George Washington statue is hidden at the MLK rally in SC

Soulshiner wrote: And if you actually READ the article:

"The state chapter of the civil rights group claims it meant no disrespect and only covered up the statue to provide a more suitable backdrop for speakers at Monday's event."

"South Carolina NAACP director Dwight James told The State newspaper that his group was not trying to offend Washington's legacy."

Of course, when you cut and paste without reading the actual article, you run the risk of being made to look foolish by those whose words you took for the truth and posted without reading the article.

http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/n/ ... Statue.htm

But is this just after the incident spin? Or honesty? Sorry if I don't always trust the official take.

Sorry if I don't give a sh*t if you don't always trust the official take...

You know George Washington did own slaves? You know i'm not the type to hold a grudge but if some guy had my great granparents chained to the floor in the basement for there entire lives I might not wanna celebrate them...Just saaayin

I thought about that too... How horrible to cover up the statue of a slave-owner--at a MLK rally..

LadyJazzer wrote: I thought about that too... How horrible to cover up the statue of a slave-owner--at a MLK rally..

lol Yeah

FredHayek wrote:

Soulshiner wrote: And if you actually READ the article:

"The state chapter of the civil rights group claims it meant no disrespect and only covered up the statue to provide a more suitable backdrop for speakers at Monday's event."

"South Carolina NAACP director Dwight James told The State newspaper that his group was not trying to offend Washington's legacy."

Of course, when you cut and paste without reading the actual article, you run the risk of being made to look foolish by those whose words you took for the truth and posted without reading the article.

http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/n/ ... Statue.htm

But is this just after the incident spin? Or honesty? Sorry if I don't always trust the official take.

Actually, this is in the original article, whereas the original post says, "This rally was sponsored by the NAACP and they said that they covered the statue because they "didn't want to offend anyone"." A complete misrepresentation.

You trust the misrepresentation, yet don't trust the official take? Trying to cram what you want to believe into an untrue non-story?

Of course, if you're a teabagger in Tennessee, you'll try to have the textbooks changed to portray his slaves as "happy, satisfied people" and slavery as "benevolent"...

LadyJazzer wrote: Of course, if you're a teabagger in Tennessee, you'll try to have the textbooks changed to portray his slaves as "happy, satisfied people" and slavery as "benevolent"...

Oh yes..They were better off as slaves..No doubt. Freedom is totaly overated

Only if you were a white, money'd, landowner....

But you KNOW how those ol' "Founding Fathers" worked tirelessly--TIRELESSLY , I tell you--to end slavery... (Even John Quincy Adams....and Grover Cleveland...and Warren G. Harding....) I know, because I heard it from Michelle Bachmann...

LadyJazzer wrote: Of course, if you're a teabagger in Tennessee, you'll try to have the textbooks changed to portray his slaves as "happy, satisfied people" and slavery as "benevolent"...

Do you have a source for that or did you just pull it out of your ass as usual?