"This whole left-wing woke cancel culture is slowly becoming unbearable and must stop. History has happened; it cannot and must not be rewritten. Other times had a different worldview.
Left-leaning SRF is actively involved!"
#TauntLeftThe #CatchcryCancelCulture #LiteralFieldHistory #PhenomnWorldviewWeltanschauung #OrgCHSchweizerRadioUndFernsehenSRF
#1942_ #OrgClassifPPUSDemocraticPartyPOTUSFranklinDRooseveltFDR #IRLHistoricalFigureJohnLDeWitt #NarrativeWarWWII #ToponymAsiaEastJapan.ese-Americans #LiteralFieldHistory https://www.sfchronicle.com/art/article/In-new-exhibit-a-spotlight-on-Presidio-s-11041781.php
Context "On This Day - May 3, 1942 - In what has to be considered one of the saddest (and shameful) days in our history, Executive Order 9066, signed by Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt was issued by Lt. her John DeWitt from his headquarters in the SF Presidio. It called for the evacuation of Japanese-Americans from Los Angeles effective May 9. Some 110,000-112,000 Japanese-Americans were taken from their homes and settled in 10 relocation camps, the first of which was in Manzanar in Owens Valley, Ca. In the Bay Area most Japanese-Americans were sent to the Tanforan racetrack where they were put up in stables and later relocated to Topaz, Utah. On 1 February 1943, the all volunteer Japanese/American (Nisei - 'Go For Broke.) 442nd Regimental Combat Team was activated. The 442nd RCT would go to fight in Europe and become the most decorated unit for its size and length of service in the history of the US military-this while their families and loved ones were locked into barbwire fenced camps with military guards in desolate locations in the interior US. The unit totaling about 18,000 men, were awarded over 4,000 Purple Hearts, 4,000 Bronze Stars, 560 Silver Star Medals, 21 Medals of Honor, and seven Presidential Unit Citations. I don't enjoy posting this - but history is history, both the good and the bad. ALL must be preserved and remembered so as to ad as lessons and reminders for us to work off of now, and in the future... " [forum] (3 May 2022 at 18:12).
#TheoryCulturalImperialism #PhenomnColonialism #TheorySociologyCriticalPostcolonialism #ToponymEmpireBritish #LiteralFieldHistory #PoliticsNationalismBritish #PhenomnStatueToppling #OrgClassifPPUKConservativePartyRobertJenrick #OrgClassifPPUKConservativePartyOliverDowden https://www.iglobalnews.com/icommunity/sathnam-sangheras-pursuit-of-a-balanced-sane-view-of-empire #TauntProgressivesRespond
#NewspaperUKBrdshtTheTelegraph "For centuries, public statues and monuments have been erected to celebrate individuals and great moments in British history. Most were erected not by government diktat like in the Soviet Union - but by public subscription, by a borough, village or a parish, a college, a regiment or a local business. They reflected the people's preferences at the time, not a single, official narrative. They are hugely varied, some loved, some reviled, many forgotten, but all part of the weft and weave of our uniquely rich history.
Latterly there has been an attempt to impose a single, often negative narrative which not so much recalls our national story, as seeks to erase part of it. This has been done at the hand of the flash mob, or by the decree of a 'cultural committee' of town hall militants and woke worthies. We live in a country that believes in the rule of law, but when it comes to protecting our heritage, due process has been overridden. That can't be right. Local people should have the chance to be consulted whether a monument should stand or not. What has stood for generations should be considered thoughtfully, not removed on a whim or at the behest of a baying mob.
The statues at risk are not just those of figures who are seldom remembered. It is absurd and shameful that the statue of Winston Churchill should be questioned. Nor is Horatio Nelson safe from the revisionist purge; Lambeth Council has suggested that Nelson's Row may need to be re-named and campaigners have set their sights on Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square.
