NguDavid Swanson, Masilinge iNdemokhrasi.
Iphefumlelwe ngumbutho weBlack Lives Matter, isixeko saseCharlottesville, Va., Ibhunga ledolophu livotele ukuba lisuse umfanekiso oqingqiweyo kaRobert E. Lee (kunye nehashe angazange wakhwela kulo) eLee Park, aze ayinike igama elitsha aze alungelelanise Ipaki.
Umfanekiso oqingqiweyo wale non-Charlottesvillian wawubekwe kwipaki yabamhlophe kuphela ngee-1920s ngexesha lomntu osisityebi kakhulu nocalucalulo. Ke, kurhulumente omele ukuvota, elandela inkqubo yothethathethwano esidlangalaleni enegalelo elinamandla kunye nelihlukeneyo kubemi besixeko - ukuba akukho enye into - linyathelo eliya kwidemokhrasi.
Ndicinga ukuba kuninzi ngakumbi. Kukho imicimbi emibini esengozini apha, akukho namnye kubo ovela kwimicimbi edlulileyo. Olunye luhlanga. Enye imfazwe.
Ukulandela ivoti yeBhunga leSixeko, abagqatswa ababini beRiphabliki yirhuluneli uCorey Stewart noDenver Riggleman wathi ingqumbo yabo. “Awunakuhlaziya imbali. Kuphela ngoozwilakhe abazama ukucima imbali. Oku kufana nokugxeka ilifa lakho. Ndiza kwenza nantoni na endiyifunayo, kokubini nangoku njengerhuluneli, ukunqanda ukonakaliswa kwembali. Kufuneka silwe ukukhusela ilifa lemveli laseVirginia, ”utshilo uStewart. “Olu hlaselo luqhubekekayo oluvela kwiidemokhrasi kwimbali kunye nelifa lemveli alwamkelekanga. Njengerhuluneli, ndiza kuzikhusela izikhumbuzo zelifa lethu, kodwa hayi iMfazwe yamakhaya, khawukhumbule. . . . Ayikokuma nje kuphela okuchasene nenani lemithetho yaseVirginia, kodwa bayatshicela ebusweni kumagqala alo lonke ungquzulwano - akukho sikhumbuzi salo naliphi na idini lalo naliphi na igorha lalo naliphi na ungquzulwano ekufuneka lichithwe ngamapolisa acinga ngenkululeko, ”utshilo. Riggleman.
Ngoku, uCharlottesville ebelapha kangangeenkulungwane. Inezikhumbuzo ezimbalwa zoluntu, phantse zonke ziye kubenzi bemfazwe. Kukho uGeorge Rogers Clark ngokukhwela ihashe ukuze athathe inxaxheba kwimbubhiso. Kukho uLewis noClark baphonononga, kunye noSacagawea eguqe ecaleni kwabo njengenja. Kukho imifanekiso eqingqiweyo yamahashe kaRobert E. Lee kunye noThomas “Stonewall” Jackson, kunye nejoni eliqhelekileyo elenziwa njenge-Confederate. Kukho isikhumbuzo sokubulala izigidi ezi-6 zasemazantsi mpuma eAsia kwimfazwe yaseVietnam. Kukho imifanekiso eqingqiweyo e-UVA, enye kaThomas Jefferson, omnye womqhubi wenqwelomoya osweleke emfazweni. Kwaye malunga nayo. Ke, phantse yonke imbali kaCharlottesville, elungileyo nembi kunye nokungakhathali, ilahlekile.
Baphi bonke abafundisi abakhulu kunye namagcisa kunye nabaphembeleli bamalungelo oluntu kunye nabezemvelo kunye nabadlali kunye neembongi kunye ne-suffragettes kunye ne-abolitionists kunye nabadlali? Uphi, ngenxa yalonto, uphi uKumkanikazi uCharlotte ngokwakhe (enamahemuhemu amade, ngokuchanekileyo okanye hayi, ukuba abe nokhokho baseAfrika)? Iphi imbali yamaMelika omthonyama awayehlala apha ngaphandle kokonakalisa imozulu yomhlaba? Iphi imbali yemfundo, yamashishini, yobukhoboka, yokwahlulwa, yokukhuthaza uxolo, ubudlelwane phakathi koodade-besixeko, ukwamkela iimbacu? Baphi abafazi, abantwana, oogqirha, abongikazi, oosomashishini, abantu abadumileyo, abangenamakhaya? Aphi amapolisa okanye abaqhankqalazi? Baphi abacimi-mlilo? Baphi iimvumi zasesitalatweni? Uphi iDave Matthews Band? Uphi uJulian Bond? Uphi uEdgar Allan Poe? Uphi uWilliam Faulkner? Uphi iGeorgia O'Keefe? Umntu unokuqhubeka ngonaphakade.
Amabango "okucima imbali" ahlekisayo. Ukukhetha ukuzukisa nokukhumbula ezinye iimbali ezincinane zembali kuko konke okwenziwayo xa kusongezwa izikhumbuzo, zisuswa, okanye zitshintshelwa abanye - okanye xa beshiyekile bemi. Uninzi lwembali luya kuhlala luhleli lungabalulekanga kwiindawo zethu zoluntu. Ukongeza izikhumbuzo ezitsha ngelixa ushiya u-Lee noJackson endaweni yabo bekuya kuba kukuxhasa oko kunxibelelana no-Lee no-Jackson Kwaye isigqibo sokushiya uJackson apho senza kanye loo nto. Inxibelelana ikakhulu nezinto ezimbini: ubuhlanga kunye nemfazwe. Ngaphandle kobugcisa bemifanekiso eqingqiweyo, ngaphandle kobuntu bamajoni afileyo, ezi ziingxelo zobuhlanga kunye nemfazwe. Kwaye kubalulekile.
Ilizwe elinokwenza umntu onje ngeJefferson Beauregard Sses III igqwetha lakhe ngokubanzi libe nomlo oqhubekayo nobuhlanga. Iimpawu ezimele ubuhlanga amashumi eminyaka, iisimboli zemfazwe ezilwele ilungelo lokwandisa ubukhoboka, kufuneka zibekwe ecaleni ukuba siza kuqhubela phambili.
Ilizwe elinika amandla abantu abanjengoSteve Bannon linengxaki yokusikelwa umda kwimbali kwiimfazwe. I-Bannon ibanga ukuba imbali ihamba ngemijikelezo, nganye nganye ivulwe yimfazwe embi kunaleyo yangaphambili, kunye nenye entsha nje ngekona. (Kwaye ukuba imbali ayizukunyanzela, uBannon unethemba lokwenza kancinci ukuququzelela oko kungenakuphepheka.)
Ubambiso olubambekayo kubafundi bezinto ezinenxaxheba: okokoko okokhula emkhosini kule minyaka isibhozo idlulileyo, ngaphandle kokuthetha, ibiyindoda egama linguBarack Obama.
Uninzi lwembali kaCharlottesville khange ibe yimfazwe. Akukho nto ingenakuphepheka okanye yendalo okanye ezukileyo ngemfazwe. Uninzi lweemfazwe zase-US azinazikhumbuzo zikaCharlottesville. Iyonke imizamo yasekhaya neyase-US yoxolo ayamkelwa esidlangalaleni eCharlottesville. Abanye bacebisa ukuba iipaki ezenziwe ngokutsha zibandakanya ezinye bonisa Iminqweno kunye nokulwela uxolo. Oko, ndiyacinga, kuya kuba yinkqubela phambili.
