06-23-2020, 09:44 AM
(06-22-2020, 09:57 PM)masonbengals fan Wrote:
Thought I would post one for Teddy tonight at about the same time they are tearing down his statue in NYC.
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Yeah, let me pop in here as probably the biggest fan of TR on the board. The statue is not being removed because of it being TR. It is being removed because of the racist, caricature depiction of a an indigenous person and an African American. The Roosevelt family agrees with the removal, as well, because they feel that the depiction does not align with his ideals. I don't necessarily agree with that, because even though I am a fan of the colonel, I recognize he had some very problematic positions and was a white supremacist. I know a good bit of this has already been said, but yeah, it needs to be reemphasized. TR had a major impact on New York and the city itself and is honored there in several other ways. This statue can easily go and his presence will still be felt.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
