westernjournal--2020-06-08--Oil Giant BP To Cut 10,000 Jobs Due to COVID-19 Downturn

British petroleum giant BP announced it will cut 10,000 jobs , nearly 15 percent of its workforce , amid low oil prices during the coronavirus pandemic .
BP CEO Bernard Looney said Monday that the company is hemorrhaging cash amid the economic crisis .
“ The oil price has plunged well below the level we need to turn a profit .
We are spending much , much more than we make – I am talking millions of dollars , every day , ″ Looney said in a statement to employees obtained by The Hill .
“ We have to spend @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Job cuts will affect all employee levels within the company , including senior management , where a third of positions will be eliminated .
TRENDING : Rioter Douses Police Officer , Sets Him on Fire as Unrest Spreads Across Globe BP is also planning to cut capital expenditures by $ 3 billion , or 25 percent .
The company , which is one of the largest gas and oil companies in the world , will likely nix cash bonuses for the year and will also freeze salary raises for senior and group leaders @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s employees on the front line of oil production .
“ The majority of people affected will be in office-based jobs , ” he said in a company note on Monday , explaining that most of the 10,000 employees will leave by the end of the year .
Outgoing employees will receive severance packages in addition to support in the form of job coaching and free laptops .
“ I am really sorry that this will hurt a lot of people who I know love this company as much as I do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spoke about BP ’ s February announcement that the company had planned to become a net zero emissions company by 2050 .
“ BP today set a new ambition to become a net zero company by 2050 or sooner , and to help the world get to net zero , ” Looney said in February , according to The Guardian .
Looney said in his Monday note that the company would stick by its environmental promises .
RELATED : Ocasio-Cortez Cheers Oil Crash Before Apparently Thinking Better of It “ To me , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ financial position just reaffirm the need to reinvent bp .
While the external environment is driving us to move faster – and perhaps go deeper at this stage than we originally intended – the direction of travel remains the same , ” he said .
The news from Looney comes as the oil and gas industry is reeling from the coronavirus pandemic .
Supply remains low and the price of crude oil first entered negative territory in April , per MarketWatch .
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British petroleum giant BP announced it will cut 10,000 jobs, nearly 15 percent of its workforce, amid low oil prices during the coronavirus pandemic.
BP CEO Bernard Looney said Monday that the company is hemorrhaging cash amid the economic crisis.
“The oil price has plunged well below the level we need to turn a profit. We are spending much, much more than we make – I am talking millions of dollars, every day,″ Looney said in a statement to employees obtained by The Hill.
“We have to spend less money,” he added.
Job cuts will affect all employee levels within the company, including senior management, where a third of positions will be eliminated.
BP is also planning to cut capital expenditures by $3 billion, or 25 percent.
The company, which is one of the largest gas and oil companies in the world, will likely nix cash bonuses for the year and will also freeze salary raises for senior and group leaders.
Looney pledged to protect the company’s employees on the front line of oil production.
“The majority of people affected will be in office-based jobs,” he said in a company note on Monday, explaining that most of the 10,000 employees will leave by the end of the year.
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Outgoing employees will receive severance packages in addition to support in the form of job coaching and free laptops.
“I am really sorry that this will hurt a lot of people who I know love this company as much as I do,” he stated.
Looney also spoke about BP’s February announcement that the company had planned to become a net zero emissions company by 2050.
“BP today set a new ambition to become a net zero company by 2050 or sooner, and to help the world get to net zero,” Looney said in February, according to The Guardian.
Looney said in his Monday note that the company would stick by its environmental promises.
“To me, the broader economic picture and our own financial position just reaffirm the need to reinvent bp. While the external environment is driving us to move faster – and perhaps go deeper at this stage than we originally intended – the direction of travel remains the same,” he said.
The news from Looney comes as the oil and gas industry is reeling from the coronavirus pandemic. Supply remains low and the price of crude oil first entered negative territory in April, per MarketWatch.
The price of crude sat below $40 per barrel Monday, according to Business Insider.
BP currently employees 70,000 people across 79 countries.
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westernjournal--2020-06-08--Pelosi Catches Fire for New Low in Pandering: Kneels Before Introducing ‘Justice in Policing’ Act

Nancy Pelosi has been lowering herself — and American politics — for decades now .
But on Monday , she did it literally .
As the country heads into President Donald Trump ’ s 2020 re-election bid , the crassly opportunistic ( and maliciously anti-Trump ) House speaker clearly hopes to capitalize on a wave of anti-police sentiment , stemming from the May 25 death of George Floyd after a Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for roughly nine minutes during an arrest , to defeat Trump ’ s campaign .
Claiming that police are the real problem , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to “ defund police ” forces in their communities — and leave the minorities they claim to care about even more vulnerable to crime .
The mainstream media is doing its ever-predictable part by portraying an astonishing orgy of riot and looting as some kind of heir to the dignified , morally driven protests of the civil rights movement .
TRENDING : Rioter Douses Police Officer , Sets Him on Fire as Unrest Spreads Across Globe And now comes House Speaker Pelosi herself , ostentatiously taking a knee in the ornate surroundings of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) in the nation ’ s Capitol before introducing a bill to put a new set of federal regulations onto the nation ’ s locally controlled police forces .
The bill , officially known as the “ Justice in Policing Act , ” is ostensibly intended to “ hold law enforcement accountable in court , improve transparency through data collection , and reform police training and policies.
” What it ’ s more likely intended to do is whip up Democratic voters heading into the November election , and provide a patina of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Democratic-controlled cities .
“ The martyrdom of George Floyd gave American experience a moment of national anguish as we grieve for the black Americans killed by police brutality , ” a somewhat garbled Pelosi said at a news conference after the kneeling ceremony .
“ Today , this movement of national anguish is being transformed into a movement of national action as Americans from across the country peacefully protest to demand an end to injustice.
” For Democrats , it probably looked like a moment of perfect political theater .
But some of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ RELATED : Dan Bongino Predicts 2 Prosecutions Out of 'Obamagate ' Attacks on the Trump Presidency It ’ s interesting that this is a Democratic proposal , given that the highest-profile incidents of “ police brutality ” that Democrats seem to think is suddenly on an epidemic scale in the nation seem to crop up mainly in cities where Democrats have been in control for decades .
Minneapolis , for instance , where Floyd died and where the city council now wants to disband the police force , is made up entirely of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
New York City , where a black vendor of illegal cigarettes named Eric Garner died after being arrested by police back in 2014 , is staunchly Democratic .
Baltimore , where the death of a drug dealer named Freddie Gray in 2015 set off days of rioting , hasn ’ t had a Republican mayor since 1967 , as Breitbart has noted .
Its elected officials at the local and federal level ( including the late Elijah Cummings ) have done nothing to prevent Charm City from a descent into slums .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ and every American , Democrat and Republican , knows the truth .
Yet Democrats see themselves as the force to reform American police agencies ?
The reality is that the party is throwing anything it can at Trump and the possibility he will serve another term in the White House .
The three-year national nightmare known as the “ Russia collusion ” probe came up deservedly empty .
The impeachment affair from the first month of the year was so ludicrous it ’ s almost hard to remember — at a remove of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Adam Schiff and Co. were peddling .
When the coronavirus hit , Democrats thought they had their issue , but Trump ’ s handling of it compared far too favorably with other world leaders — and especially favorably to the obvious ineptitude of Democratic governors like New York ’ s Andrew Cuomo and rumored Democratic vice presidential possibility Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan .
So now Pelosi ’ s Democrats have turned to the death of George Floyd and a national outbreak of looting and violence to try to convince American voters that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ police officers .
It ’ s a desperate attempt to rally a dispirited Democratic base in time to win a 2020 election in which Democrats have pinned their hopes on a 77-year-old Joe Biden whose chief strength in the Democratic primaries was that he wasn ’ t Bernie Sanders .
He ’ s a man with a lifetime ’ s worth of political baggage , including the 1994 crime bill that Democrats despise today and a questionable past with China , not to mention endless accusations of improper behavior with women , as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ assault .
Pelosi ’ s career has made clear for years that there ’ s really no depth she will not lower herself for the sake of political power — for herself and her party .
On Monday , in the Capitol ’ s Emancipation Hall , she did it literally , for the whole world to see .
And every voter needs to remember it in November .
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Nancy Pelosi has been lowering herself — and American politics — for decades now.
But on Monday, she did it literally.
As the country heads into President Donald Trump’s 2020 re-election bid, the crassly opportunistic (and maliciously anti-Trump) House speaker clearly hopes to capitalize on a wave of anti-police sentiment, stemming from the May 25 death of George Floyd after a Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for roughly nine minutes during an arrest, to defeat Trump’s campaign.
Claiming that police are the real problem, Democrats at the local level are working to “defund police” forces in their communities — and leave the minorities they claim to care about even more vulnerable to crime.
The mainstream media is doing its ever-predictable part by portraying an astonishing orgy of riot and looting as some kind of heir to the dignified, morally driven protests of the civil rights movement.
And now comes House Speaker Pelosi herself, ostentatiously taking a knee in the ornate surroundings of Emancipation Hall (formerly the Great Hall) in the nation’s Capitol before introducing a bill to put a new set of federal regulations onto the nation’s locally controlled police forces.
