The LuLac Edition #3572, August 14th, 2017

THOUGHTS ON CHARLOTTESVLILE

This vehicle was not parked in the South but in the Home Depot Parking lot in Wilkes Barre. (Photo: LuLac archives)

Just a few things on the recent happenings in Charlottesville.
1. This is the home of the Founding Fathers in America. The Third and Fourth Presidents of the United States homes are here. Jefferson is buried here. They must be spinning in their graves over this development. The basic foundation of this country, the vision of these men, one the author of the Declaration of Independence and the other the main architect of the Constitution wanted free speech, not hate speech.
2. Once again this White House fell short in the response. I saw the President’s entire statement and it was fine except when he immediately did not denounce the Klan and White Supremacist Factions. By not doing so, he still left that door open a crack that there was recognition that “others” fell into the same category as the KKK and other hate groups.
3. The Conservatives immediately started defending his statement saying it was being “nit picked” by a press that was unfair to him. The press reported what others were saying about his party’s reaction to it. Right wing Facebook posters also started pointing the finger at violence against police and the actions of some Black Lives Matters members. Talk about mixing apples and oranges! This was a fruit salad.
4. To equate Black Lives Matter with this hate group and situation is ridiculous. Any member of Black Lives Matter never had to hide their faces under a white hood. Black Lives Matter was formed because of the inordinate amount of violence against unarmed black people. That’s what their protest was about. This protest was about “Taking Back Our Country”.
5. That begs this question. Taking back their country from whom? Are these supremacists banned from doing anything they want (including spouting off hate speech) and intimidating people? Just where did their country go and who the hell is trying to take it away? Unless of course they don’t like the complexion of the country anymore.
6. This is not isolated. Look around this area and you see Confederate flags on cars and on homes. This flag is not a representation of the courage of the men and people who fought for the cause of the South. It was brought to the forefront in the 1950s when the Civil Rights movement started to take shape as a way of intimidating the movement for equality.
7. Finally this, for as much as people on the right want to justify this action, and point fingers at “other” groups, as a famous Alaskans Governor once said, “You can’t put lipstick on a pig”. This won’t pretty up an ugly situation.
Today President Trump came out with the denunciation of all the hate groups he should have called out Saturday. If he had a stronger staff, maybe this statement might have come out earlier.
Most were not satisfied. Not because he had to clarify but because of his past track record. People are tired of giving him passes.
Predictably this evening Trump want on Twitter with a “poor me” tweet that said the fake news and others felt it wasn’t enough. Well as the song says, “You Don’t Have To Be A Baby…………”