Labour's support for this attack on our past is not a relic of the days of Jeremy Corbyn. It's happening under Labour councils and mayors across the country now, personally encouraged by Keir Starmer, his Shadow Cabinet and Local Government Association Labour Group. Not content with ripping down heritage, Labour in London has raised the prospect of removing tombs of those who are now seen as 'offenders' - literally digging up the dead.
Street names are also in their sights. Labour-run Birmingham City Council has already banned new streets being named after historic figures, in place of the anodyne 'Diversity Grove' and 'Humanity Close'. Residents face the inconvenience (and embarrassment) of their addresses being forcibly changed.
We cannot - and should not - try to edit or censor our past. At the heart of liberal democracies is a belief that history should be studied, not censored. We should apply the same scorn to the mindless destruction of statues as to the burning of books that we disagree with.
Many of these statues were put up by previous generations, sometimes with different understandings of right and wrong. To tear them down, is, as the Prime Minister has said, 'to lie about our history'. It is also to needlessly denigrate and distort our past, rather than to educate, inform and unite people. It is a path we see our American cousins are well travelled upon. And we can, I hope, agree that we don't want to follow.
There's a carelessness to this too. We've been here before when a previous generation tore down great buildings to the dismay of the silent majority and campaigners such as Sir John Betjeman. As the late Sir Roger Scruton said, the sentiment that 'good things are easily destroyed, but not easily created' is one that most mature people can share. It is a belief that is at the very heart of conservatism.
The law has been used as a bulwark against thoughtless harm to our heritage before. One of my predecessors as Housing Secretary, Duncan Sandys, created Conservation Areas in 1967 to protect our beautiful towns. Like me, he didn't envisage places being set in aspic, but he was saddened by the carelessness he witnessed to the built environment and historic buildings we inherited from previous generations.
Following in that tradition, I am changing the law to protect historic monuments and ensure we don't repeat the errors of previous generations. Proper process will now be required. Any decisions to remove these heritage assets will require planning permission and councils will need to do so in accordance with their constitution, after consultation with the local community.
Where that does not happen, I will not hesitate to use my powers as Secretary of State in relation to applications and appeals involving historic monuments where such action is necessary to reflect the Government's planning policies. Our view will be set out in law, that such monuments are almost always best explained and contextualised, not taken and hidden away. More details will be set out in Parliament tomorrow.
We want to see a considered approach. An approach that cherishes our past, while not being afraid to examine it. We won't allow people to censor our past or pretend we have a different history to the one we have.
It is our privilege in this country to have inherited a deep, rich, fascinating and yes, often complex, past. We are mature enough as a society to understand that and to seek to pass it on, warts and all. To do otherwise would leave our history and future diminished." https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/01/16/will-save-britains-statues-woke-militants-want-censor-past/
#PhenomnStatueToppling
#LiteralFieldHistory
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#TheoryRevisionismHistorical
#PhenomnCulturalHeritage
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#IRLHistoricalFigureWinstonChurchill
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#PleaOrderPreservation
#CatchcrySilentMajority
#OrgUSFedWhiteHouse
#PoliticsPatriotism
#PhenomnEducation
#TheorySociologyCriticalRaceTheoryCRT
#TauntIndoctrination
#MetaphorWarfareCultureLiberalEducation
#PleaLawAndOrder
#CauseBlackLivesMatterBLM
#OtheringOutGroupGangMobRule
#CatchcryCancelCulture
Context response to video tweet of Trump remarking at the #2020_WhiteHouseConferenceonAmericanHistory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVA_t4IJXDc&t=952s that: "For many years now, the radicals have mistaken Americans' silence for weakness. But they're wrong.