Congressional Democrats take a knee as they observe a nearly nine minute moment of silence for George Floyd at Emancipation Hall at the U.S. Capitol. https://t.co/JnqDlzMFDq pic.twitter.com/8CBdgtLUjz — ABC News (@ABC) June 8, 2020
The bill, officially known as the “Justice in Policing Act,” is ostensibly intended to “hold law enforcement accountable in court, improve transparency through data collection, and reform police training and policies.”
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What it’s more likely intended to do is whip up Democratic voters heading into the November election, and provide a patina of legislative covering to continuing unrest in overwhelmingly Democratic-controlled cities.
“The martyrdom of George Floyd gave American experience a moment of national anguish as we grieve for the black Americans killed by police brutality,” a somewhat garbled Pelosi said at a news conference after the kneeling ceremony.
“Today, this movement of national anguish is being transformed into a movement of national action as Americans from across the country peacefully protest to demand an end to injustice.”
For Democrats, it probably looked like a moment of perfect political theater.
But some of the online reviews were appropriately damning:
Let’s call this for what it is: A photo-op. Embarrassing event cloaked in politics. — Marty Davis (@MartyDavis) June 8, 2020
the queen of hypocrites — Nader Haidar (@nader_haidar) June 8, 2020
Is this cultural appropriation or pandering? Answer: Both pic.twitter.com/oiiIoemOT1 — Uri Blago (@UriBlago) June 8, 2020
???What a joke! I guess this is what they were wanting to do for Jussie Smollett. — Jason A. Foust (@JasonAFoust1) June 8, 2020
It’s interesting that this is a Democratic proposal, given that the highest-profile incidents of “police brutality” that Democrats seem to think is suddenly on an epidemic scale in the nation seem to crop up mainly in cities where Democrats have been in control for decades.
Minneapolis, for instance, where Floyd died and where the city council now wants to disband the police force, is made up entirely of Democrats but for one Green Party member.
New York City, where a black vendor of illegal cigarettes named Eric Garner died after being arrested by police back in 2014, is staunchly Democratic.
Baltimore, where the death of a drug dealer named Freddie Gray in 2015 set off days of rioting, hasn’t had a Republican mayor since 1967, as Breitbart has noted.
Its elected officials at the local and federal level (including the late Elijah Cummings) have done nothing to prevent Charm City from a descent into slums.
These are just a few examples, and every American, Democrat and Republican, knows the truth.
Yet Democrats see themselves as the force to reform American police agencies?
The reality is that the party is throwing anything it can at Trump and the possibility he will serve another term in the White House.
The three-year national nightmare known as the “Russia collusion” probe came up deservedly empty. The impeachment affair from the first month of the year was so ludicrous it’s almost hard to remember — at a remove of six months — the exact lies Rep. Adam Schiff and Co. were peddling.
When the coronavirus hit, Democrats thought they had their issue, but Trump’s handling of it compared far too favorably with other world leaders — and especially favorably to the obvious ineptitude of Democratic governors like New York’s Andrew Cuomo and rumored Democratic vice presidential possibility Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan.
So now Pelosi’s Democrats have turned to the death of George Floyd and a national outbreak of looting and violence to try to convince American voters that the real problem the country has is racist police officers.
It’s a desperate attempt to rally a dispirited Democratic base in time to win a 2020 election in which Democrats have pinned their hopes on a 77-year-old Joe Biden whose chief strength in the Democratic primaries was that he wasn’t Bernie Sanders.
He’s a man with a lifetime’s worth of political baggage, including the 1994 crime bill that Democrats despise today and a questionable past with China, not to mention endless accusations of improper behavior with women, as well as one serious claim of sexual assault.
Pelosi’s career has made clear for years that there’s really no depth she will not lower herself for the sake of political power — for herself and her party.
On Monday, in the Capitol’s Emancipation Hall, she did it literally, for the whole world to see.
And every voter needs to remember it in November.
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westernjournal--2020-06-08--Fred Weinberg: ‘The System’ Is Not To Blame for George Floyd’s Death

All of a sudden , if you correctly suggest that all lives matter , you become a media pariah .
Let ’ s be clear : What a rogue Minneapolis cop did to George Floyd was indefensible and inexcusable .
But ask yourself about what the Obama Justice Department holdovers including FBI employees James Comey , Peter Strzok and Lisa Page did to three-star retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn ?
TRENDING : Rioter Douses Police Officer , Sets Him on Fire as Unrest Spreads Across Globe So a veto-proof majority of the Minneapolis City Council has announced intentions to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ supposed to defund the FBI , too ?
In a free society , we hire people , give them guns and badges and often send them into situations where they have to make split-second decisions which , if they are wrong , can cost them their lives .
Sometimes they make the wrong decision .
They are , after all , human .
That doesn ’ t excuse a willfully wrong decision as in the Flynn and Floyd cases .
But it should give the police , writ large , a reasonable benefit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Minneapolis ( where , full disclosure , we own a radio station ) that there is a lot of blame being placed on the police union .
So tell me .
Who signed that contract ?
Who negotiated it ?
Since Minneapolis hasn ’ t had anything but liberal Democratic leadership in years , why did they sign that contract that they now repudiate ?
The reality is that not only can we not exist as a free society without police , you simply can not pass a law requiring people not to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
It would be the equivalent to passing a law requiring people to be nice to each other and expecting instant harmony .
What you get are feel-good solutions that rarely move any needle .
All of the sensitivity training and racial tolerance training you can mandate for police departments sounds good in theory , but they simply won ’ t work .
The reason for that is the goal of justice is equal justice .
How can you set one standard for one group of people and a different standard for another @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s what the left wants .
Now let ’ s talk about this “ systemic racism ” the left loves to talk about .
Lots of negative things are “ systemic ” in this country .
But when that term is the excuse for things like riots and looting and when much of the left can say things like “ I ’ m opposed to the looting but I can understand the rage , ” something is wrong , way beyond the platitudes .
If you want to know what ’ s wrong @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as far as the statistics on out-of-wedlock births and single-parent households in the black community .
The number everybody seems to agree on ( the government , Politifact and even his eminence , Don Lemon of CNN ) is between 72 percent and 73 percent .
While white ( 29 percent ) and Hispanic Americans ( 53 percent ) have nothing to write home about , the fact that almost three-quarters of black kids are raised by one parent is obscene .
Many studies , both government and academic , clearly show children @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more likely to engage in criminal behavior than their peers .
And yet those are the statistics .
However , black so-called “ leaders ” such as Al Sharpton never mention these stats as they whine about “ systemic racism.
” Some of the blame can be placed at the feet of Barack Obama , our first black president .
He never in his eight years uttered those words to the black community .
A real profile in courage .
And I especially have disdain for wealthy leftists who want to tell us @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The truth is that America is what you make of it .
Police are naturally more suspicious of any group that commits a disproportionate amount of crime .
According to both census and FBI reports , African-Americans constitute 13.4 percent of the population but account for 27.2 percent of all arrests .
That may show a racial disparity , but it is the truth .
How is the truth racist ?
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All of a sudden, if you correctly suggest that all lives matter, you become a media pariah.
What a load of crap.
All lives do matter.
Let’s be clear: What a rogue Minneapolis cop did to George Floyd was indefensible and inexcusable.
But ask yourself about what the Obama Justice Department holdovers including FBI employees James Comey, Peter Strzok and Lisa Page did to three-star retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn?
So a veto-proof majority of the Minneapolis City Council has announced intentions to defund the police department.
Are we supposed to defund the FBI, too?
In a free society, we hire people, give them guns and badges and often send them into situations where they have to make split-second decisions which, if they are wrong, can cost them their lives.
Sometimes they make the wrong decision. They are, after all, human.
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That doesn’t excuse a willfully wrong decision as in the Flynn and Floyd cases. But it should give the police, writ large, a reasonable benefit of the doubt. I hear from Minneapolis (where, full disclosure, we own a radio station) that there is a lot of blame being placed on the police union.
So tell me. Who signed that contract? Who negotiated it? Since Minneapolis hasn’t had anything but liberal Democratic leadership in years, why did they sign that contract that they now repudiate?
The reality is that not only can we not exist as a free society without police, you simply cannot pass a law requiring people not to be racist that is workable or enforceable.
It would be the equivalent to passing a law requiring people to be nice to each other and expecting instant harmony. What you get are feel-good solutions that rarely move any needle.
All of the sensitivity training and racial tolerance training you can mandate for police departments sounds good in theory, but they simply won’t work. The reason for that is the goal of justice is equal justice.
How can you set one standard for one group of people and a different standard for another group? But ultimately, that’s what the left wants.
Now let’s talk about this “systemic racism” the left loves to talk about.
Lots of negative things are “systemic” in this country. But when that term is the excuse for things like riots and looting and when much of the left can say things like “I’m opposed to the looting but I can understand the rage,” something is wrong, way beyond the platitudes.
If you want to know what’s wrong with those pathetic claims, look only as far as the statistics on out-of-wedlock births and single-parent households in the black community.
The number everybody seems to agree on (the government, Politifact and even his eminence, Don Lemon of CNN) is between 72 percent and 73 percent. While white (29 percent) and Hispanic Americans (53 percent) have nothing to write home about, the fact that almost three-quarters of black kids are raised by one parent is obscene.
Many studies, both government and academic, clearly show children raised in single-parent households are statistically much more likely to engage in criminal behavior than their peers.
