Interesting counterpoint on Confed Flag national debate..
Maybe this extreme political correctness has gone WAY to far? Thomas Jefferson has been honored by having his portrait on the United States nickel since 1938.
CNN
As the Confederate Flag hysteria escalates, CNN's Ashleigh Banfield asks fellow CNN mouthpiece Don Lemon if it?s now appropriate for lawmakers to start a future conversation about whether or not the monument of Thomas Jefferson should be removed from the U.S. Capitol.
As DailySurge reports,
Thomas Jefferson?like a lot of people 270 years ago?owned slaves. He inherited them from his father. Jefferson gave away many of the estimated 170 slaves he owned after his death. While writing in the Declaration of Independence that ?all men are created equal,? Jefferson didn?t believe blacks and whites were equals.
But Thomas Jefferson didn?t want to divorce from the union in order to preserve slavery. In fact, Jefferson wrote constantly and argued regularly about whether or not the founders should include the abolition of slavery in the Bill of Rights.
Maybe this extreme political correctness has gone WAY to far? Thomas Jefferson has been honored by having his portrait on the United States nickel since 1938.
CNN
As the Confederate Flag hysteria escalates, CNN's Ashleigh Banfield asks fellow CNN mouthpiece Don Lemon if it?s now appropriate for lawmakers to start a future conversation about whether or not the monument of Thomas Jefferson should be removed from the U.S. Capitol.
As DailySurge reports,
Thomas Jefferson?like a lot of people 270 years ago?owned slaves. He inherited them from his father. Jefferson gave away many of the estimated 170 slaves he owned after his death. While writing in the Declaration of Independence that ?all men are created equal,? Jefferson didn?t believe blacks and whites were equals.
But Thomas Jefferson didn?t want to divorce from the union in order to preserve slavery. In fact, Jefferson wrote constantly and argued regularly about whether or not the founders should include the abolition of slavery in the Bill of Rights.
