Ndi David Swanson, Tiyeni Tiyesere Demokarase.
Mouziridwa ndi gulu la Black Lives Matter, mzinda wa Charlottesville, Va., Khonsolo yamzindawu idavota kuti ichotse chifanizo cha Robert E. Lee (ndi hatchi yomwe sanakwerepo) kuchokera ku Lee Park, ndikusinthiranso ndikukonzanso paki.
Chiboliboli cha amene sanali Charlottesvillian ameneyu anachiika m’paki ya azungu okha m’zaka za m’ma 1920 mwa kufuna kwa munthu wolemera kwambiri ndiponso watsankho. Chifukwa chake, kuti boma loyimilira livote, kutsatira njira yolankhulirana ndi anthu ambiri komanso malingaliro osiyanasiyana ochokera kwa okhala mumzinda - ngati palibenso - sitepe lopita ku demokalase.
Ndikuganiza kuti ndizochulukirapo. Pali zinthu ziwiri zomwe zikukhudzidwa pano, palibenso nkhani zakufa zakale. Chimodzi ndi mtundu. Ina ndi nkhondo.
Kutsatira mavoti a City Council, awiri oimira Republican kwa bwanamkubwa Corey Stewart ndi Denver Riggleman. analengeza mkwiyo wawo. “Simungathe kubwerezanso mbiri yakale. Olamulira ankhanza okha ndiye amayesa kufafaniza mbiri yakale. Izi zikufanana ndi kutsutsa cholowa chanu. Ndichita chilichonse chomwe ndikufunika, pano komanso ngati bwanamkubwa, kuti ndiletse kuwononga zakaleku. Tiyenera kumenya nkhondo kuti titeteze cholowa cha Virginia," adatero Stewart. "Kumenyedwa kopitilira muyeso kwa a Democrat pa mbiri ya Virginia ndi cholowa chake sikuvomerezeka. Monga bwanamkubwa, nditeteza zipilala za cholowa chathu, koma osati za Nkhondo Yapachiweniweni, samalani. . . . Sikuti amangotsutsana ndi malamulo angapo a Virginia, koma akulavulira pamaso pa omenyera nkhondo iliyonse - palibe chikumbutso cha nsembe iliyonse yoperekedwa ndi msilikali aliyense wa nkhondo iliyonse yomwe iyenera kuthetsedwa ndi apolisi oganiza bwino, "adatero. Riggleman.
Tsopano, Charlottesville wakhala pano kwa zaka mazana ambiri. Ili ndi zipilala zowerengeka za anthu onse, pafupifupi zonse za oyambitsa nkhondo. Pali George Rogers Clark wokwera pamahatchi kupita kukachita nawo kupha anthu. Pali Lewis ndi Clark akufufuza, ndi Sacagawea atagwada pambali pawo ngati galu. Pali ziboliboli zazikulu za okwera pamahatchi a Robert E. Lee komanso a Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, kuphatikiza msirikali wakale wa Confederate. Pali chipilala chopha anthu aku Southeast Asia okwana 6 miliyoni pankhondo ya Vietnam. Pali ziboliboli zingapo ku UVA, m'modzi wa a Thomas Jefferson, m'modzi mwa oyendetsa ndege omwe adamwalira pankhondo. Ndipo ndizo za izo. Chifukwa chake, pafupifupi mbiri yonse ya Charlottesville, yabwino ndi yoyipa komanso yopanda chidwi, ikusowa.
Ali kuti ophunzira onse akuluakulu ndi ojambula zithunzi ndi omenyera ufulu wachibadwidwe ndi okonda zachilengedwe ndi ochita masewera ndi olemba ndakatulo ndi otsutsa ndi ochotsa ndi othamanga? Kodi, pankhaniyi, ali kuti Mfumukazi Charlotte mwiniwake (amene adanenedwa kale, molondola kapena ayi, kuti anali ndi makolo aku Africa)? Ili kuti mbiri ya nzika zaku America zomwe zidakhala kuno popanda kuwononga nyengo yapadziko lapansi? Ili kuti mbiri ya maphunziro, ya mafakitale, ya ukapolo, ya tsankho, yolimbikitsa mtendere, ya ubale wa alongo ndi midzi, yolandira othawa kwawo? Kodi amayi, ana, madokotala, anamwino, anthu amalonda, otchuka, osowa pokhala ali kuti? Kodi apolisi kapena ochita zionetsero ali kuti? Kodi ozimitsa moto ali kuti? Oimba mumsewu ali kuti? Kodi Dave Matthews Band ili kuti? Julian Bond ali kuti? Edgar Allan Poe ali kuti? William Faulkner ali kuti? Kodi Georgia O'Keefe ali kuti? Munthu akhoza kupitirizabe mpaka kalekale.
Zonena za "kufufuta mbiri yakale" ndizoseketsa. Kusankha kulemekeza ndi kukumbukira zing'onozing'ono za mbiri yakale ndizo zonse zomwe zimachitika pamene zipilala ziwonjezeredwa, kuchotsedwa, kapena kusinthana ndi ena - kapena zitasiyidwa. Mbiri yambiri idzakhalabe yosakumbukika m'malo athu opezeka anthu ambiri. Kuwonjezera zikumbutso zatsopano ndikusiya Lee ndi Jackson m'malo mwake kungathandizirebe zomwe zipilala za Lee ndi Jackson zimalankhulira. Ndipo lingaliro lochoka ku Jackson kumeneko limachita zomwezo. Imalankhula makamaka zinthu ziwiri: kusankhana mitundu ndi nkhondo. Kupatula luso la ziboliboli, kupatula umunthu wa asilikali akufa, izi ndizo mawu a tsankho ndi nkhondo. Ndipo ndizofunikira.
Dziko lomwe lingathe kupanga munthu ngati Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III loya wake wamkulu ali ndi kulimbana kosalekeza ndi tsankho. Zizindikiro zomwe zayimira tsankho kwa zaka zambiri, zizindikiro za nkhondo yomenyera ufulu wokulitsa ukapolo, ziyenera kuyikidwa pambali ngati tikufuna kupita patsogolo.
Dziko lomwe limapatsa mphamvu anthu ngati Steve Bannon lili ndi vuto la kuchepa kwa mbiri kunkhondo. Bannon akunena kuti mbiriyakale imadutsa mozungulira, iliyonse imatsegulidwa ndi nkhondo yoipitsitsa kuposa yoyamba, ndi yatsopano pafupi ndi ngodya. (Ndipo ngati mbiri siyikakamizika, Bannon akuyembekeza kuchitapo kanthu kuti athandizire zomwe akuti sizingalephereke.)
Zofunikira kwa owerenga omwe ali ndi zigawenga: wotsogolera wamkulu wankhondo mzaka zisanu ndi zitatu zapitazi, mosaneneka, anali njonda yotchedwa Barack Obama.
Mbiri yambiri ya Charlottesville sinakhale nkhondo. Palibe chosapeŵeka kapena chachibadwa kapena chaulemerero pa nkhondo. Nkhondo zambiri zaku US zilibe zikumbutso za Charlottesville. Kuyesetsa konse kwanuko ndi US pamtendere sikudziwika ndi anthu ku Charlottesville. Ena akuganiza kuti mapaki okonzedwanso akuphatikizapo ena chizindikiro za zokhumba ndi zolimbana ndi mtendere. Kumeneko, ndikuganiza, kungakhale kupita patsogolo.