And yet those are the statistics. However, black so-called “leaders” such as Al Sharpton never mention these stats as they whine about “systemic racism.”
Some of the blame can be placed at the feet of Barack Obama, our first black president. He never in his eight years uttered those words to the black community. A real profile in courage. And I especially have disdain for wealthy leftists who want to tell us middle-class average Americans how racist we are.
The truth is that America is what you make of it. Police are naturally more suspicious of any group that commits a disproportionate amount of crime.
According to both census and FBI reports, African-Americans constitute 13.4 percent of the population but account for 27.2 percent of all arrests. That may show a racial disparity, but it is the truth.
How is the truth racist?
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westernjournal--2020-06-08--Health Experts: White Supremacy Contributes to COVID, Is a ‘Lethal Public Health Issue’

More than 1,000 so-called health experts have signed an open letter “ advocating for an anti-racist public health response to demonstrations against systemic injustice occurring during the COVID-19 pandemic.
” In the letter released last week , 1,288 “ public health professionals , infectious diseases professionals , and community stakeholders ” subscribed to the belief that “ white supremacy is a lethal public health issue that predates and contributes to COVID-19.
” The letter , which could have easily been written by the Rev .
Al Sharpton , began with a complaint about the “ heavily armed and predominantly white @ @ @ @ @ @ @ against the stay-at-home orders that forced millions of hardworking and law-abiding Americans out of work .
Yet , these social justice warriors — who also fall into the category of “ epidemiologists , doctors , social workers , medical students , and other health experts , ” according to Slate — had a completely different reaction to the protests against the death of George Floyd , many of which morphed into destructive riots .
After bringing up the “ demonstrations in response to ongoing , pervasive , and lethal institutional racism set off @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Breonna Taylor , ” this left-wing group of “ experts ” acknowledged that “ a public health response to these demonstrations is also warranted.
” TRENDING : Rioter Douses Police Officer , Sets Him on Fire as Unrest Spreads Across Globe However , they issued a caveat : They said that “ this message must be wholly different from the response to white protesters resisting stay-at-home orders.
” That was the first of many asterisks in a document filled with double standards .
As the letter continued , it became perfectly clear that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were based on politics , not science .
Alternating between acting as medical experts and left-wing political activists , these “ experts ” acknowledged that “ [ s ] taying at home , social distancing , and public masking are effective at minimizing the spread of COVID-19.
” However , they then proceeded to disregard their own advice by declaring that “ we do not condemn these gatherings as risky for COVID-19 transmission.
” Most of the rest of the document featured tips on how the “ acceptable ” group of protesters could @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Open Letter on COVID-19 , Ra… by The Western Journal on Scribd Fair enough .
Then why not offer the same advice to Americans wishing to use their First Amendment rights to protest massive government overreach ?
Maybe the goal has never been to protect public health but rather to advance an agenda .
RELATED : NYC Councilman : Revoke Benefits for Anyone Arrested for Looting The proponents of this agenda , the brains behind this letter , subscribe to the insane theory that protests against stay-at-home orders are “ rooted in white @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Black lives.
” The idea that stay-at-home orders had a negative effect only on white people is preposterous .
Taurean Overall , an African-American barber in Georgia , appeared on Fox News ’ “ The Ingraham Angle ” and explained how the shutdown affected him .
“ I had no income for the last two months .
… Us being out of work is no money coming in at all , ” Overall said .
“ In the last two months , I … have spent over 20 grand in rent , in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ made the “ expert ” class in America and around the world look very wise .
Back in January , the World Health Organization maintained that “ preliminary investigations conducted by Chinese authorities have found no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission of the novel # coronavirus.
” Here at home , the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention struggled to decide whether the American public at large should wear masks in public to prevent the spread of coronavirus .
Let ’ s not forget about the extremely off-base models put out by the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ number of deaths and hospital beds needed because of coronavirus .
These models ultimately induced widespread panic and hysteria , leading to the devastating lockdowns that crippled the American economy .
Now , another group of “ experts ” have exposed themselves as partisan hacks more interested in promoting an agenda than preserving public health .
If nothing else , coronavirus has taught the American public an important lesson : Take everything the “ experts ” say with a grain of salt .
We are committed to truth and accuracy in all of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .

More than 1,000 so-called health experts have signed an open letter “advocating for an anti-racist public health response to demonstrations against systemic injustice occurring during the COVID-19 pandemic.”
In the letter released last week, 1,288 “public health professionals, infectious diseases professionals, and community stakeholders” subscribed to the belief that “white supremacy is a lethal public health issue that predates and contributes to COVID-19.”
The letter, which could have easily been written by the Rev. Al Sharpton, began with a complaint about the “heavily armed and predominantly white protesters” who dared to peacefully demonstrate against the stay-at-home orders that forced millions of hardworking and law-abiding Americans out of work.
Yet, these social justice warriors — who also fall into the category of “epidemiologists, doctors, social workers, medical students, and other health experts,” according to Slate — had a completely different reaction to the protests against the death of George Floyd, many of which morphed into destructive riots.
After bringing up the “demonstrations in response to ongoing, pervasive, and lethal institutional racism set off by the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor,” this left-wing group of “experts” acknowledged that “a public health response to these demonstrations is also warranted.”
However, they issued a caveat: They said that “this message must be wholly different from the response to white protesters resisting stay-at-home orders.”
That was the first of many asterisks in a document filled with double standards.
As the letter continued, it became perfectly clear that the recommendations set forth in the document were based on politics, not science.
Alternating between acting as medical experts and left-wing political activists, these “experts” acknowledged that “[s]taying at home, social distancing, and public masking are effective at minimizing the spread of COVID-19.”
However, they then proceeded to disregard their own advice by declaring that “we do not condemn these gatherings as risky for COVID-19 transmission.”
Most of the rest of the document featured tips on how the “acceptable” group of protesters could express their First Amendment rights safely.
Open Letter on COVID-19, Ra… by The Western Journal on Scribd
Fair enough. Then why not offer the same advice to Americans wishing to use their First Amendment rights to protest massive government overreach?
Maybe the goal has never been to protect public health but rather to advance an agenda.
The proponents of this agenda, the brains behind this letter, subscribe to the insane theory that protests against stay-at-home orders are “rooted in white nationalism and run contrary to respect for Black lives.”
The idea that stay-at-home orders had a negative effect only on white people is preposterous.
Taurean Overall, an African-American barber in Georgia, appeared on Fox News’ “The Ingraham Angle” and explained how the shutdown affected him.
“I had no income for the last two months. … Us being out of work is no money coming in at all,” Overall said. “In the last two months, I … have spent over 20 grand in rent, in mortgages.”
The coronavirus pandemic has not made the “expert” class in America and around the world look very wise.
Back in January, the World Health Organization maintained that “preliminary investigations conducted by Chinese authorities have found no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission of the novel #coronavirus.”
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Here at home, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention struggled to decide whether the American public at large should wear masks in public to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Let’s not forget about the extremely off-base models put out by the University of Washington that profoundly overestimated the number of deaths and hospital beds needed because of coronavirus.
These models ultimately induced widespread panic and hysteria, leading to the devastating lockdowns that crippled the American economy.
Now, another group of “experts” have exposed themselves as partisan hacks more interested in promoting an agenda than preserving public health.
If nothing else, coronavirus has taught the American public an important lesson: Take everything the “experts” say with a grain of salt.
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westernjournal--2020-06-08--Tim Keller, Famed Pastor and Best-Selling Author, Shares Heartbreaking Diagnosis

The Christian community has recently had to grieve the loss of one of its giants , Ravi Zacharias .
He touched countless lives before being taken home on May 19 , shortly after being diagnosed with Sarcoma .
Now another well-known figurehead of the Christian faith has gotten a cancer diagnosis .
On Sunday , Timothy Keller shared the sad news with his followers on social media .
“ Less than 3 weeks ago I didn ’ t know I had cancer , ” he wrote on Twitter .
“ Today I ’ m headed to the National Cancer Institute @ @ @ @ @ @ @ beginning chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer next week back in New York City.
” TRENDING : Rioter Douses Police Officer , Sets Him on Fire as Unrest Spreads Across Globe The diagnosis was very nearly accidental — except , of course , it was no accident .
Keller referred to the discovery as “ providential.
” “ I feel great and have no symptoms , ” the 69-year-old continued .
“ It was what doctors call an ‘ incidental pickup , ’ otherwise known as providential intervention .
“ I have terrific human doctors @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Great Physician himself caring for me .
Though we have had times of shock and fear , God has been remarkably present with me through all the many tests , biopsies , and surgery of the past few weeks.
” Keller is both the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan , New York , and president of Redeemer City to City , which is a church-planting outreach focusing on urban culture , according to his Facebook page .
“ The Reason for God ” and “ The Prodigal God ” are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and he has been referred to as a “ pioneer of the new urban Christians ” according to his Facebook bio .
Keller seems to be facing the diagnosis with a solid amount of faith and trust , and he said that if people are so inclined to pray for him , he would request a few specifics .
“ If you are willing to pray for me , ” he wrote , “ here are things to pray for : ” “ For God to use medical means or his direct @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the point of vanishing .
