08-22-2017, 07:43 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-22-2017, 07:45 AM by Bob Butler 54.)
We've got a movement going where those with money are using the National Mall for propaganda purpose, though it could be argued that that's exactly what the Mall is for. It seems some thing that it must be made more clear that many of the founding fathers were slave owners. Brietbart reports the Jefferson Memorial To Be Altered to Emphasize Slave Ownership.
It's true enough that the founding fathers had been held immune from issues resolved later in the nation's history. Does one judge people by the standards of times much later than one's own? If the content is indeed "appropriate and though", fine. In an era when the tearing down of memorials that allegedly celebrate slavery is an issue, do we want to mix private money with government propaganda? Whose propaganda is it, anyway?
I've also the opinion that Breitbart has an agenda, Trump has an agenda, and the donors have an agenda. The wording above looks.... spun. Articles with the opposite spin are to be expected.
Quote:“We can reflect on the momentous contributions of someone like Thomas Jefferson, but also consider carefully the complexity of who he was,” a Trust official told the Washington Examiner. “And that’s not reflected right now in the exhibits.”
The report continues:
Quote:The Trust has the ability to wield significant influence over the new exhibits, because they provide crucial private funding for the National Mall. The National Park Service [NPS] faces an $11.49 billion deficit for repairing and maintaining the parks, including an $852 million shortfall for the Mall alone. The Trust works to fill that gap by coordinating fundraising drives from “patriotic philanthropists” and that support projects identified by the NPS as a top priority.
The Trust official said that, in order to bring in private funding, the Trust would have to be “thoughtful vis à vis what has happened.”
“That is where we’ll be their partner in bringing together thought leaders and scholars to make sure that that content is really appropriate and thorough for what should be at that particular site,” the official added.
It's true enough that the founding fathers had been held immune from issues resolved later in the nation's history. Does one judge people by the standards of times much later than one's own? If the content is indeed "appropriate and though", fine. In an era when the tearing down of memorials that allegedly celebrate slavery is an issue, do we want to mix private money with government propaganda? Whose propaganda is it, anyway?
I've also the opinion that Breitbart has an agenda, Trump has an agenda, and the donors have an agenda. The wording above looks.... spun. Articles with the opposite spin are to be expected.
That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.