Exploiting the deaths by a lone racist gunman in Charleston, South Carolina, the self-proclaimed progressive poliltical Left has embarked on an emotion-driven campaign to exorcise the south of images of southern Civil War history.
And Republicans who hold elective office seem in competition to see who can cave faster to the progressive demands.
On the heels of South Carolina's governor calling for removal of the targeted Confederate flag on the grounds of that state's capitol, Georgia's governor vowed to redesign its state license plate that notes desendents of Confederate veterans.
And the Associated Press (the same news collective that published a photo with a gun pointed at Sen. Ted Cruz's head) has rushed forward with a list of Confederate memorials across the south. Will these be next as the progressives continue to purge reminders of history they find offensive, or contrary to their agenda?
History is a complicated thing. It can seldom be comfortably boiled down to black and white, and it's sometimes hard to cleanly parse right and wrong. Some memorials and rembrances may trigger uneasiness or introspection as they witness to history's complexities. The political left, however, seems to like its history told with a narrow narrative - one intended to spin uniformity of thought, and a progressive world view.
This Friday, we'll talk about these, as well as other efforts, by the political left to rewrite America's history and change its traditions. And if you think saying so is over reaction, Michelle Obama made a specific promise in 2008 that a changed American history was exactly what hubby Barack would accomplish if elected president and given a chance.
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