“ For Kathy and me , that we use this opportunity to be weaned from the joys of this world and to desire God ’ s presence above all , ” he added .
“ For my family to be comforted and encouraged .
“ For the side effects of treatment to allow me to continue writing and speaking.
” At the bottom of his post , he wrote : “ Running the race set before me with joy , because Jesus ran an infinitely harder race , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hebrews 12:1-2 ) .
” Hopefully the cancer was caught in time to be controlled and Keller will still have many more years on this Earth to do the Lord ’ s work .
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The Christian community has recently had to grieve the loss of one of its giants, Ravi Zacharias.
He touched countless lives before being taken home on May 19, shortly after being diagnosed with Sarcoma.
Now another well-known figurehead of the Christian faith has gotten a cancer diagnosis.
On Sunday, Timothy Keller shared the sad news with his followers on social media.
“Less than 3 weeks ago I didn’t know I had cancer,” he wrote on Twitter. “Today I’m headed to the National Cancer Institute at the NIH for additional testing before beginning chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer next week back in New York City.”
The diagnosis was very nearly accidental — except, of course, it was no accident. Keller referred to the discovery as “providential.”
“I feel great and have no symptoms,” the 69-year-old continued. “It was what doctors call an ‘incidental pickup,’ otherwise known as providential intervention.
“I have terrific human doctors, but most importantly I have the Great Physician himself caring for me. Though we have had times of shock and fear, God has been remarkably present with me through all the many tests, biopsies, and surgery of the past few weeks.”
Keller is both the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan, New York, and president of Redeemer City to City, which is a church-planting outreach focusing on urban culture, according to his Facebook page.
“The Reason for God” and “The Prodigal God” are two of Keller’s best-known works, and he has been referred to as a “pioneer of the new urban Christians” according to his Facebook bio.
Keller seems to be facing the diagnosis with a solid amount of faith and trust, and he said that if people are so inclined to pray for him, he would request a few specifics.
“If you are willing to pray for me,” he wrote, “here are things to pray for:”
“For God to use medical means or his direct intervention to make the cancer regress to the point of vanishing.
“For Kathy and me, that we use this opportunity to be weaned from the joys of this world and to desire God’s presence above all,” he added.
“For my family to be comforted and encouraged.
“For the side effects of treatment to allow me to continue writing and speaking.”
At the bottom of his post, he wrote: “Running the race set before me with joy, because Jesus ran an infinitely harder race, with joy, for me. (Hebrews 12:1-2).”
Hopefully the cancer was caught in time to be controlled and Keller will still have many more years on this Earth to do the Lord’s work.
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westernjournal--2020-06-08--Chicago Mayor Begs Businesses To Stay as Major Retailer Mulls Abandoning City

Portions of Chicago have resembled combat zones for years .
But in recent weeks , roaming groups of rioters have used the May 25 death of George Floyd while in police custody in Minneapolis as a pretext to loot and destroy businesses both big and small in the Windy City .
The response from the city ’ s Democratic leaders has been less than aggressive — and now they ’ re facing the potential repercussions of that approach .
National retail chain locations have been attacked , looted or burned and are now closed in many parts of the city @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Chicago Sun-Times .
Walmart , according to reports , might not come back , at least not fully .
TRENDING : Rioter Douses Police Officer , Sets Him on Fire as Unrest Spreads Across Globe WBBM-AM in Chicago reported the Arkansas-based retail giant is assessing which of its locations in the city are worth salvaging after criminals ransacked the stores during unchecked looting .
There isn ’ t a timetable for when that corporate evaluation will be completed , but Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot , whose job it is to protect her @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and other retailers not to leave the market .
“ My hope is that they will come back , ” Lightfoot said of Walmart ’ s evaluation of how to proceed in Chicago .
The mayor made the comments after she spoke with a number of retailers that have locations closed due to damage .
Per Lightfoot , most companies will stand by the city , but Walmart has not committed to anything .
“ But I got a resounding , ‘ Mayor , this is our city , this is our home @ @ @ @ @ @ @ retailers , and I would hope that Walmart would follow suit , ” the mayor said .
But what rational corporate leadership would want to conduct business in such a volatile environment ?
Leaders in Chicago are completely lost , as is outlined in a report of a recent online conference call between Lightfoot and the city ’ s 50 aldermen regarding the destruction of businesses by looters .
A May 31 conversation reported by WTTW-TV shows the city ’ s leaders profanely attacked each other over the riots .
RELATED : 600 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Violent George Floyd Riots “ Lightfoot vowed to launch a ‘ Herculean effort ’ to convince businesses to rebuild and reopen , ” the outlet reported .
“ Lightfoot said she had no choice but to shut down the [ Chicago Transit Authority ] after reports buses were being ‘ commandeered ’ by ‘ anarchists.
’ “ [ Third Ward Ald .
Pat Dowell ] asked Lightfoot to use the National Guard to protect grocery stores and pharmacies , but the mayor said ‘ they are not a magic tool , they are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , National Guard troops have made things worse , ‘ not better , ’ Lightfoot said .
“ [ 18th Ward Ald .
Derrick Curtis ] said he had called 911 to report looting , and got no answer .
Rich Guidice , the director of the Office of Emergency Management and Communications , acknowledged that the system was overwhelmed .
“ ‘ There are no easy answers here , ’ Lightfoot said .
… “ [ 15th Ward Ald .
Raymond Lopez ] demanded that Lightfoot develop a plan to stabilize Chicago @ @ @ @ @ @ @ calling his Southwest Side ward ‘ a virtual war zone ’ where gang members armed with AK-47 ’ s were threatening to shoot black people .
“ The call came to a screeching halt when Lightfoot declined to address the substance of Lopez ’ s remarks , and Lopez demanded that she respond .
“ Lightfoot told Lopez he was ‘ 100 % full of s—.
’ “ ‘ I understand you want to preen , ’ Lightfoot told Lopez .
“ ‘ Mayor , you need to check your f—ing attitude , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ clear from the call that Chicago ’ s Democratic leaders don ’ t have the answers to the city ’ s problems , nor are they willing to come together to take control back from the mobs .
As American cities have burned in recent weeks , the messaging from radical demonstrators and the Democratic public officials who support them has been to dither or place blame on law enforcement .
Some are even screaming to defund police departments ; a veto-proof majority of Minneapolis City Council members declared Sunday they would do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reluctance of leaders in Chicago to enforce law and order has caused tangible damage to businesses and their bottom lines .
Their rhetoric and feebleness don ’ t give any indication that the madness will end any time soon .
While many corporations across the country have virtue-signaled their way through the pandemic and now the civil unrest , whether Walmart decides to give Chicago another shot likely will be a purely business decision .
If Lightfoot is unwilling to guarantee the retail giant basic security and safety , there is no reason @ @ @ @ @ @ @ risk of sticking around .
The company ’ s decision will be dependent on how its leadership views the viability of a market in which Lightfoot and Democrats appear to have lost all control .
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Portions of Chicago have resembled combat zones for years.
But in recent weeks, roaming groups of rioters have used the May 25 death of George Floyd while in police custody in Minneapolis as a pretext to loot and destroy businesses both big and small in the Windy City.
The response from the city’s Democratic leaders has been less than aggressive — and now they’re facing the potential repercussions of that approach.
National retail chain locations have been attacked, looted or burned and are now closed in many parts of the city, as was outlined June 1 by the Chicago Sun-Times.
Walmart, according to reports, might not come back, at least not fully.
WBBM-AM in Chicago reported the Arkansas-based retail giant is assessing which of its locations in the city are worth salvaging after criminals ransacked the stores during unchecked looting.
There isn’t a timetable for when that corporate evaluation will be completed, but Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, whose job it is to protect her city, is now pleading with Walmart and other retailers not to leave the market.
“My hope is that they will come back,” Lightfoot said of Walmart’s evaluation of how to proceed in Chicago.
The mayor made the comments after she spoke with a number of retailers that have locations closed due to damage.
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Per Lightfoot, most companies will stand by the city, but Walmart has not committed to anything.
“But I got a resounding, ‘Mayor, this is our city, this is our home,’ from a lot of other retailers, and I would hope that Walmart would follow suit,” the mayor said.
But what rational corporate leadership would want to conduct business in such a volatile environment?
Leaders in Chicago are completely lost, as is outlined in a report of a recent online conference call between Lightfoot and the city’s 50 aldermen regarding the destruction of businesses by looters.
A May 31 conversation reported by WTTW-TV shows the city’s leaders profanely attacked each other over the riots.
“Lightfoot vowed to launch a ‘Herculean effort’ to convince businesses to rebuild and reopen,” the outlet reported.
“Lightfoot said she had no choice but to shut down the [Chicago Transit Authority] after reports buses were being ‘commandeered’ by ‘anarchists.’
“[Third Ward Ald. Pat Dowell] asked Lightfoot to use the National Guard to protect grocery stores and pharmacies, but the mayor said ‘they are not a magic tool, they are the military.’
“In other cities, National Guard troops have made things worse, ‘not better,’ Lightfoot said.
“[18th Ward Ald. Derrick Curtis] said he had called 911 to report looting, and got no answer. Rich Guidice, the director of the Office of Emergency Management and Communications, acknowledged that the system was overwhelmed.
