The Latest: Former governor compares activists with Nazis
Source: Associated Press
Updated 2:37 pm CDT, Tuesday, August 21, 2018
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) The Latest on the toppling of a Confederate statue at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (all times local):
3:30 p.m.
Former North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory is comparing the protesters who helped topple a statue of a Confederate soldier with Nazis.
The Charlotte Observer reports that McCrory asked Tuesday if the protesters are any different from Nazis who tore down statues and burned books in the 1920s and 1930s. McCrory made the comments on his morning show on WBT radio.
On Monday, protesters at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill brought down the statue known as "Silent Sam" that had stood on campus for more than 100 years. They had decried the statue as a symbol of racist heritage.
Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/education/article/The-Latest-UNC-leaders-condemn-Confederate-13171266.php
Gov. Pat McCrory
Lucky Luciano
(11,257 posts)Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)Fascists always project...it is in the propaganda toolkit.
mn9driver
(4,426 posts)...
One hundred yards from where we stand, less than ninety days perhaps after my return from Appomattox, I horse-whipped a negro wench until her skirts hung in shreds, because upon the streets of this quiet village she had publicly insulted and maligned a Southern lady, and then rushed for protection to these University buildings where was stationed a garrison of 100 Federal soldiers. I performed the pleasing duty in the immediate presence of the entire garrison...
http://hgreen.people.ua.edu/transcription-carr-speech.html
The reference to the "four years immediately succeeding the war" is speaking of the founding of the KKK and their reign of terror. It should have been torn down long ago.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)Good work!
marble falls
(57,106 posts)The SOB really did it. And the Federal troops stationed to prevent civil discord stood by and watched.
Thanks for posting that.
mpcamb
(2,871 posts)during the 1956 revolution.
The Liberal Lion
(1,414 posts)and agreed with by absolute morons.
canetoad
(17,169 posts)Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)Go crawl back into that bog of eternal stench where you are currently residing and stay there.
rwsanders
(2,606 posts)Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)One of my favorite movies. Still.
Aristus
(66,388 posts)One of the best movies ever...
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)marble falls
(57,106 posts)ProfessorGAC
(65,076 posts)Pat, you're yesterday's news. Buh bye!