Brickbat: What Did They Ever Do for Us?

Statues of "powerful, older, able-bodied white men" such as the Duke of Wellington and Lord Nelson may be "offensive" to Wales' more diverse modern population, according to a government report. That report, which is expected to be approved later this month, recommends that statues, plaques and paintings honoring such historical figures be moved or covered or destroyed. It also recommends that streets and place names honoring such men be changed to avoid giving offense and better reflect the nation's current diversity.

Comments

[Stuck in California]

"It's my estimation that every man ever got a statue made of him was one kind of sumbitch or another."

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[A Thinking Mind]

We could all aspire to the wisdom of Malcolm Reynolds.

[Stuck in California]

Also, note that the brickbat says to avoid giving offense. The linked article says:

...could be hidden or destroyed to create the “right historical narrative”

Sound fucking orwellian to me.

[Davy C]

That actually makes it *worse*.

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[Jefferson's Ghost]

"Sound fucking orwellian to me."

Ya THINK??

[TangoDelta]

You dare question the genius of our great spiritual leader Orwell? Heretic! Burn them all at the stake!

[Adans smith]

Well, without Wellington and Nelson they all be speaking French . But, on the other hand, they'd have better food.

[Mickey Rat]

You seem to have hit upon it, they opposed the French Revolution, the grandfather of all Leftist utopian, totalitarian ideologies.

[Dirty dirty]

They barely speak English in Wales so would anyone know the difference?

[Quicktown Brix]

Why you Sglyfath Twmffat!

[A Cynical Asshole]

Sglyfath Twmffat

You can tell this isn't really Welch because there's too many vowels in it and it's way too short.

[InsaneTrollLogic]

Prin eu bod yn siarad Saesneg yng Nghymru felly a fyddai unrhyw un yn gwybod y gwahaniaeth?

[Agammamon]

I mean, it would be better than what they are eating - but it still wouldn't be *good*.

Stale bread, excessive sauces, and snails.

[Earth-based Human Skeptic]

Don't forget the haughty waiters.

[TangoDelta]

Hey, they didn't invent avocado toast but snails on toast with a nice butter sauce sounds remarkably similar.

[Its_Not_Inevitable]

Hey, whaddaya got against pasties?

[InsaneTrollLogic]

Nothing. You can get some really good ones in the western Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

[Rev. Arthur L. Kirkland]

These government clowns seem nearly half as bad as the antisocial right-wing assholes who try to defend statues honoring the losers, bigots, and traitors of the Confederacy.

[Unicorn Abattoir]

And yet you want to bring slavery back.

[Libertariantranslator]

Don't forget the plaque commemorating the 1873 sore loser murders of 75 blacks In Colfax Louisiana. It is the precursor to the Trumpanzee storming of the Capitol and their Brazilian monkey-see copycat rioting defecators, which plaques are doubtless being designed.

[Mickey Rat]

"Wales' more diverse modern population"

How and why does Wales have a modern population that hates British history and culture and wants to erase both?

[InsaneTrollLogic]

Not a clue when 94% of them are "White British".

[Mickey Rat]

Who is controlling free speech in Florida?

"It was in 2017, the year DeTrude bought Queen of Angels, that Jacksonville leaders passed a human-rights ordinance that included gender identity and sexual orientation in the city’s anti-discrimination laws. The portion of the Jacksonville public-accommodations law that ADF lawyers point to as problematic says that it is unlawful to “publish, circulate, issue, display, post or mail and communication, notice or advertisement to the effect that accommodations, services, goods, advantages, facilities are denied to a person or that the patronage of such person is unwelcome, objectionable, or unacceptable.”

ADF believes that portion of the law would make DeTrude’s proposed pronoun policy, and the publishing of the policy, illegal. According to the lawsuit, “Queen of Angels must instead profess an ideological view it opposes, contradict the message espoused in the very books it sells, and avoid explaining its Catholic beliefs about human sexuality in store and online. In effect, the law requires this Catholic bookstore to stop being fully Catholic.”

[Mickey Rat]

Link: https://www.nationalreview.com/news/catholic-bookstore-owner-challenges-jacksonville-law-requiring-use-of-preferred-pronouns/

[Fist of Etiquette]

Are they bloody blind? That is clearly a Trans Horse of Colour. Fucking hell.

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[TangoDelta]

I think you meant to say they should grass mud horse or something like that. I'm sure the honorable Pooh Bear Xi could translate better than I can since they're all going in the same direction.

[Jerryskids]

People who have accomplished shit are offensive to those incapable of accomplishing shit. If you can't build anything, you can at least tear down the things others have built.