“‘There are no easy answers here,’ Lightfoot said. …
“[15th Ward Ald. Raymond Lopez] demanded that Lightfoot develop a plan to stabilize Chicago’s neighborhoods for five days, calling his Southwest Side ward ‘a virtual war zone’ where gang members armed with AK-47’s were threatening to shoot black people.”
“The call came to a screeching halt when Lightfoot declined to address the substance of Lopez’s remarks, and Lopez demanded that she respond.
“Lightfoot told Lopez he was ‘100% full of s—.’
“‘Well, f— you then,’ Lopez responded.
“‘I understand you want to preen,’ Lightfoot told Lopez.
“As aldermen objected, Lopez continued to speak.
“‘Mayor, you need to check your f—ing attitude,’ Lopez said.”
It is abundantly clear from the call that Chicago’s Democratic leaders don’t have the answers to the city’s problems, nor are they willing to come together to take control back from the mobs.
As American cities have burned in recent weeks, the messaging from radical demonstrators and the Democratic public officials who support them has been to dither or place blame on law enforcement.
Some are even screaming to defund police departments; a veto-proof majority of Minneapolis City Council members declared Sunday they would do just that, KMSP-TV reported.
The reluctance of leaders in Chicago to enforce law and order has caused tangible damage to businesses and their bottom lines.
Their rhetoric and feebleness don’t give any indication that the madness will end any time soon.
While many corporations across the country have virtue-signaled their way through the pandemic and now the civil unrest, whether Walmart decides to give Chicago another shot likely will be a purely business decision.
If Lightfoot is unwilling to guarantee the retail giant basic security and safety, there is no reason Walmart should be willing to assume the risk of sticking around.
The company’s decision will be dependent on how its leadership views the viability of a market in which Lightfoot and Democrats appear to have lost all control.
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westernjournal--2020-06-08--In Attempt To Bash Sen. Cotton Over Op-Ed, ‘1619 Project’ Creator Accidentally Blasts Herself Instea

In Attempt To Bash Sen. Cotton Over Op-Ed, ‘1619 Project’ Creator Accidentally Blasts Herself Instead

There aren ’ t any editorial page editors I want to see fired , at least that I can think of off the top of my head .
If I did , I ’ d recommend they allow Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas to write an opinion piece for them .
That ’ s pretty much how James Bennet of The New York Times lost his job on Sunday .
Bennet allowed the publication of an Op-Ed by Cotton in which he advocated using the military to quell unrest in major cities .
Not that this wasn ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to The Associated Press , Bennet “ had received some heat for adding new voices , including conservative columnist Bret Stephens.
” When Bret Stephens is too controversial for people to stomach , you get a pretty good idea about how The Times rolls .
It turns out Bennet was one of two editors who resigned over the weekend after they published pieces that insinuated maybe , perhaps riots which destroyed property were kind of sort of bad ideas and ought to be stopped .
( Stan Wischnowski of the Philadelphia Inquirer left @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Buildings Matter , Too.
” ) TRENDING : Rioter Douses Police Officer , Sets Him on Fire as Unrest Spreads Across Globe Cotton ’ s opinion was , of course , an opinion , and by the time the debate had started to die down , so had the riots , and whether buildings mattered too was largely a moot concern as was the need to deploy the military .
But , hey .
In addition to one editorial page editor forced out at The New York Times , one of their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ put herself on blast over the whole thing .
If you ’ re not familiar with Nikole Hannah-Jones , you ’ re probably familiar with The New York Times initiative she helmed : The “ 1619 Project.
” “ The ‘ 1619 Project ’ was launched in August with a 100-page spread in the Times ’ s Sunday magazine , ” The Wall Street Journal ’ s Elliot Kaufman wrote last December .
“ It intends to ‘ reframe the country ’ s history ’ by crossing out 1776 as America ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ year 20 or so African slaves were brought to Jamestown , Va .
The project has been celebrated up and down the liberal establishment , praised by Sen. Kamala Harris and Mayor Pete Buttigieg.
” Hannah-Jones wasn ’ t too pleased with Cotton ’ s Op-Ed in the paper — and on CNN this past weekend , she let host Brian Stelter know it .
She was asked about the piece and whether it represented liberal intolerance — particularly since part of the reason why Bennet got forced out was because of pressure @ @ @ @ @ @ @ public with their distaste for the piece .
“ Sen .
Cotton certainly has the right to write and say whatever he wants in this country , but we as a news organization should not be running something that is offering misinformation to the public unchecked , ” Hannah-Jones replied .
RELATED : According to NYT Writer , Destroying Property Is 'Not Violence' As word choice goes , Hannah-Jones probably could have done better .
As much as the “ 1619 Project ” has gotten plaudits for being a thought-provoking look at our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ needed to be provoked into thinking that slavery constituted part of our history , into remembering that 1619 was the year they were brought here , and into reading a version of events that contained no facts that might contradict their worldview — it ’ s also gotten criticized for being really bad history “ that is offering misinformation to the public unchecked , ” as its curator might say .
She won a Pulitzer for it , though , so at least she ’ ll have that over Cotton .
As for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In December , five historians — Sean Wilentz , James McPherson , Gordon Wood , Victoria Bynum and James Oakes — signed a letter that was published in the Dec. 29 issue of The New York Times Magazine about the “ 1619 Project.
” In the letter , the historians said that they were “ dismayed at some of the factual errors in the project and the closed process behind it .
“ These errors , which concern major events , can not be described as interpretation or ‘ framing.
’ They are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the foundation of both honest scholarship and honest journalism , ” the letter read .
“ They suggest a displacement of historical understanding by ideology .
Dismissal of objections on racial grounds — that they are the objections of only ‘ white historians ’ — has affirmed that displacement .
On the American Revolution , pivotal to any account of our history , the project asserts that the founders declared the colonies ’ independence of Britain ‘ in order to ensure slavery would continue.
’ “ This is not true .
If supportable @ @ @ @ @ @ @ yet every statement offered by the project to validate it is false .
Some of the other material in the project is distorted , including the claim that ‘ for the most part , ’ black Americans have fought their freedom struggles ‘ alone.
’ ” The paper ’ s response was somewhat predictable , saying in part : “ Though we respect the work of the signatories , appreciate that they are motivated by scholarly concern and applaud the efforts they have made in their own writings to illuminate the nation ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ claim that our project contains significant factual errors and is driven by ideology rather than historical understanding .
While we welcome criticism , we don ’ t believe that the request for corrections to The 1619 Project is warranted.
” Kaufman ’ s piece in The Wall Street Journal contained even more pointed criticism .
“ A September essay for the World Socialist Web Site called the project a ‘ racialist falsification ’ of history .
That didn ’ t get much attention , but in November the interviews with the historians went @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would have this kind of reaction , ' ” Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Gordon Wood told The Wall Street Journal in an email .
“ ‘ It still strikes me as amazing why the NY Times would put its authority behind a project that has such weak scholarly support.
’ He adds that fellow historians have privately expressed their agreement .
[ Pulitzer Prize-winning historian James ] McPherson coolly describes the project ’ s ‘ implicit position that there have never been any good white people , thereby ignoring white radicals and even liberals @ @ @ @ @ @ @ This isn ’ t just the whinging of “ old , white male historians , ” as Hannah-Jones describes it .
These are serious issues .
Hannah-Jones makes very incendiary claims and then didn ’ t have anything there to back them up with .
Her defense seems to be that she ’ s part of the new vanguard of historian — the kind that ’ s “ with it ” and “ woke ” to decentralizing the narrative of America from whiteness .
Yet , the errors in the project have been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ time now .
If “ old , white male historians ” actually turn out to be right about a narrative that ’ s riddled with errors , what does that say about Hannah-Jones ?
And , more importantly , what does that say about a newspaper that pushed out an editor for publishing Sen. Cotton ’ s opinion as opinion when Hannah-Jones ’ opinion was published as fact ?
If only we could get her to approve the publishing of a Tom Cotton Op-Ed .
By golly , they ’ d pay attention @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and accuracy in all of our journalism .
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There aren’t any editorial page editors I want to see fired, at least that I can think of off the top of my head. If I did, I’d recommend they allow Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas to write an opinion piece for them.
That’s pretty much how James Bennet of The New York Times lost his job on Sunday. Bennet allowed the publication of an Op-Ed by Cotton in which he advocated using the military to quell unrest in major cities.
Not that this wasn’t in the offing before this; according to The Associated Press, Bennet “had received some heat for adding new voices, including conservative columnist Bret Stephens.”
When Bret Stephens is too controversial for people to stomach, you get a pretty good idea about how The Times rolls.
It turns out Bennet was one of two editors who resigned over the weekend after they published pieces that insinuated maybe, perhaps riots which destroyed property were kind of sort of bad ideas and ought to be stopped. (Stan Wischnowski of the Philadelphia Inquirer left the paper after publishing a piece titled “Buildings Matter, Too.”)
Cotton’s opinion was, of course, an opinion, and by the time the debate had started to die down, so had the riots, and whether buildings mattered too was largely a moot concern as was the need to deploy the military.
But, hey. In addition to one editorial page editor forced out at The New York Times, one of their most controversial writers also managed to accidentally put herself on blast over the whole thing.
If you’re not familiar with Nikole Hannah-Jones, you’re probably familiar with The New York Times initiative she helmed: The “1619 Project.”
