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bookmark_borderRobert E. Lee’s name restored to a high school in Texas

Posted on by Marissa

Despite the attempts of cruel, vicious, and brainless bullies to destroy this happy occasion, a high school in Texas has restored Robert E. Lee’s name. 

Midland Lee High School had its name changed to Midland Legacy High School in 2020 as part of the campaign by intolerant bullies to eradicate the existence of all people who are different from the norm. But this past Tuesday night, the school committee voted to change the name back! 

The school board meeting took over 3 hours, involved what was described as “a loud, woke opposition,” and ended with a 4-3 vote. This means that unfortunately, a large number of people, including 3 members of the school board, are intolerant bullies who believe that people who are different from the norm should be excluded, bullied, hurt, and ultimately obliterated from the earth.

However, the bullies lost. This high school once again has a name which sends the message that people who are different from the norm have a right to exist. Kids who are different, who have trouble making friends, who don’t fit in, will receive the message that they are just as good as anyone else and have a right to exist just as they are. This school name sends the message: Robert E. Lee was different from the norm, and he is being respected and honored, so you have the right to be respected and honored, too.

What a revolutionary concept. 

The Alamo City Guards SCV Camp made an excellent post in which they noted, “Renaming LEE to its original name, Robert E. Lee, is a step towards embracing our diverse cultural backgrounds.” I could not agree more strongly. Without honoring Confederate historical figures in our public spaces, there is no meaningful diversity at all.

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bookmark_border“honoring white Supremacist Traitors is now diversity, ROFLMAO”

Posted on by Marissa

Yes, actual diversity is now diversity.

How hilarious!

Diversity that only includes people whom everyone likes, diversity that only encompasses non-controversial attributes, diversity that only includes people who conform to norms… is not diversity in any meaningful sense. It is not diversity at all. 

God forbid that anyone who is different from you be allowed to exist in the world, Donald Nichols. Can’t have that. 

P.S. You might want to learn proper punctuation. It would make you look like slightly less of an idiot.

bookmark_border“Traitors”

Posted on by Marissa

In other words… people who are different.

People who don’t fit in.

People who think for themselves rather than mindlessly following norms.

People who rebel, who resist, who stand up to authority.

Yes, we are all of these things.

We don’t value conformity, and we don’t value compliance.

We value what is right, and we recognize that this is not the same as what is popular.

Why do you use this word as if it’s a bad thing?

By using this word as an insult, you reveal yourself to be a bully and a bigot with no mind, no soul, and no capacity for independent thought.

And that is actually a bad thing.

bookmark_border“The ‘woke lemmings’ won the Civil War”

Posted on by Marissa

… and that’s relevant, how?

How exactly does which side won and which side lost, have to do with which side was good and which side was bad? How exactly does winning and losing have to do with which side was right and which side was wrong?

It doesn’t.

Winning and losing have nothing to do with good and bad.

Winning and losing have nothing to do with right and wrong.

Winning and losing are determined by things like strength, power, strategy, and numbers. They have nothing to do with the moral goodness or badness of the people involved, or of the causes for which they fought.

Yes, the Union side won the Civil War.

The Union side used their larger population, their more industrialized economy, and their greater wealth to harm, hurt, and oppress the Confederates, and to violate their rights.

How, exactly, does this reflect badly on the Confederates?

When people harm, hurt, and oppress others and violate their rights, that reflects badly on the people doing the harming, hurting, oppressing, and violating. It does not reflect badly on the victims.

This is such a basic and obvious moral truth that it’s hard to believe it even needs to be stated. But if the comment sections of social media posts are any indication, it most definitely does, time and time again.

Yes, the woke lemmings won the Civil War.

So?

That doesn’t make them not woke lemmings. That doesn’t give them, or you, the moral high ground. And pointing that out, as if it somehow has moral significance, just makes you a mindless bully.

bookmark_borderPete Hegseth on statues…

Posted on by Marissa

“We recognize our history; we don’t erase it. We don’t follow the woke lemmings off the cliff that want to tear down statues. We look at and learn from our history, all aspects of it, and so Arlington deserves to have, and we’re grateful to the state of Virginia for partnering with us, it wasn’t easy, we fought to make it happen, and the Reconciliation Monument will return to Arlington, where it belongs, to recognize the service of Americans of all chapters. We’re not tearing stuff down; we’re done with that. We’re putting statues back, we’re putting paintings back, we’re recognizing our history, we’re restoring the names of bases, as we’ve done across the country, because we’re proud of our history, as difficult as it may have been in some chapters. We’re gonna teach it, we’re gonna live it, and we’re gonna fight for it.”

 – Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth

Amen to that. Let’s hope that the Arlington monument and the Albert Pike statue are not the last statues to make a comeback, but rather just the beginning of a dramatic reversal.

Source: Fox News

bookmark_border“They plan to cut over 500 ATF inspectors…”

Posted on by Marissa

… and this is bad, how?

A few hundred ATF inspectors sounds like a lot. I also find it hard to believe that the ATF is underfunded, considering that it arguably shouldn’t exist at all, and therefore any funding is a higher amount than what there should be. Additionally, I don’t really get why it’s a bad thing that the ATF cuts will “make us all less safe.” I am tired of our society’s obsession with safety at all costs. What truly matters is not safety, but individual rights. Cutting 500 ATF inspectors sounds like a good thing to me.

bookmark_borderDisrespect for Italian American heritage in Newton, MA

Posted on by Marissa

I haven’t had time to write in depth about the situation in Newton, MA in which the mayor ordered the erasure of red, green, and white stripes down the center of a main road in the city’s predominantly Italian American neighborhood. The mayor, Ruthanne Fuller, claimed that traffic regulations necessitated her actions, and I don’t have enough knowledge to form an opinion on whether or not this is true. But it certainly seems discriminatory to erase the colors of the Italian flag at the same time as communities all across the state and country have been actively painting crosswalks with colors that represent gay and trans people.

In lieu of writing a longer blog post, I am going to share an excellent post from the Italian American Civil Rights League (IACRL), which you can read here.

An excerpt:

“Why is there a push to erase the heritage, the contributions, and the cultural gifts that Italian Americans have given to this country? This isn’t just about paint on a road. This is about erasing history. Dismissing legacy. Silencing pride”

Amen to that.

The IACRL made another post about the community’s response to the erasure, which included attempts by residents to repaint the lines, resulting in one individual being briefly arrested. “What was erased in silence is being restored in unity,” the post notes. I agree with the IACRL that seeing the locals repainting the symbol of their heritage is a beautiful thing indeed. I admire their bravery and spirit.

bookmark_borderThe best $10 million ever spent…

Posted on by Marissa

I fully agree with this post by Dixie Forever stating that the financial cost of restoring the Confederate Monument at Arlington National Cemetery – estimated at $10 million according to an article by the Associated Press – will be worth it. Dixie Forever suggests using the money to fully clean and restore the memorial itself, as well as adding flag poles, historically accurate explanatory plaques, and perhaps even improvements to the surrounding street and its sign.

I also agree with the following sentiments expressed in the post, which I believe are a quote from Virginia Lt. Governor candidate John Reid:

“No matter how one feels about the north or the south or the civil war- we all used to leave dead people and cemeteries alone. The fact that Democrats couldn’t control their hate for dead people and their inclination to be dictators in the modern era is gross and telling.”
 
Exactly.
 
Before the past few years, the continued existence of statues and monuments – and particularly ones located in cemeteries – was not a political issue. It was not up for debate. It was unanimously accepted, regardless of one’s political beliefs and regardless of one’s opinions about the historical figure(s) in question. Removing statues was simply not a thing. It was not a thing that anyone did; it was not a thing that anyone proposed or supported or advocated or argued in favor of; it was not a thing that anyone even considered doing. It was simply accepted that if a statue or monument was put up, then it is up. It exists. Permanently. Period. Full stop. And that is the way it should be. The phenomenon of removing statues is a recent invention. And I am not exaggerating when I say that it is an abomination. Statues are not supposed to be removed. It is simply not the way the world is supposed to work.
 
Indeed, we all used to leave dead people and cemeteries alone. And the fact that we stopped doing so is the most atrocious, the most reprehensible, the most despicable, the most horrifying, and the most immoral thing that has ever happened in the history of the world.
 
To hate dead people demonstrates complete moral bankruptcy. Dead people pose no threat. They are powerless. They cannot hurt you in any way. To destroy their statues and monuments is the epitome of cruelty. It is the epitome of punching down. It is the epitome of a bully beating up on an underdog. To call this behavior gross is an understatement. 

bookmark_borderA win for Columbus Day in Philadelphia

Posted on by Marissa

The good news continues: an order by intolerant, authoritarian former mayor Jim Kenney to abolish Columbus Day in the city of Philadelphia has been overturned by a court. According to Judge Patricia A. McCollough of the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court, the executive order that Kenney signed in 2021 “runs afoul of the separation of powers… and, accordingly, is invalid.”

Source: We The Italians

See also: column by Primo Magazine, with more details and quotes