Almost to the day, the powers that be in the King County Government decided that they would change the namesake of the county from U.S. Vice President William Rufus DeVane King to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The decision was based, so was told anyway, mostly because the former VP was a slave owner, and I labelled it as a simple re-writing of history for convenience and the assuaging of white liberal guilt.
I also mentioned that the namesake of the entire state was likewise a slave owner and warned that if the folks in King County wrestled complete control of the state government, that in the near future we could easily be living in the “State of Kennedy” or the “State of Carter”. Though upon further reflection, I do believe that they would much rather opt for the “State of Roosevelt” as he was their heathen socialist diety.
They have now unveiled the new logo, to be furthermore known as “The Chosen One” here at RNS
Is it me, or does Marty look more than a bit pissed?
That’s another reason it’s just a tiny bit easier to live in Oregon. They have a beltway bridge here, the Fremont, named after the great Army engineer and explorer John C. Fremont. They were going to zero out that name and change it to MLK, Jr. Bridge. There was a sufficient howl to prevent it.
There wasn’t a sufficient howl to prevent all the place names with the word “squaw” in them from being changed all at once in the Legislature, though. There were about 130 changes.
All things which express the individualism of our forefathers must be suppressed, and replaced with politically-correct icons.
That’s the Liberal Way, and it is sufficient reason by itself, IMHO, to go on the offensive, with EXTREME prejudice.
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