“The ‘1619 Project’ was launched in August with a 100-page spread in the Times’s Sunday magazine,” The Wall Street Journal’s Elliot Kaufman wrote last December.
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“It intends to ‘reframe the country’s history’ by crossing out 1776 as America’s founding date and substituting 1619, the year 20 or so African slaves were brought to Jamestown, Va. The project has been celebrated up and down the liberal establishment, praised by Sen. Kamala Harris and Mayor Pete Buttigieg.”
Hannah-Jones wasn’t too pleased with Cotton’s Op-Ed in the paper — and on CNN this past weekend, she let host Brian Stelter know it.
She was asked about the piece and whether it represented liberal intolerance — particularly since part of the reason why Bennet got forced out was because of pressure from Times’ staffers who went very public with their distaste for the piece.
“Sen. Cotton certainly has the right to write and say whatever he wants in this country, but we as a news organization should not be running something that is offering misinformation to the public unchecked,” Hannah-Jones replied.
.@nhannahjones, creator of the 1619 project, on Tom Cotton’s op-ed: [He] certainly has the right to write and say whatever he wants in this country, but we as a news organization should not be running something that is offering misinformation to the public unchecked. pic.twitter.com/0jCHT6gnyy — Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) June 7, 2020
As word choice goes, Hannah-Jones probably could have done better.
As much as the “1619 Project” has gotten plaudits for being a thought-provoking look at our history — at least for those who needed to be provoked into thinking that slavery constituted part of our history, into remembering that 1619 was the year they were brought here, and into reading a version of events that contained no facts that might contradict their worldview — it’s also gotten criticized for being really bad history “that is offering misinformation to the public unchecked,” as its curator might say.
She won a Pulitzer for it, though, so at least she’ll have that over Cotton. As for the rest of it, well …
In December, five historians — Sean Wilentz, James McPherson, Gordon Wood, Victoria Bynum and James Oakes — signed a letter that was published in the Dec. 29 issue of The New York Times Magazine about the “1619 Project.”
In the letter, the historians said that they were “dismayed at some of the factual errors in the project and the closed process behind it.
“These errors, which concern major events, cannot be described as interpretation or ‘framing.’ They are matters of verifiable fact, which are the foundation of both honest scholarship and honest journalism,” the letter read.
“They suggest a displacement of historical understanding by ideology. Dismissal of objections on racial grounds — that they are the objections of only ‘white historians’ — has affirmed that displacement. On the American Revolution, pivotal to any account of our history, the project asserts that the founders declared the colonies’ independence of Britain ‘in order to ensure slavery would continue.’
“This is not true. If supportable, the allegation would be astounding — yet every statement offered by the project to validate it is false. Some of the other material in the project is distorted, including the claim that ‘for the most part,’ black Americans have fought their freedom struggles ‘alone.’”
The paper’s response was somewhat predictable, saying in part: “Though we respect the work of the signatories, appreciate that they are motivated by scholarly concern and applaud the efforts they have made in their own writings to illuminate the nation’s past, we disagree with their claim that our project contains significant factual errors and is driven by ideology rather than historical understanding. While we welcome criticism, we don’t believe that the request for corrections to The 1619 Project is warranted.”
Kaufman’s piece in The Wall Street Journal contained even more pointed criticism.
“A September essay for the World Socialist Web Site called the project a ‘racialist falsification’ of history. That didn’t get much attention, but in November the interviews with the historians went viral.
‘I wish my books would have this kind of reaction,'” Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Gordon Wood told The Wall Street Journal in an email.
“‘It still strikes me as amazing why the NY Times would put its authority behind a project that has such weak scholarly support.’ He adds that fellow historians have privately expressed their agreement. [Pulitzer Prize-winning historian James] McPherson coolly describes the project’s ‘implicit position that there have never been any good white people, thereby ignoring white radicals and even liberals who have supported racial equality.’”
This isn’t just the whinging of “old, white male historians,” as Hannah-Jones describes it. These are serious issues.
Hannah-Jones makes very incendiary claims and then didn’t have anything there to back them up with. Her defense seems to be that she’s part of the new vanguard of historian — the kind that’s “with it” and “woke” to decentralizing the narrative of America from whiteness.
Yet, the errors in the project have been pointed out by historians for quite some time now.
If “old, white male historians” actually turn out to be right about a narrative that’s riddled with errors, what does that say about Hannah-Jones?
And, more importantly, what does that say about a newspaper that pushed out an editor for publishing Sen. Cotton’s opinion as opinion when Hannah-Jones’ opinion was published as fact?
If only we could get her to approve the publishing of a Tom Cotton Op-Ed. By golly, they’d pay attention then.
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westernjournal--2020-06-08--University Lecturer Reportedly Under Investigation After Reading MLK Letter Aloud

History can not be changed , but it appears that leftist liberals in education want to keep parts of it hidden from people .
A lecturer at the University of California , Los Angeles has been condemned and is under investigation for reading aloud a letter written by the Rev .
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. because the part he read contained a racial slur , according to the Washington Free Beacon .
The outlet reported it obtained a department-wide email in which the university ’ s political science chair , Michael Chwe , in addition to two other department @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Peris and said he had been referred to UCLA ’ s Discrimination Prevention Office Peris , who is a veteran of the United States Air Force and is white , read aloud to his class from King ’ s monumental “ Letter from Birmingham Jail , ” and is now in hot water .
King wrote the letter from jail to his fellow clergymen after he was arrested for protesting Jim Crow laws in 1963 .
TRENDING : Rioter Douses Police Officer , Sets Him on Fire as Unrest Spreads Across Globe Officials @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Peris was reading the letter , a significant piece of civil rights movement history , he did not censor himself when he came to the part that includes the n-word .
King , of course , was not using the n-word in a derogatory way , but was rather explaining how the racists of the time mistreated African-Americans , including by calling them slurs .
According to the Free Beacon , Peris cited the historical document to go along with his lecture about the history of racism in America .
WARNING : The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ racial slur that some viewers may find offensive .
Students complained , and the email was reportedly sent out to the entire political science department .
“ The lecturer also showed a portion of a documentary which included graphic images and descriptions of lynching , with a narrator who quoted the n-word in explaining the history of lynching .
Many students expressed distress and anger regarding the lecture and the lecturer ’ s response to their concerns during the lecture , ” the email read .
The letter was signed by Chwe , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vice chair for graduate studies , Lorrie Frasure , and undergraduate studies , Chris Tausanovitch .
“ We share students ’ concerns that the lecturer did not simply pause and reassess their teaching pedagogy to meet the students ’ needs , ” they wrote .
RELATED : Whitmer Condemned Lockdown Protests But Now She 's Making an Exception for Herself Moreover , according to the UCLA College of Letters and Science , the video of Peris reading the part of the letter that includes the n-word “ has been shared with UCLA ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Inclusion for review.
” Although Peris apologized , there have still been calls from students for the university fire him and Gordon Klein , an accounting professor who reportedly did not cancel or delay final exams for minority students in the wake of George Floyd ’ s death , according to Kristie-Valerie Hoang , digital managing editor for UCLA ’ s student-run newspaper , the Daily Bruin .
The outlet reported a town hall meeting is scheduled for Tuesday to discuss the incident involving Peris and what steps might come next .
But @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , a pro-free speech group , said firing the lecturer could violate his First Amendment rights .
“ Peris ’ s academic freedom , as a faculty member at a public institution bound by the First Amendment , includes the right to decide whether and how to confront or discuss difficult or offensive material , including historical readings that document our nation ’ s centuries-long history of racism , ” FIRE spokeswoman Katlyn Patton told the Free Beacon .
“ Doing so does not amount to unlawful discrimination or harassment , and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not investigate or punish a professor for exercising his expressive or academic freedom.
” All Peris did was quote the words written by MLK , a civil rights icon .
Did school officials condemn the author of the letter ?
No .
Instead , they judged a person who read it aloud .
Of course , neither one should be denounced .
But the left has twisted education in our country .
They only want people to know portions of what happened to mold this nation .
Colleges and universities ought to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with these institutions now dominated by liberals , truth and accuracy have taken a backseat .
We are committed to truth and accuracy in all of our journalism .
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History cannot be changed, but it appears that leftist liberals in education want to keep parts of it hidden from people.
A lecturer at the University of California, Los Angeles has been condemned and is under investigation for reading aloud a letter written by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. because the part he read contained a racial slur, according to the Washington Free Beacon.
The outlet reported it obtained a department-wide email in which the university’s political science chair, Michael Chwe, in addition to two other department leaders, denounced postdoctoral lecturer W. Ajax Peris and said he had been referred to UCLA’s Discrimination Prevention Office
Peris, who is a veteran of the United States Air Force and is white, read aloud to his class from King’s monumental “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” and is now in hot water.
King wrote the letter from jail to his fellow clergymen after he was arrested for protesting Jim Crow laws in 1963.
Officials at UCLA are reportedly upset because while Peris was reading the letter, a significant piece of civil rights movement history, he did not censor himself when he came to the part that includes the n-word. King, of course, was not using the n-word in a derogatory way, but was rather explaining how the racists of the time mistreated African-Americans, including by calling them slurs.
According to the Free Beacon, Peris cited the historical document to go along with his lecture about the history of racism in America.
WARNING: The video below contains the use of a racial slur that some viewers may find offensive.
