Tucker Carlson and the Fox Channel are trying to conflate Thomas Jefferson’s and George Washington’s slave ownership with those of the Confederate TRAITORS who divided our country and went to war with the United States of America to cling to their slaves. This narrative is patently false at it’s core.
The difference between Washington and Jefferson was, THEY WERE NOT TRAITORS WHO BROKE WITH THE UNITED STATES TO CLING TO SLAVERY. They were from another time and the Founding Fathers were not in a place to fight the Revolutionary War and the Civil War simultaneously. Thomas Jefferson put 'ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL' into the Constitution for a reason. All of the Founding Fathers supported that sentiment and signed the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. But that fight was not theirs, though that fight would come. Their job was UNITING the States and that’s exactly what they did and I believe everybody in this country irrespective race, religion, etc are glad they did and deeply respectful of that incredible accomplishment.
Members of Confederacy WERE TRAITORS who rose up and divided our country and started a war so they could keep their slaves. THAT IS WHY THEY SHOULD NOT BE COMMEMORATED.
I’ve heard no one calling for any other memorials to be removed other than those of Confederacy. I was slow coming to realization that the Confederate monuments were not only inappropriate but dangerous but I’m there, now. Whatever, cultural and historical significance these monuments had has been swept away. They now exist to be rallying places for Nazis, the KKK and white nationalist extremists. They are no longer part of history. They are a symbol of a living breathing present were Nazis, the KKK and white nationalists would have the Confederacy resurrected and a Nazi America established. There are plenty of battlefields, memorial sites and museums to preserve the history without putting traitors to the United States up on pedestals.
This conflating tactic being used by the propagandists at Fox is a desperate attempt to get the Left to bite. Then they can paint the Left as extremists and the Nazis, KKK and white nationalists as great guys who just want to preserve history. DON’T FALL FOR IT.
After World War II, Germany removed all Nazi monuments and razed most other Nazi structures to the ground. It is time for the United States to do that to the concrete and metal commemorations to the Confederate traitors who forced the bloodiest war ever on the United States of America.