Los ntawm David Swanson, Cia Sim Sim Kev Txawj Ntse.
Kev tshoov siab los ntawm Black Lives Matter zog, lub nroog Charlottesville, Va., lub nroog council tau pov npav tshem tawm tus mlom ntawm Robert E. Lee (thiab tus nees uas nws yeej tsis tau caij) los ntawm Lee Park, thiab hloov npe thiab kho dua tshiab. chaw ua si.
Tus pej thuam ntawm no tsis yog-Charlottesvillian tau raug muab tso rau hauv ib lub tiaj ua si dawb nkaus xwb thaum xyoo 1920 ntawm qhov kev xav ntawm ib tus neeg nplua nuj thiab ntxub lwm haiv neeg. Yog li, rau tsoomfwv tus neeg sawv cev pov npav, ua raws li cov txheej txheem kev txiav txim siab rau pej xeem nrog cov tswv yim muaj txiaj ntsig thiab muaj ntau haiv neeg los ntawm cov neeg nyob hauv nroog yog - yog tias tsis muaj dab tsi ntxiv - ib kauj ruam mus rau kev ywj pheej.
Kuv xav tias nws yog ntau ntau thiab. Muaj ob qhov teeb meem ntawm ceg txheem ntseeg ntawm no, tsis muaj teeb meem tuag los ntawm yav dhau los. Ib yog haiv neeg. Lwm qhov yog tsov rog.
Tom qab kev pov npav ntawm City Council, ob tus neeg sib tw Republican rau tus tswv xeev Corey Stewart thiab Denver Riggleman tshaj tawm hais tias lawv npau taws. “Koj tsis tuaj yeem kho keeb kwm. Tsuas yog tyrants sim rhuav tshem keeb kwm. Qhov no yog tantamount rau denouncing koj tus kheej cuab yeej cuab tam. Kuv yuav ua txhua yam uas kuv xav tau, tam sim no thiab ua tus tswv xeev, kom tsis txhob muaj kev cuam tshuam keeb kwm no. Peb yuav tsum tawm tsam los tiv thaiv Virginia cov cuab yeej cuab tam, "said Stewart. "Qhov no txuas ntxiv kev tsim txom los ntawm Democrats ntawm Virginia keeb kwm thiab cov cuab yeej cuab tam yog qhov tsis lees txais. Raws li tus tswv xeev, kuv yuav tiv thaiv lub monuments ntawm peb cov cuab yeej cuab tam, tab sis tsis yog ntawm Civil War, nco ntsoov koj. . . . Tsis tsuas yog lawv sawv hauv qhov tsis sib haum xeeb nrog ntau tus Virginia txoj cai lij choj, tab sis lawv tab tom nto qaub ncaug rau ntawm lub ntsej muag ntawm cov qub tub rog ntawm txhua qhov kev tsis sib haum xeeb - tsis muaj kev ceeb toom txog kev txi los ntawm ib tug qub tub rog ntawm kev tsis sib haum xeeb yuav tsum raug rhuav tshem los ntawm txoj kev xav tub ceev xwm, "said. Riggleman.
Tam sim no, Charlottesville tau nyob ntawm no tau ntau pua xyoo. Nws muaj tsawg heev pej xeem monuments, zoo li tag nrho cov ntawm lawv ua tsov ua rog makers. Muaj George Rogers Clark ntawm nees rov qab los koom nrog kev tua neeg. Muaj Lewis thiab Clark tshawb nrhiav, nrog Sacagawea txhos caug ntawm lawv ib sab zoo li dev. Muaj cov pej thuam loj heev ntawm Robert E. Lee thiab Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, ntxiv rau cov tub rog Confederate ib txwm muaj. Muaj lub monument rau tua 6 lab cov neeg Esxias sab hnub tuaj nyob rau Nyab Laj Tsov Rog. Muaj ob peb tus mlom ntawm UVA, ib qho ntawm Thomas Jefferson, ib tus neeg tsav dav hlau tuag hauv kev ua tsov rog. Thiab qhov ntawd yog hais txog nws. Yog li, txhua yam ntawm Charlottesville keeb kwm, qhov zoo thiab qhov tsis zoo thiab qhov tsis zoo, yog ploj lawm.
