August 18, 2017 By: Juanita Jean Herownself Category: Uncategorized
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My name is Susan DuQuesnay Bankston. I live in Richmond, Texas, in the heart of Tom DeLay's old district. It's nuttier than squirrel poop here.
I am honored and privileged to know Miss Juanita Jean Herownself, hairdresser extraordinary and political maven. Since she does not have time to fiddle with this internet stuff, I type her website for her and you can read it if you want to. If you don't, she truly does not give a big bear's butt.
A lot of what I post here has to do with local politics, but you probably have the same folks in your local government.
This ain't a blog. Blogs are way too trendy for me. This is a professional political organization.
Excellent as always. Especially the last entry. Be very very careful lest ‘we’ become ‘them’.
1Great cartoons, except that last one is from Breitbart. What a crock. Tearing down government statues of racist traitors who made war on America so that they could enslave black people is not fascism, it’s being an real American.
2Umm…the last one kind of stuck in my craw a bit too. It sort of goes along with Trump’s “They (the anti-Nazi protesters) didn’t have a permit!” rationalization and his lumping together of white nationalists with those opposed to them. Rather than cleansing history of all that is offensive, we want to bring to light that which has been hidden and suppressed for too long.
If you haven’t seen this yet, here is a link to Civil War historian Adam Goodheart’s excellent piece in Politico about when these statues were erected in the 1920’s and later during the civil rights era of the 60’s. I can assure you, most people are unaware of the background of why those statues came about. It ain’t pretty.
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/08/16/regime-change-in-charlottesville-215500
3Hmmm. That last one kind of pinches, doesn’t it? But 1) I’m in favor of civility and kindness in our use of language, and will continue to encourage such even though we permit that which is not, 2) I don’t like violent destructive vigílate mobs even if they purport to agree with my positions and viewpoints, because I am not in favor of violence, and mobs are ALWAYS dangerous, and 3) the community approved and safe removal of “art” or “statues” that are actually monuments designed to evoke a response of reverence and honor for treason and systemic racism is not whitewashing history. It is rather putting that history in its proper context and perspective instead viewing it through the rose colored glasses of a wildly inaccurate and misty myth.
4I’m with Aggieland Liz. The statues should come down, but let’s do it officially and avoid the “violent alt-left mob” accusations.
Can’t recall who suggested the best reason for them to be removed:
“Who’s that man on the horse?”
“Well, he did something very bad.”
“So why is there a big statue of him.”
“Um….”
Great selection of cartoons in a week spoiled for choice. I especially like both by Toles and “Nazis late for work.”
5Yup. The last one reminds me way too much of the old man chastising me because I, according to him, was just as much to blame for the “fight” I had with a sibling who was at the bottom of it all. I guess this was his way of not playing favorites. He came from a large competitive family and dammit he should have known better. I guess the only way i could have avoided that fight was not to have been born at all!
6Excellent, brilliant ‘toons as usual.
7Kudos for the last one. The violent left is as wedded to their fantasies as the violent right.
The violence is to shut you up.
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