There is no more powerful force than a parent's love for their children. And patriotic moms and dads are going to demand that their children are no longer fed hateful lies about this country. American parents are not going to accept indoctrination in our schools, cancel culture at our work, or the repression of traditional faith, culture, and values in the public square. Not anymore" (17 September 2020). [digital archives]
#1776_USDeclarationOfIndependence4thOfJuly [Wikipedia]
#TheoryConstitutionalLawOriginalism
#PoliticsNationalismAmericanAnti
#MetaphorWarfareHeroGuardianOfChildhoodInnocence
#PoliticsNationalismChristian
#MetaphorVersusUsThemPatriotismIsLoveCriticismIsHate
Supplementary #AdvocacyUSTheAlexanderHamiltonInstitutefortheStudyofWesternCivilizationMaryGrabar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RLdpptscHs&t=685s [Wikipedia] #IRLHistoricalFigureAlexanderHamilton #ReasoningFallacyAdHominemPersonalAttack #1980_APeoplesHistoryoftheUnitedStates [Wikipedia] #IRLScholarHowardZinn #LiteralFieldHistory #OtheringDiscriminationRacismStructuralSystemicInstitutional
#NMUSPublicBroadcastingServicePBSNewsHourAmnaNawaz "President Trump described Smithsonian museums as 'out of control' for emphasizing, in his view, 'how bad slavery was.' It's part of a pattern by Trump in his second term to reframe historical narratives, in particular about racism and discrimination. Amna Nawaz spoke with historian Peniel Joseph for our series, Art in Action..." https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/scholar-says-trumps-efforts-to-reframe-u-s-history-is-reminiscent-of-mccarthyism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Amxmov1aos #BrandTechSocialMediaAltTruthSocial #2025_ "The Museums throughout Washington, but all over the Country are, essentially, the last remaining segment of 'WOKE.' The Smithsonian is OUT OF CONTROL, where everything discussed is how horrible our Country is, how bad Slavery was, and how unaccomplished the downtrodden have been Nothing about Success, nothing about Brightness, nothing about the Future. We are not going to allow this to happen, and I have instructed my attorneys to go through the Museums, and start the exact same process that has been done with Colleges and Universities where tremendous progress has been made. This Country cannot be WOKE, because WOKE IS BROKE. We have the 'HOTTEST' Country in the World, and we want people to talk about it, including in our Museums." [fact-checked] #PowerControlChattelSlavery #MetaphorVersusFailureSuccess #PhenomnPolarisationDivisiveIssue #IRLHistorianPenielJoseph #2025_FreedomSeasonHow1963TransformedAmericasCivilRightsRevolution #OrgUSSmithsonianInstitution [Wikipedia] #IRLHistoricalFigureJosephMcCarthySYNMcCarthyism #PowerControlSegregationJimCrowLaws #CauseCivilRightsMovement #PolicyUniversalSuffrage #CauseFeminismWomensLiberationMovementWLM #PolicyRightsWomens #IdentityLGBTQIA #PolicyRightsDisability #PhenomnImmigration
#NMUSNBCNewsDarehGregorian "'In June of 1775, the Continental Congress created a unified Army out of the Revolutionary Forces encamped around Boston and New York, and named after the great George Washington, commander in chief,' Trump said during his address Thursday -- although the army was not named after Washington. It then got stranger.
'Our Army manned the air, it rammed the ramparts, it took over the airports, it did everything it had to do, and at Fort McHenry, under the rocket's red glare it had nothing but victory.'" https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-blames-teleprompter-revolutionary-war-airports-flub-n1026931
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6mZ1ofj2Vo
#PhenomnBlunder
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#NarrativeWarAmericanRevolutionary [Wikipedia]
Addendum Poster praises #OrgClassifPPUSRepublicanPartyGOPPOTUSDonaldTrump's act to create the #1776_Commission, which is tasked with promoting so called 'patriotic education' (which given Trump's 'Make America Great Again' #PleaMAGA version of #PoliticsNationalismAmerican - is inevitably a nostalgic effort of #TheoryRevisionismHistorical). The tweet references statements made at the White House History Conference at the National Archives in Washington, DC i.e. #NMUSCableSatellitePublicAffairsNetworkCSPAN https://www.c-span.org/video/?475934-1/president-trump-announces-1776-commission-restore-patriotic-education-nations-schools (video.foxnews.com link not accessible). According to the poster, the act is an attack on Critical Race Theory supposedly promoted by what they characterise as #TauntLeftist.