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NAACP conceals statue of George Washington, "so as not to offend anyone"

Posted 18 Jan 2011 in censorship, intolerance, racism

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Why did the NAACP feel the need to box up a bronze statue of the Father of Our Nation during an observance of Martin Luther King day? What is “offensive” about George Washington? Via Brutally Honest: (h/t: Chicks On The Right)

The information that I have received from someone who was there at the South Carolina King day celebration/protest, is that the statue of George Washington was covered up, “so as not to offend anyone” attending the King day celebration on the state house steps. [emphasis added — FMP] I spent most of the afternoon and evening trying to locate media photographs of today’s events, having been previously informed of the incident in a Facebook posting. “The State” newspaper in Columbia SC is the only media outlet that can presently be located on the internet, that even noted the covering of the statue or mentioned it, or published photographs of the incident for that matter. The bottom line, A statue of the father of this nation is boxed up and draped in black, so as not to offend people? At a celebration commemorating Martin Luther King Jr.? At a protest rally sponsored by the NAACP? And no one in national media notices or questions why? And no one in media (save one local newspaper) takes any notice or exception to it?

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RELATED: Atlas Shrugs offers a quote from Ayn Rand which gives a possible explanation for the NAACP’s overzealous censorship.

In its great era of capitalism, the United States was the freest country on earth—and the best refutation of racist theories. Men of all races came here, some from obscure, culturally undistinguished countries, and accomplished feats of productive ability which would have remained stillborn in their control-ridden native lands. Men of racial groups that had been slaughtering one another for centuries, learned to live together in harmony and peaceful cooperation. America had been called “the melting pot,” with good reason. But few people realized that America did not melt men into the gray conformity of a collective: she united them by means of protecting their right to individuality…

Today, that problem is growing worse—and so is every other form of racism. America has become race-conscious in a manner reminiscent of the worst days in the most backward countries of nineteenth-century Europe. The cause is the same: the growth of collectivism and statism.

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UPDATE: Since their “we didn’t want to offend anyone” excuse didn’t fly, the NAACP is trying a different damage control tactic.

The S.C. NAACP said Tuesday it was not trying to hide a State House statue of George Washington at its annual Martin Luther King Day rally Monday.

The group has draped the founding father’s statue at previous rallies. It did so again this year and questions quickly arose about whether Washington somehow was being slighted.

Not so, says the NAACP.

A three-sided structure that covered the front and sides of the statue was intended to display a rally graphic and serve as a backdrop for the event’s speakers, said S.C. NAACP executive director Dwight James. However, the graphic was not finished before the rally and could not be put in place.

Photos of the event showed a three-sided box with the founding father’s statue visible only from behind the stage.

“What we had constructed was a background with a graphic to be placed on it,” James said. “We weren’t trying to obstruct anything.”

King Day organizers have built similar structures around the statue dating back to at least 2007, according to State newspaper archives.

Most State House rallies use the statue as an unobstructed backdrop, including Saturday’s Stand Up for Life March and Rally.

Yeah, ok, the graphic for the box wasn’t finished. There was a graphic on the podium, though.

Today’s lame excuse only proves that the NAACP has had a problem with George Washington’s statue being visible at any King Day event since 2007.

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RELATED: Via Lloyd Marcus, “Proud Unhyphenated American” at American Thinker

This misdirected ridiculous behavior by the NAACP epitomizes why I, a black American, will never join or give one nickel to this exploitative divisive organization. With black high school dropout rates at epidemic levels, 80% of black kids growing up in fatherless homes and 50% of black pregnancies ending in abortion, why on earth would the NAACP invest time and energy into running around covering up statues of long dead white guys; rather than addressing “real” issues plaguing black America today?

Regardless of what you think about George Washington, he was our first president. Exploiting the occasion of MLK day to diss America’s first president is part of the NAACP’s continuing effort to find irrelevant crap to protest about, impugn the greatness of our country and live in the past, as if American race relations have not progressed since the 50s.

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12th gen. American, Constitutionalist, Harley-riding Texan, gun owner & NRA member, blogger, illustrator, Florida Gator alumnus. #TCOT

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