Michael Knowles is a conservative author and blogger. At the end of last year, he spoke at George Washington University and one of the issues he discussed was the desire of some students to remove their "Colonial," mascot because they said it was racist. The students, without any actual knowledge of the mascot, are basically removing George Washington who the mascot represents. I don't need to go into how important Washington was but what really gets me is that it's George Washington University. Let that sink in. There's no doubt they'll go after renaming the school. It's sickening. The tuition there is around $68K a year. I don't think their parents are getting what they paid for.
There's no doubt in my mind that many of the college students don't have a clue what their mascot represents all they see is some old, white guy, and write him off as racist. Again and and again they jump at every issue without doing due diligence so they don't make fools of themselves. This is what they're doing all around the country as they take down statue after statue of people who helped fight slavery.
One last thing that I found interesting regarding his presentation is that around eight hecklers were screaming at him and flipping him off. He asked them to tell him what he said that wasn't factual and/or was there anything he said that upset them . He pleaded with them to debate and instead, after all the screaming and yelling, they left without engaging him. They had an awesome opportunity to prove their points but they ran. This is a great example of how these young people work. It's just about the protests and riots as it gives them a feeling of power. They hear there's going to be one and they head to where they are told.
The scary thing is that it's difficult to teach common sense, logic, and wisdom. There's something is in the water because these traits are seriously lacking these days.
There's no doubt in my mind that many of the college students don't have a clue what their mascot represents all they see is some old, white guy, and write him off as racist. Again and and again they jump at every issue without doing due diligence so they don't make fools of themselves. This is what they're doing all around the country as they take down statue after statue of people who helped fight slavery.
One last thing that I found interesting regarding his presentation is that around eight hecklers were screaming at him and flipping him off. He asked them to tell him what he said that wasn't factual and/or was there anything he said that upset them . He pleaded with them to debate and instead, after all the screaming and yelling, they left without engaging him. They had an awesome opportunity to prove their points but they ran. This is a great example of how these young people work. It's just about the protests and riots as it gives them a feeling of power. They hear there's going to be one and they head to where they are told.
The scary thing is that it's difficult to teach common sense, logic, and wisdom. There's something is in the water because these traits are seriously lacking these days.
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