In an effort to highlight inconsistencies with a city ordinance, a Tulane University professor said that the iconic Andrew Jackson statue in Jackson Square of the French Quarter should be removed because it fits the same criteria that was used to vote to remove Confederate monuments.
Before a nearly empty city council chamber, Richard A. Marksbury, Ph.D., Tulane Dean School of Continuing Studies and Summer School, contended the statue of Andrew Jackson violates Section 146-611 of the City Code.
Marksbury presented the proposal before a meeting of the New Orleans City Council's Governmental Affairs Committee, saying the same action applied to the Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, P.T.G. Beauregard statues and the Liberty Place Monument could to applied to the Andrew Jackson statue.
The professor cited Jackson's past as a slave owner, who was responsible for the Trail of Tears and imprisoned many people in New Orleans.
But Marksbury appears to have made the proposal as a teaching point. He told Fox News that he is pursuing the proposal not to have any statues taken down, but rather to prove a point.
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OK, this craziness has got to stop. Blacks now think they have the upper hand and need to be slapped down. If they don't like the culture of the south or this country, they are welcome to leave, and don't let the door hit you in the ass on your way out
ReplyDeleteAmen, but in this case the professor was being facetious. :)
DeleteWhile I greatly appreciate the professor's novel way of highlighting the insanity that has ruled in the myriad decisions to destroy our country's Southern cultural heritage, I am afraid it will be to no avail.
ReplyDeleteSince no logic was used to justify the monuments and flags being removed from their hallowed positions, logic is surely to be a complete stranger to the minds of those being appealed to in this instance.
The left doesn't deal in logic, only in the pragmatism of manipulation and deceit in achieving their ends.
Right now all of it's on hold I understand....but Jackson also repelled the invading British, cleaned up the town so to speak, and should be remembered as such. The cleansing of the south will continue until someone really puts their foot down and it needs to happen soon.
ReplyDeleteFully agree.
DeleteAt this point it should be easily recognized that the process of destroying or defacing historical artifacts in this country is really no different than the Islamists destroying or defacing historical artifacts that are not of their culture. Is it envy that has morphed into hatred because they themselves have so little to add to civilization?
ReplyDeleteWell said and the Muslims destroying Buddhist monuments/statues, is vile.
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