[Mickey Rat]

Collective punishment from Gender Ideology Culture Warriors.*

“The VPA alleged that Mid Vermont Christian violated the organization’s policy on discrimination and harassment by refusing to force its girls to play basketball against a boy. The question of fairness is beyond dispute, as male athletes have distinct physical and athletic advantages compared to female athletes, even at the high school level. But even the question of safety has been disregarded by the VPA. Basketball is a physical sport, and protecting girls from a male athlete that has natural strength advantages should be a priority.

But of course it is not because the priority is to butcher and ignore the scientific reality we all know: men and women are not the same, and you cannot switch from being one to being the other. As a result, not only did MVCS have to choose between a forfeit and an unfair competition that risked the safety of its players, but the VPA decided to punish every athlete at the school, male or female, by banning the entire school from competition.”

* Something will not allow this story to be linked.

[Mickey Rat]

Link: https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/vermont-bans-a-high-school-from-athletics-for-objecting-to-boys-in-girls-sports/ar-AA18FAJ5?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=e09268a8424b431bbe3ed433ca7c4340&ei=18

[Mickey Rat]

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[Longtobefree]

fail

[Longtobefree]

fail changed to pass by DIE director.

[Mickey Rat]

No, it was successful. It told me what I wanted to know.

[mad.casual]

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[InsaneTrollLogic]

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[Don't look at me!]

There is no fail, everyone is a winner now.

[Earth-based Human Skeptic]

Where's my trophy?

[Spiritus Mundi]

The Great Replacement is just a right wing conspiracy.

[Sometimes a Great Notion]

I remember when the left laughed at John Ashcroft for covering Justice's breasts.

[Public Entelectual]

Conservatives are still laughing at Federalist Society Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccineli for trying to censor her naughty bits on the state flag.

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[sarcasmic]

Can't repeat history if you keep reminding people of it.

[mad.casual]

may be "offensive" to Wales' more diverse modern population

ROFLMAO! Did anyone think to ask those 6 black people if they were offended?

[sarcasmic]

You kidding? Nobody asks that.

Thing is, they don't even know that they're supposed to be offended.

It's enlightened progressive white people who get offended on their behalf and demand that statues be torn down and sports teams change their names. Not the people who were supposed to be offended. They're too dumb.

[Quo Usque Tandem]

White woman’s burden.

[sarcasmic]

They're offended that the people who are supposed to be offended aren't offended.

[A Thinking Mind]

It's all the lazy fatsos offended by people living rich, active, and meaningful lives.

[Jerry B.]

"Statues of "powerful, older, able-bodied white men" such as the Duke of Wellington and Lord Nelson..."

Nelson was blind in one eye and lost his right arm. Hardly "able-bodied". Seems like he'd be inspirational for amputees.

[Quo Usque Tandem]

I thought the same. Even died in battle in spite of his disabilities…oh, would have been better had he lived on government support, then he might well be a true inspiration for our times.

[Ajsloss]

"oh, would have been better had he lived on government support"

Even better, then the government could give him medical assistance in dying.

[Don't look at me!]

Are we still allowed to call first responders “heros”?

[Ajsloss]

Depends. What color is their skin?

[InsaneTrollLogic]

That's rich, Wales being "diverse". 94.2% of the population is "White British".

[Rubbish!]

Save the Wales

[Its_Not_Inevitable]

Build that Cornwall!

[Dillinger]

they all Welsh on bets too.

[TJJ2000]

The USA is offensive to [Na]tional So[zi]alists....
The Nazi's want to destroy any resemblance of a USA.

What's new? F'En Nazi's. Go find your appropriate fitting nation and leave this one immediately. F'En Invaders.

[Earth-based Human Skeptic]

Look, retarded children don't even get the idea that nice things require effort, let alone the specific historical heritage for any social or economic advancement. Like most children, they live in the moment and expect others to magically provide what they desire. And if they could be made aware of the consequences for their demands, they would reject them.

[Public Entelectual]

Their condition is symptomatic of the lack of inspirational statues of retarded children on horseback

[mattcid]

How the hell is Nelson able-bodied? Shouldn't he be a symbol for the great things a disabled person can achieve?

[markm23]

They _assumed_ that because Nelson achieved great things, he must be able-bodied. So ableist....

And they don't want a symbol of what a disabled person can achieve, they want everyone, disabled or not, dependent on government handouts.

[Number 2]

England knows that Lady Hamilton’s honor is intact. Poke my eye out and cut my arm off if I’m wrong!

[Sevo]

And it seemed the Babylon Bee didn't have any competition...

[Rubbish!]

Brian's mom warned long ago to leave that Welsh tart alone. https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/4fe89100-46ec-4020-95ba-1d595c7ebdab

[Dillinger]

you call yourself whatever the fuck you want just call Lord Nelson Lane whatever the fuck you want too

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[Sheldonius Rex]

Rumors of ethnic replacement in the isles they've inhabited for ten thousand years are a conspiracy theory, goy.

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