@UCLA After numerous students plead with Professor Ajax Peris to not use the n word he refused to omit the word because as he stated “just that my skin is white does not prevent me from being able to say those words” and apologized for our “discomfort” but not for his words pic.twitter.com/3WVyKuA8Dg — ♛ (@heavynne_) June 3, 2020
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Students complained, and the email was reportedly sent out to the entire political science department.
“The lecturer also showed a portion of a documentary which included graphic images and descriptions of lynching, with a narrator who quoted the n-word in explaining the history of lynching. Many students expressed distress and anger regarding the lecture and the lecturer’s response to their concerns during the lecture,” the email read.
The letter was signed by Chwe, as well as the department’s vice chair for graduate studies, Lorrie Frasure, and undergraduate studies, Chris Tausanovitch.
“We share students’ concerns that the lecturer did not simply pause and reassess their teaching pedagogy to meet the students’ needs,” they wrote.
Moreover, according to the UCLA College of Letters and Science, the video of Peris reading the part of the letter that includes the n-word “has been shared with UCLA’s Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion for review.”
Thank you for bringing this to our attention. This information has been shared with UCLA’s Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion for review. — UCLA College (@UCLACollege) June 3, 2020
Although Peris apologized, there have still been calls from students for the university fire him and Gordon Klein, an accounting professor who reportedly did not cancel or delay final exams for minority students in the wake of George Floyd’s death, according to Kristie-Valerie Hoang, digital managing editor for UCLA’s student-run newspaper, the Daily Bruin.
The protestors called for Professor Gordon Klein and Ajax Peris’s firing. “These demands don’t stop here.” — Kristie-Valerie Hoang (@kristie_valerie) June 4, 2020
The outlet reported a town hall meeting is scheduled for Tuesday to discuss the incident involving Peris and what steps might come next.
But the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, a pro-free speech group, said firing the lecturer could violate his First Amendment rights.
“Peris’s academic freedom, as a faculty member at a public institution bound by the First Amendment, includes the right to decide whether and how to confront or discuss difficult or offensive material, including historical readings that document our nation’s centuries-long history of racism,” FIRE spokeswoman Katlyn Patton told the Free Beacon.
“Doing so does not amount to unlawful discrimination or harassment, and the law is abundantly clear that UCLA could not investigate or punish a professor for exercising his expressive or academic freedom.”
All Peris did was quote the words written by MLK, a civil rights icon.
Did school officials condemn the author of the letter? No. Instead, they judged a person who read it aloud.
Of course, neither one should be denounced. But the left has twisted education in our country. They want people to know only portions of what happened to mold this nation.
Colleges and universities ought to be focused on pursuing objective truth. But with these institutions now dominated by liberals, truth and accuracy have taken a backseat.
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westernjournal--2020-06-08--Man Shows Up to Protest in Blackface, Walks Away in Handcuffs

Amid the Toronto crowd protesting against racism and police brutality on Saturday , there was one protester with a slightly different agenda .
As shown in videos posted to Twitter , one man joined the protest in blackface .
Wearing blackface is seen as a display of racial disrespect and intolerance .
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was excoriated for wearing blackface in old photos that came to light last year , and Democratic Virginia Gov .
Ralph Northam faced similar criticism over a blackface photo on his yearbook page .
The man who showed up Saturday as the Toronto @ @ @ @ @ @ @ told those whose tempers he ignited that he was “ not trying to be disruptive.
” In the first of a series of videos posted on social media , the man was shown grinning as the protesters around him vented their outrage .
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As police moved to arrest him , the crowd grew and became angrier .
The man talked with police @ @ @ @ @ @ @ until a protester doused him with water .
Police initially said the man , whose name was not given , was arrested and charged with breach of the peace .
They later revised that to say no charges had yet been filed .
During the protests , Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders knelt with the marchers protesting racism , according to CP24 .
“ The last few days have been such a confirmation of sort of who we are and what we are as a city , ” Toronto Mayor John Tory said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the fact that it was so peaceful and [ people were ] so emphatic about [ their ] heartfelt feelings.
” Toronto will now provide staff training on reducing anti-black racism , Tory said .
“ When I sat down with some of our senior city staff , the people who have risen the highest who are black in our city organization , and heard some of their stories of how their careers have been difficult for them get to the top , you sort of become less satisfied with the fact that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more concerned about the fact that there were so many obstacles in the way , ” Tory said , according to CP24 .
“ We are going to try to reduce those .
We are going to try to address the fact that a lot of young people in the black communities across Toronto don ’ t have the same access to job opportunities .
That is something that automatically puts them behind the eight ball , ” he said .
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Amid the Toronto crowd protesting against racism and police brutality on Saturday, there was one protester with a slightly different agenda.
As shown in videos posted to Twitter, one man joined the protest in blackface.
Wearing blackface is seen as a display of racial disrespect and intolerance. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was excoriated for wearing blackface in old photos that came to light last year, and Democratic Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam faced similar criticism over a blackface photo on his yearbook page.
The man who showed up Saturday as the Toronto demonstrators were gathered in Nathan Phillips Square told those whose tempers he ignited that he was “not trying to be disruptive.”
In the first of a series of videos posted on social media, the man was shown grinning as the protesters around him vented their outrage.
WARNING: The following videos contain vulgar language that some viewers may find offensive.
Tense moments at Nathan Phillips Square as someone dresses in blackface, thankfully police intervened. #TorontoProtest #toronto pic.twitter.com/5R5uPdNVqq — Lucas Meyer (@meyer_lucas) June 6, 2020
As police moved to arrest him, the crowd grew and became angrier. The man talked with police officers who had come to remove him until a protester doused him with water.
Warning: language . The man was sprayed with water before being taken away by police. #Toronto #Torontoprorest pic.twitter.com/EHEgx4d1nf — Lucas Meyer (@meyer_lucas) June 6, 2020
Context: a circle was made with some chants from those in the middle. He walked in, turned towards #TORONTO sign, crossed arms, middle fingers up. People were shocked realizing what was happening and moved in. He said it was freedom of speech as he was taken away. #TorontoProtest — Lucas Meyer (@meyer_lucas) June 7, 2020
Police initially said the man, whose name was not given, was arrested and charged with breach of the peace.
They later revised that to say no charges had yet been filed.
During the protests, Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders knelt with the marchers protesting racism, according to CP24.
“The last few days have been such a confirmation of sort of who we are and what we are as a city,” Toronto Mayor John Tory said Sunday. “I thank everybody for the fact that it was so peaceful and [people were] so emphatic about [their] heartfelt feelings.”
I acknowledge there is much more to do in order to reach that goal. I encourage people to take time this weekend to think about what they can do in their own lives and in their own actions to help us to confront anti-black racism and to stop it. — John Tory (@JohnTory) June 5, 2020
Toronto will now provide staff training on reducing anti-black racism, Tory said.
“When I sat down with some of our senior city staff, the people who have risen the highest who are black in our city organization, and heard some of their stories of how their careers have been difficult for them get to the top, you sort of become less satisfied with the fact that they made it to the top and more concerned about the fact that there were so many obstacles in the way,” Tory said, according to CP24.
“We are going to try to reduce those. We are going to try to address the fact that a lot of young people in the black communities across Toronto don’t have the same access to job opportunities. That is something that automatically puts them behind the eight ball,” he said.
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westernjournal--2020-06-08--Black State Trooper Tells BLM Protester: ‘I Only Kneel’ to God

It ’ s the kind of thing that builds American faith in law enforcement .
And the timing was perfect .
A Georgia state trooper on hand for a recent Black Lives Matter protest is lighting up social media , thanks to an answer he gave to a demonstrator who apparently demanded he take a knee as a sign of respect for the protesters ’ cause .
“ I was supposed to be out of town this weekend with my wife , ” the trooper , identified by The Daily Caller as O ’ Neal Saddler , told the protester @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this weekend , but I ’ m out here just to make sure y ’ all are safe .
Don ’ t go there with respect , OK ?
TRENDING : Rioter Douses Police Officer , Sets Him on Fire as Unrest Spreads Across Globe “ I have much respect , but I only kneel for one person , and that ’ s God.
” The video was reportedly shot in Hartwell , Georgia , about 90 miles southwest of Atlanta .
It was posted Sunday to a photography studio ’ s Facebook @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ryan Fournier , national chairman of Students for Trump .
The precise time it was taken is a little unclear , since there was a Black Lives Matter protest in Hartwell on Friday , as documented by The Hartwell Sun , the local weekly .
There was no protest on Sunday , residents contacted by phone Monday said .
Regardless , what was crystal clear was the message the trooper was sending .
Obviously , he ’ s an organization man — no one can last long in a quasi-military institution like a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for discipline and following orders .
But when it comes to the ultimate form of obeisance — the act of kneeling — that ’ s reserved for the one ultimate power .
RELATED : After Proving Themselves Incapable of Policing at City Level , Dems Move To Remake Entire Nation 's Law Enforcement Of course , there were a few liberal knuckleheads ready to jump in with irrelevant jibes ( there was at least one mocking comparison to President Donald Trump ’ s visit to St. John ’ s Episcopal Church in Washington @ @ @ @ @ @ @ But the overwhelming majority of comments were approving — and grateful .
