Sometimes, when a new dynasty began in ancient Egypt, the new Pharaoh would have his predecessor's name chiseled off statues and Temple wall carvings. More recently, when authoritarian governments fall, either revolutionaries have pulled down the statues of tyrants or incoming governments did it. It's an anomaly of history not just that rebel leaders' statues have remained standing in the U.S.
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“You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honour.” – Aristotle
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BLM is onto something. Black Lives do matter. When it comes to oppose murder I am with BLM. But when it comes to removing statues I oppose BLM. I have even been on a BLM march. I want to end police brutality. This is about statutes not statues. At best the statue issue is a diversion from the gravamen of the BLM case. The statues don’t shoot!
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Last week a white, horse-drawn hearse brought poor George Floyd to his final place of rest in Houston, Texas. Floyd led a troubled life which ended when Officer Derek Chauvin put his knee on the handcuffed man’s neck until he stopped breathing. Chauvin is now fired and awaiting trial for murder. Meanwhile, the nation’s political and cultural cracks widen.
Real world, new venture and a treasure trove + this day in history w/the death of Jayne Mansfield and our song of the day by Kanye on your Morning Monarchy for June 29, 2018.
A French high court ruled that a cross on top of a monument to Saint John Paul II in a public square in the city of Ploërmel, saying it violates the secular nature of the state. [...]
Chuck Ochelli joins me to discuss the aftermath of the violence in Charlottesville and the rise of right wing racist groups. We begin by breaking down the initial protest over the taking down of a statue Robert E Lee. Chuck and I offer up our thoughts not only on America’s new found love of statues from the 1950’s but the make up of this crowd of alt-right protesters. Next Chuck and I explore the racist and racialist history of America and its deep roots in our society. Chuck explains the difference and how racialism has infected most of the population.
While the list of statues that leftists want removed grows, opponents call for the removal of historical monuments honoring Democrats who were racially biased, Vladimir Lenin and former President Bill Clinton. [...]
This week on the show the ACR Brain-Trust is back with another meeting of the Social Reject Club in the No Friends Left Zone and the gang is discussing the aftermath of the Charlottesville protests and subsequent vehicle incident that left a woman dead. We examine the media psyops which aim to hoodwink the public into believing that there is a large force of racist neo-Nazis that consist of anyone right-of-center in the political spectrum and to tie them to President Trump.
