Harriett Tubman to replace Andrew Jackson on $20 bill....
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What in the phuck is the world coming to? The next thing you know, these people that identify with the opposite gender they were born with will be wanting to use restrooms they are not supposed to be using. We'll have to let Muslims in this country. We'll have to recognize gay marriage. Bubbles won't get hired as the Temporary Weekend Assistant Trailer Park Supervisor.
Will is still spend like a $20 bill? Then who cares...but thanks for trolling.
It would fine if the whole motive had not been to remove the racist president Andrew Jackson from the bill rather than to truly honor the contributions of women. That's what the ultra-liberal PC police want -- to scrub from the historical record all evidence of people who acted according to the standards of the day 200 years ago and not the rainbows and unicorns "post-racial" society they claim. Who's next -- Lincoln who didn't believe freed slaves should be allowed to remain in America because the two races couldn't co-exist? Washington, who owned slaves? Jefferson, who not only owned slaves but according to some fathered numerous children with a slave woman?
Let me ask you this, let's assume that in 100 years, Blacks dominate our government. So they can pretty much do whatever they want within the bounds of the constitution. Would you fault them for removing public images and symbolism of prior oppression of Blacks by Whites?
I'm fine with changing the faces on our money from time to time, as long as the individual being placed on the money is deserving of that recognition. Harriet Tubman certain meets a lever of respect for me that would justify her placement on money, but I agree that there is certain a portion of people that only want a woman or a black person because of political correctness and their ideals of "fairness".
It is amusing when people want to filter the founders through our glasses, and not take into account the times those individual's lived in.
I don't think that was the motivation. At first they were going to put a woman on the $10 bill and people protested because it meant taking off Alexander Hamilton, who was instrumental in setting up the financial system of the country. The idea was, if you're gonna take some guy off a bill don't make it Hamilton. Only then did Jackson become the target.
I agree that there are ultra-liberal PC police and when they rear their heads they should get push back but this isn't on of those times.
I'm against Tubman. Were there no black, female, Jewish, Muslim, Americans worthy of the honor? More evidence of the institutional racism which exists in the Treasure Dept.
Should have used Rosa Parks so I could put her in the front of my wallet to honor progress
or Knox being upset when a customer says to him at the register "can I have two Tubman's and two Lincoln's for this one Grant" and he not know what is meant.
Congratulations for her. She seems like a great American. We should put Audie Murphy on something besides a stamp.
I know this was TIC, but it reminds me of a comment about friend made to me when Obama beat Clinton for the nomination. "This proves that the country is more sexist than racist." I thought it was ignorant - your basic glass half empty argument no matter the outcome. I'm biding my time until Clinton bests Sanders so I can pull, "This country is more anti-semitic than sexist."
I thinks it's a worthy cause to honor a woman and a person of color who worked toward a better America. I don't think we should be overly concerned with who is most meritorious. However, if you want honor a person solely based on merit MLK would be at the top of my list.
I think you guys lived across the hall from a friend of mine. His name was Stu Padasol. He shared a place with Haywood Jablowme.
I think MLK would be a great candidate for this honor as well. I can't say that I think that Tubman isn't deserving. Maybe it serves as a good history lesson as well. I saw a headline that a lot of people don't even know who she is or what her significance was in our history. Despite that making me feel a little sad about the level of education in the general populace, maybe this will be a small step to add to the education level of some folks. I'm probably fooling myself on that front though. I should probably begin to come to terms with the fact that at least one of the Kardashian/Jenner clan will have a picture on our currency in my lifetime.
That reminds me of the money from Idiocracy.
https://www.google.com/search?q=idi...=qhgZV5jpAoK4-AGlwq74BA#imgrc=CcRot5K4dfCHOM:
She wouldn't be a Republican today. I don't know why all the support for Tubman - if it had to be a Black woman, Sojourner Truth is just as deserving.