I usually hold myself to a higher standard than responding to low IQ individuals such as astros123, but his last post is just comedy gold. Unintentional comedy is truly the best. Where do I begin with these hysterical assumptions that he has made? 1. The assumption that bigtexxx would micromanage an employee 2. That bigtexxx, who is by all accounts a man of the people, has never dealt with immigrants? As a Spanish speaker living in Texas I find that especially hilarious. 3. That bigtexxx, who has travelled the globe, would have no idea how other cultures work 4. That my employees would feel like they could not challenge my views 5. That all "immigrants and foreigners" respect their boss. Note: I like how astros123 speaks for all cultures globally in this regard. 6. That bigtexxx would harass his own employees Friend, you might want to think, and then post. In that order. And maybe tap the brakes on all the assumptions.
Just got back from a road trip to Yellowstone and was at Mount Rushmore and the Crazy Horse Memorial on the 4th. It’s interesting and no accident that both are just within a few miles of each other. It’s two sides of the complex history of this country.
On July 4th, Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) falsely quote Patrick Henry as saying "this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions, but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ.” Historian Seth Cotlar: the quotation actually came from the April 1956 issue of a antisemitic white nationalist magazine. History is a thing, so let's ban it. Spoiler https://twitter.com/SethCotlar/status/1676486457291309056?s=20 https://twitter.com/SethCotlar/status/1676489129864073217?s=20
One of the things I took away from seeing Mount Rushmore is that it’s easy to put the Founders and figure like Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt on a pedestal. The contrast with the Crazy Horse monument just a few miles ago is a sharp reminder of how much blood has been spilled in the building of this country. The men on Rushmore are to be admired for having ideals they were willing to fight for but they weren’t stone gods but very flawed men who embodied the flaws of their times. Washington and Jefferson were slave owners, Lincoln suspended Habeus Corpus and ordered his troops to kill thousands of other Americans. Teddy Roosevelt killed people in imperialistic wars. Yet they also believed in concepts of freedom for all and government by the people. They believed in ideals they didn’t live up to and in their time the country didn’t. It is those ideals though that led to the expansion of individual rights and democracy throughout the World.