Qhov twg yog tag nrho cov kev kawm zoo thiab cov kws ua yeeb yam thiab cov neeg tawm tsam kev cai lij choj thiab ib puag ncig thiab cov neeg ua yeeb yam thiab kws sau paj huam thiab suffragettes thiab abolitionists thiab ncaws pob? Qhov twg, rau qhov teeb meem, yog poj huab tais Charlotte nws tus kheej (lus xaiv ntev, raug los tsis, muaj neeg African caj ces)? Qhov twg yog keeb kwm ntawm cov neeg Amelikas uas nyob ntawm no yam tsis tau rhuav tshem lub ntiaj teb kev nyab xeeb? Qhov twg yog keeb kwm ntawm kev kawm, kev lag luam, kev ua cev qhev, kev cais tawm, kev tawm tswv yim rau kev thaj yeeb, kev sib raug zoo ntawm tus muam-lub nroog, ntawm kev txais tos cov neeg tawg rog? Cov poj niam, menyuam yaus, kws kho mob, kws saib xyuas neeg mob, cov neeg lag luam, cov neeg nto moo, cov neeg tsis muaj tsev nyob qhov twg? Tub ceev xwm lossis cov neeg tawm tsam nyob qhov twg? Cov tua hluav taws nyob qhov twg? Cov neeg ntaus suab paj nruag nyob qhov twg? Dave Matthews Band nyob qhov twg? Julian Bond nyob qhov twg? Edgar Allan Poe nyob qhov twg? William Faulkner nyob qhov twg? Georgia O'Keefe nyob qhov twg? Ib tug yuav mus mus ib txhis.
Cov lus thov ntawm "kev tshem tawm keeb kwm" yog lus dag. Kev xaiv kom qhuas thiab nco txog keeb kwm me me yog txhua yam uas tau ua tiav thaum cov monuments raug ntxiv, tshem tawm, lossis hloov pauv rau lwm tus - lossis thaum lawv sawv ntsug. Feem ntau ntawm keeb kwm yuav nyob twj ywm unmemorialized nyob rau hauv peb qhov chaw pej xeem. Ntxiv cov cim nco txog tshiab thaum tawm hauv Lee thiab Jackson nyob rau hauv qhov chaw tseem yuav txhawb nqa yam uas Lee thiab Jackson monuments sib txuas lus. Thiab qhov kev txiav txim siab tawm hauv Jackson nyob ntawd tsuas yog qhov ntawd. Nws sib txuas lus feem ntau yog ob yam: kev ntxub ntxaug thiab kev ua tsov ua rog. Sib nrug los ntawm kev kos duab ntawm cov duab puab, sib nrug los ntawm tus kheej ntawm cov tub rog tuag, cov no yog cov lus hais txog kev ntxub ntxaug thiab kev ua tsov ua rog. Thiab nws tseem ceeb.
Ib lub tebchaws uas tuaj yeem ua rau ib tus neeg zoo li Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III nws tus kws lij choj muaj kev tawm tsam tsis tu ncua nrog kev ntxub ntxaug lwm haiv neeg. Cov cim uas tau sawv ntawm kev ntxub ntxaug rau ntau xyoo lawm, cov cim ntawm kev ua tsov rog tawm tsam rau txoj cai nthuav dav kev ua cev qhev, yuav tsum tau muab tso tseg yog tias peb yuav mus tom ntej.
Lub teb chaws uas txhawb nqa tib neeg zoo li Steve Bannon muaj teeb meem nrog kev txwv ntawm keeb kwm kev tsov kev rog. Bannon hais tias keeb kwm dhau mus dhau mus, txhua tus tau qhib los ntawm kev ua tsov rog phem dua li qhov ua ntej, nrog ib qho tshiab nyob ib ncig ntawm lub ces kaum. (Thiab yog tias keeb kwm yuav tsis yuam kev, Bannon vam tias yuav ua nws me ntsis los pab txhawb qhov kev xav tsis thoob.)
Obligatory tangent rau cov neeg nyeem ntawv: tus thawj coj nthuav dav ntawm kev ua tub rog nyob rau hauv yim xyoo dhau los, tsis tas yuav hais, yog ib tug txiv neej hu ua Barack Obama.
Feem ntau ntawm Charlottesville keeb kwm tsis tau ua tsov rog. Tsis muaj ib yam dab tsi uas yuav zam tsis tau lossis ntuj tsim lossis muaj koob meej txog kev ua tsov ua rog. Feem coob ntawm Asmeskas kev tsov rog tsis muaj Charlottesville memorials. Tag nrho cov kev siv zog hauv zos thiab Asmeskas rau kev thaj yeeb tsis muaj kev lees paub rau pej xeem hauv Charlottesville. Ib txhia tab tom thov kom rov tsim cov chaw ua si suav nrog qee qhov qhov tseem ceeb ntawm kev ntshaw thiab tawm tsam rau kev thaj yeeb. Qhov ntawd, kuv xav tias, yuav muaj kev vam meej.
