Commander's Column – Offended by Truth
Found an
interesting Twitter account, @OffendedBand which is the official Twitter feed
for the band Offended by Everything out of Dallas Texas. I suppose they can start writing a song about
the recent movement to rename their state capital to rid themselves of the
offensive history of “Stephen F. Austin, who played a central part in the
founding of Texas. Though he owned no slaves and died long before the Civil
War, the report notes that he “fought to defend slavery in spite of Mexico’s
effort to ban it” and feared that freed slaves would be “a nuisance and a
menace.” Among the things named after him are a street, a high school, a
recreation center and ... a city of nearly a million people. The Austin Equity
Office, you see, recently published a report on Confederate monuments. It
compiled a list of parks, streets and facilities named for slaveholders,
Confederate veterans and other symbols of the antebellum South, and it provided
cost estimates for changing names and removing statues.”
(http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-perspec-chapman-austin-rename-slavery-confederate-statues-20180802-story.html)
The author continues, “In much of the Lone Star State, “Austin” is shorthand
for “crazy liberals.”” He revealed in
the article that he hails from Austin, now resides in Chicago and writes for
the Tribune and apparently is describing himself as a “crazy liberal” as he
goes on to predictably express his offense at Confederate flags and monuments
as well as Andrew Jackson. But,
thankfully he has reached his limit with the preposterous notion of renaming
his hometown. Not even recognizing his ignorant hypocrisy he proclaims, “If re-christening is obligatory there,
signmakers are going to be working overtime across the country. The nation’s
capital and dozens of other Washingtons were named for a slaveholder. So were
Madison, Wis., and Jefferson City, Mo. Anything called “Columbus” or “Columbia”
would need a replacement, given the fate of Native Americans once the explorer
arrived. And let’s not forget the big
enchilada: America. Its name came from Amerigo Vespucci, who on one of his
voyages to the New World captured a couple of hundred natives to sell as
slaves. This is not to say the campaign
against Confederate symbols is mistaken. On the contrary, it’s long overdue.
The University of Texas has taken down statues of four Confederate leaders. The
city of Austin has renamed Robert E. Lee Road and Jeff Davis Avenue.
Confederate Avenue and Dixie Drive could be next. The reasoning behind such
changes is unassailable. It’s an abomination to honor the Confederacy, whose chief
purpose was preserving white supremacy and African-American bondage. There is
no way to think of Lee or Davis without recalling the vast monstrosity they
upheld. You know why they call the
Confederacy the Lost Cause? Because it lost.
Changes like this don’t “erase history” as some critics charge. On the
contrary, they expand our appreciation of history to include oppressed groups
that were once rendered invisible. Confederate statues can serve an educational
purpose — in museums. A Jeff Davis Avenue, however, makes about as much sense
as a Benedict Arnold Drive. It’s
important that Americans have begun to rid ourselves of monuments to avoid
glorifying evil and folly. It’s equally useful to know where to stop.” We are so fortunate to have the esteemed Steve
Chapman, editor of the Chicago Tribune to educate us as to his unquestionable
moral clarity and his truths of historical perspective. I tweeted on this subject saying, “The
insanity these insane people are propagating must stop. Who is to say these
"enlightened" elites possess the eternally righteous values? Those
coming 200 years after us may condemn them. Preserve history.” We are not alone
in our perception of how crazy this PC pacification, this purging of history
and heritage has become. “People today have been taught to be offended, people
live to be offended. That’s why they need a ‘safe space’ and a ‘cry closet,’
and what they mean by that seems to be a space where they can be safe from
hearing the voice of reason and truth.
If you speak the truth, you might not be safe.” Speaking basic truths
today requires courage, Catholic Bishop Robert Morlino from Madison, Wisconsin,
told graduates of Thomas Aquinas College graduates. (http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/05/29/speaker-urges-graduates-to-be-politically-incorrect-in-era-cry-closets-and-safe-spaces.html)
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