 pm
Quote from: rangerrebew on May 03, 2019, 02:02:03 pm
 

    The group included other demands as well, including "mandated, comprehensive, cultural competency training.”

https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=12043 (https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=12043)

For who,them? If so,sounds like a good idea to me. Not sure they are trainable,though.