At a time when Americans are being assaulted daily with lies about the nation ’ s supposedly “ racist ” police forces based on the actions of the tiniest sliver of their membership , and watching as liberal politicians attack the men and women who actually protect law and order , a statement of quiet dignity and faith like the one out of Georgia carries weight .
In the over-inflated , and clearly manipulated reactions to the death of George Floyd @ @ @ @ @ @ @ across the country have screamed for police to kneel with them as a gesture of conciliation , as Fox News has reported .
( Bizarrely , even that peaceful move is drawing heat from progressives now , according to ABC News . )
But one state trooper , with a respectful demeanor and gentle logic that only added strength to his words , gave the answer that every law enforcement officer — and every American — should take to heart .
For free Americans , kneeling is reserved for one power only — @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Black Lives Matter movement .
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It’s the kind of thing that builds American faith in law enforcement.
And the timing was perfect.
A Georgia state trooper on hand for a recent Black Lives Matter protest is lighting up social media, thanks to an answer he gave to a demonstrator who apparently demanded he take a knee as a sign of respect for the protesters’ cause.
“I was supposed to be out of town this weekend with my wife,” the trooper, identified by The Daily Caller as O’Neal Saddler, told the protester.
“I took off today, this weekend, but I’m out here just to make sure y’all are safe. Don’t go there with respect, OK?
“I have much respect, but I only kneel for one person, and that’s God.”
This is Georgia State Trooper O’Neal Saddler. He was asked to kneel today, and this was his response. God Bless him! ?? pic.twitter.com/DZOGg6qnFn — Ryan Fournier (@RyanAFournier) June 7, 2020
The video was reportedly shot in Hartwell, Georgia, about 90 miles northeast of Atlanta. It was posted Sunday to a photography studio’s Facebook page, then shared on Twitter by Ryan Fournier, national chairman of Students for Trump.
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The precise time it was taken is a little unclear, since there was a Black Lives Matter protest in Hartwell on Friday, as documented by The Hartwell Sun, the local weekly. There was no protest on Sunday, residents contacted by phone Monday said.
Regardless, what was crystal clear was the message the trooper was sending.
Obviously, he’s an organization man — no one can last long in a quasi-military institution like a state police force without understanding the necessity for discipline and following orders. But when it comes to the ultimate form of obeisance — the act of kneeling — that’s reserved for the one ultimate power.
And social media users cheered:
This is the kind of officer we need nation wide, much to respect this man. — Evan ?? (@Darefuhl) June 7, 2020
God bless that state Trooper and his family. That’s an American I am very proud of him. — Dory O’Toole (@commodory) June 7, 2020
This is a true hero! — chris forte (@cdr613) June 7, 2020
Of course, there were a few liberal knuckleheads ready to jump in with irrelevant jibes (there was at least one mocking comparison to President Donald Trump’s visit to St. John’s Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., for instance).
But the overwhelming majority of comments were approving — and grateful.
At a time when Americans are being assaulted daily with lies about the nation’s supposedly “racist” police forces based on the actions of the tiniest sliver of their membership, and watching as liberal politicians attack the men and women who actually protect law and order, a statement of quiet dignity and faith like the one out of Georgia carries weight.
In the over-inflated, and clearly manipulated reactions to the death of George Floyd in Minnesota on May 25, protesters across the country have screamed for police to kneel with them as a gesture of conciliation, as Fox News has reported. (Bizarrely, even that peaceful move is drawing heat from progressives now, according to ABC News.)
But one state trooper, with a respectful demeanor and gentle logic that only added strength to his words, gave the answer that every law enforcement officer — and every American — should take to heart.
For free Americans, kneeling is reserved for one power only — and that’s not the rabble of Black Lives Matter movement.
CORRECTION, June 8, 2020: This article originally misstated the location of Hartwell, Georgia, in relation to Atlanta. Hartwell is northeast of Atlanta.
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westernjournal--2020-06-08--Lincoln Freed the Slaves Over 150 Years Ago… Now Protesters Are Defacing His Statue with BLM Graffit

Lincoln Freed the Slaves Over 150 Years Ago… Now Protesters Are Defacing His Statue with BLM Graffiti

On Sunday , marchers in Albion took to the streets in solidarity with protests in the United States .
The U.K .
Guardian estimated the crowds at tens of thousands across the United Kingdom — certainly not anything approaching what we ’ ve seen in the United States , but certainly nothing to scoff at , either .
In Bristol , a statue of Edward Colston — a prominent 17th-18th century merchant and slave trader — was torn down by protesters , according to the BBC .
There were skirmishes with police , as is de rigueur for these events @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tweet that the protests had been “ subverted by thuggery — and they are a betrayal of the cause they purport to serve.
” So pretty much like in America .
TRENDING : Rioter Douses Police Officer , Sets Him on Fire as Unrest Spreads Across Globe However , there ’ s a distance between subversion by thuggery betraying the cause and the kind of hooliganry which truly defies description .
In that vein , I give you the defacement of the Abraham Lincoln statue in London : The statue , dedicated in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be unveiled in 1914 to commemorate 100 years since the end of the War of 1812 .
However .
World War I intervened .
It ’ s ( arguably ) America ’ s greatest president in the United Kingdom ’ s most populous city .
There ’ s little to dislike here .
But no — now the statue bears the names of black individuals killed by police in the United States : RELATED : After Proving Themselves Incapable of Policing at City Level , Dems Move To Remake Entire Nation 's Law @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Black Lives Matter demonstrators scaling the statue in protest : Jack Montgomery of Breitbart London noted that Lincoln ’ s statue was vandalized “ worse than Churchill ’ s. ” I don ’ t think I need to remind anyone about Abraham Lincoln ’ s role in ending slavery , considering his election was the impetus for almost all of America ’ s slave states to break away and form the Confederacy — which was then soundly defeated , thanks to Lincoln .
Over 150 years ago , he freed the slaves — @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not entirely aware where you put the names of black people killed by police in America when you want to blame every single incidence of it on systemic racism , but the statue of the guy who got shot because he freed the slaves definitely isn ’ t the place .
Of the protests we ’ ve seen in the wake of George Floyd ’ s death , this wasn ’ t one of the more well-thought-out .
Even if you believe , as these people do , that police malfeasance was responsible @ @ @ @ @ @ @ remembering the “ victims ” by defacing the statue of one of the greatest champions of freedom and equality in the Western world is certainly a unique way to go about letting people know about it .
They might have done better if they focused on Edward Colston .
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On Sunday, marchers in Albion took to the streets in solidarity with protests in the United States.
The U.K. Guardian estimated the crowds at tens of thousands across the United Kingdom — certainly not anything approaching what we’ve seen in the United States, but certainly nothing to scoff at, either.
In Bristol, a statue of Edward Colston — a prominent 17th-18th century merchant and slave trader — was torn down by protesters, according to the BBC.
There were skirmishes with police, as is de rigueur for these events, leading Prime Minister Boris Johnson to tweet that the protests had been “subverted by thuggery — and they are a betrayal of the cause they purport to serve.”
So pretty much like in America.
People have a right to protest peacefully & while observing social distancing but they have no right to attack the police. These demonstrations have been subverted by thuggery – and they are a betrayal of the cause they purport to serve. Those responsible will be held to account. — Boris Johnson #StayAlert (@BorisJohnson) June 7, 2020
However, there’s a distance between subversion by thuggery betraying the cause and the kind of hooliganry which truly defies description. In that vein, I give you the defacement of the Abraham Lincoln statue in London:
The statue, dedicated in 1920, had originally been intended to be unveiled in 1914 to commemorate 100 years since the end of the War of 1812. However. World War I intervened.
It’s (arguably) America’s greatest president in the United Kingdom’s most populous city. There’s little to dislike here.
But no — now the statue bears the names of black individuals killed by police in the United States:
Statue of former US president Abraham Lincoln now bears the names of black people killed by American police pic.twitter.com/WHBwLIOqjb — Mattha Busby (@matthabusby) June 6, 2020
Video posted to Twitter also showed Black Lives Matter demonstrators scaling the statue in protest:
Jack Montgomery of Breitbart London noted that Lincoln’s statue was vandalized “worse than Churchill’s.”
Lincoln’s statue vandalised even worse than Churchill’s at the #BlackLivesMatter protest in London. Lincoln, of course, is the President who freed the slaves – and got an assassin’s bullet in the back of the head for doing it. That still wasn’t enough? https://t.co/MeTSrUwN5O pic.twitter.com/r8ICm6j3pS — Jack Montgomery (@JackBMontgomery) June 6, 2020
I don’t think I need to remind anyone about Abraham Lincoln’s role in ending slavery, considering his election was the impetus for almost all of America’s slave states to break away and form the Confederacy — which was then soundly defeated, thanks to Lincoln.
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Over 150 years ago, he freed the slaves — and now this.
I’m not entirely aware where you put the names of black people killed by police in America when you want to blame every single incidence of it on systemic racism, but the statue of the guy who got shot because he freed the slaves definitely isn’t the place.
Of the protests we’ve seen in the wake of George Floyd’s death, this wasn’t one of the more well-thought-out. Even if you believe, as these people do, that police malfeasance was responsible for every one of these deaths, remembering the “victims” by defacing the statue of one of the greatest champions of freedom and equality in the Western world is certainly a unique way to go about letting people know about it.
They might have done better if they focused on Edward Colston.
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