NaDavid Swanson, August 19, 2017, Ngatitangei Democracy.
Pasi pemutemo mutsva uchangobva kuziviswa muCharlottesville, kuVirginia, guta richange richitora pasi zvese kunze kwezviyeuchidzo zvehondo zvisiri zverusarura uye zviyeuchidzo munzvimbo dzaro dzese.
Zviyeuchidzo zvitatu zvehondo yeConfederate, zvakarwirwa kuchengetedza huranda - izvo zvaRobert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, uye generic Confederate musoja - zvese zvichabviswa pasi pegwara idzva.
Pamusoro peiyo heroic equestrian monument kuna George Rogers Clark iri kuburuka, sezvo kuuraya kweNative American kwave kuchitongerwa rusaruraganda.
Chifananidzo chaLewis naClark chakapotsa chacheka cheka sechisiri chechinyakare chehondo, asi chimiro cheSacagawea chakapfugama patsoka dzavo sembwa sezviri pachena chave chakakwana kuroverawo chifananidzo ichi, chinomira mumharadzano huru yeCharlottesville, panzira. runyorwa rweavo vachaendeswa kumiziyamu.
Kupfuurirazve, chirangaridzo chehondo yakauraya 3.8 miriyoni yeVietnamese - kunyangwe "Vietnamese" iri izwi rine hunyoro uye risingawanzo shandiswa kune vanhu vakaurayiwa kupfuura vamwe vakati wandei vakashanda panguva iyoyo nevagadziri vehondo vekuUS - ichabviswa futi.
Yunivhesiti yeVirginia yakabvumawo kudzikisa chiyeuchidzo chayo cheHondo Yenyika I mushure mekuongorora kuratidzwa kwezvinyorwa zvenhema kubva panguva iyoyo zvichiratidza "Hun" sechikara chevanhu, pamwe chete nemaminitsi mana-varume vachikurudzira hondo yemakwikwi. rudzi rwakaipa.
Kuramba wakamira muCharlottesville semuenzaniso wezviyeuchidzo zvehondo dzisiri dzerusarura zvichave . . . hapana chinhu. Asi komisheni yakaumbwa neCity Council kuti iongorore kuti zvingaite here kurwa hondo isina rusaruraganda iyo inogona kuzorangarirwa nokukurumidza.
Nhamba nhatu dzinoratidza vagadziri vehondo vakaisawo vanhu varanda vacharamba vari pafacade yeCharlottesville City Hall nechikonzero chekuti havasi zviyeuchidzo zvehondo zvachose uye vanoratidza vanhu, vakaita zvakanaka nevanorwara sevanhu vese. Avo vanoratidzwa ndiThomas Jefferson, James Madison, naJames Monroe.
Zviumbwa zvaJefferson uye zvaGeorge Washington uye zvemudetembi wechiGreek Homer zvicharamba zviri paUVA.
Zvikasadaro, guta rose reCharlottesville richange risisina zvivakwa zvikuru zverudzi rwupi zvarwo kudzamara mumwe munhu afunga kuisa imwe kurunyararo kana kodzero dzevanhu kana kodzero dzevakadzi kana nharaunda yakasikwa kana njodzi dzekupondwa kwevanhu neuranda kana zvakaitwa nevaratidziri, vanyori. , vashandi, vanyori vemifananidzo, vadzidzisi, nyanzvi, varimi, vaimbi, vatambi, varaidzo, uye vamwe vanhu vemarudzi ose vanogona kupembererwa chimwe chinhu kunze kwekutungamirira hondo dzemarudzi.
Ndima dziri pamusoro dzinoshandisa mudziyo wekunyora unozivikanwa sesatire uyo wakamboonekwa uchibatsira mukukurudzira kufunga, uye unoitirwa kutaura kuti Charlottesville, senge nzvimbo zhinji, izere nechinhu kunze kwezvivakwa zvehondo yerusarura - izvo, chokwadi, hapana chakarongeka chiripo. zvinofungwa nemunhu wese.
