Black Lives Matter
June 19, 2020
Juneteenth 2020. Under the orange gas cloud of the most
racist American president in a very long time.
On June 19, 1865 Union army general Gordon Granger exposed a
dirty little secret in the city of Galveston, Texas. On that day the last
slaves in America learned that they had been freed almost two and a half years earlier
thanks to the Emancipation Proclamation. That of course came after the defeat
of the treasonous Confederacy, whose “heroes” are finally receiving their just desserts.
Statues of these enemies of the United States are finally being, in many cases unceremoniously,
removed from public view. Probably not a bad idea to put monuments to these hateful bigots
to rest – somewhat more than two and a half years after they officially became
the vile losers they always were.
Billie Holliday – Strange Fruit
Now we just need to remove one more monument to racism, a living hateful bigot, a heinous
enemy of the United States, from the highest office in the land and from the
People’s House. Hopefully, not by another war between the states, but at the
ballot box.
This has been your Paying Attention Thought For The Day.
You're welcome.
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