Andrew Jackson doesn’t deserve to be on the $20 bill.
Okay!
We have better exemplars of America that can represent us.
Okay!
However, some disagree...
What is Steve King’s rationale for keeping President Jackson there?
"It's not about Harriet Tubman, it's about keeping the picture on the $20," King said Tuesday evening, pulling a $20 bill from his pocket and pointing at President Andrew Jackson. "Y'know? Why would you want to change that? I am a conservative, I like to keep what we have."
The conservative gadfly said it is "racist" and "sexist" to say a woman or person of color should be added to currency. "Here's what's really happening: This is liberal activism on the part of the president that's trying to identify people by categories, and he's divided us on the lines of groups. ... This is a divisive proposal on the part of the president, and mine's unifying. It says just don't change anything."
(Source: “Tiger Beat on the Potomac” / Politico)
Uh...
Well, he nailed what modern conservatism is, I’ll give him that! The stupidity and ignorance of the past must remain forevermore.
“Keep what we have” as the faces of the United States...as long as it’s not a woman or person of color. Because, uh, we’ve never had those sorts of people in this country, right?
Modern conservatism is ahistorical. They want to “keep things” as they never were, because they value their false memories more than history, more than present reality, and more than the future.