NguDavid Swanson, Ake sizame ngentando yeningi.
Ligqugquzelwa ukunyakaza kweBlack Lives Matter, idolobha laseCharlottesville, Va., umkhandlu wedolobha uvotele ukususa isifanekiso esihle sikaRobert E. Lee (kanye nehhashi angakaze aligibele) e-Lee Park, kanye nokuqamba kabusha nokudala kabusha ipaki.
Isithombe salo muntu ongeyena u-Charlottesvillian sasibekwe epaki labamhlophe bodwa ngeminyaka yawo-1920s ngokuthanda komuntu ocebe ngokwedlulele futhi onobandlululo. Ngakho-ke, ukuze uhulumeni omelele ukuvota, ukulandela inqubo yokuxoxisana yasesidlangalaleni enemibono eminingi nehlukahlukene evela kubahlali basedolobheni - uma kungekho okunye - kuyisinyathelo esibheke entando yeningi.
Ngicabanga ukuthi kuningi futhi. Kunezindaba ezimbili ezisengozini lapha, akukho kuzona izindaba ezifile zesikhathi esedlule. Omunye uhlanga. Enye impi.
Kulandela ivoti loMkhandlu Wedolobha, ababili abamele iRiphabhulikhi esikhundleni sombusi uCorey Stewart kanye noDenver Riggleman. limenyezelwe ukucasuka kwabo. “Awukwazi ukubuyekeza umlando. Omashiqela kuphela abazama ukusula umlando. Lokhu kufana nokugxeka ifa lakho. Ngizokwenza noma yini engidinga ukuyenza, manje nanjengombusi, ukuze ngimise lokhu kucekelwa phansi kwempahla okungokomlando. Kumele silwele ukuvikela igugu likaVirginia,” kusho uStewart. “Lokhu kuhlasela okuqhubekayo kwamaDemocrats emlandweni namagugu aseVirginia akwamukelekile. Njengombusi, ngizovikela izikhumbuzo zamagugu ethu, kodwa hhayi nje ngeMpi Yombango, khumbula. . . . Akukhona nje ukuthi bamelene nenani lemithetho yaseVirginia, kodwa bakhafulela omakadebona bazo zonke izingxabano - akukho sikhumbuzo sanoma yimuphi umhlatshelo wanoma yimuphi umakadebona wanoma iyiphi ingxabano okufanele kudilizwe amaphoyisa engqondo ekhululekile, "kusho. Riggleman.
Manje, iCharlottesville isineminyaka eminingi ilapha. Inezikhumbuzo ezimbalwa zomphakathi, cishe zonke ezakha izimpi. Kukhona u-George Rogers Clark ogibele ihhashi elibangisayo ukuze ahlanganyele ekuqothulweni kohlanga. Kukhona uLewis noClark abahlolayo, noSacagawea eguqe eduze kwabo njengenja. Kunezithombe ezinkulu zamahhashi zikaRobert E. Lee kanye noThomas "Stonewall" Jackson, kanye nesosha lendabuko elijwayelekile le-Confederate. Kunesikhumbuzo sokubulala abantu baseNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia abayizigidi ezingu-6 eMpini yaseVietnam. Kunezithombe ezimbalwa e-UVA, omunye kaThomas Jefferson, omunye womshayeli wendiza owashona empini. Futhi lokho mayelana nakho. Ngakho-ke, cishe wonke umlando we-Charlottesville, omuhle nemibi futhi ongenandaba, awukho.
Ziphi zonke izifundiswa ezinkulu namaciko kanye nezishoshovu zamalungelo omphakathi kanye nabezemvelo nabadlali kanye nezimbongi kanye nama-suffragettes kanye nama-abolitionists nabasubathi? Uphi, ngaleyo ndaba, iNdlovukazi uCharlotte ngokwakhe (okunamahemuhemu amade, ngokunembile noma cha, ukuthi wayenokhokho base-Afrika)? Uphi umlando wabomdabu baseMelika ababehlala lapha ngaphandle kokulimaza isimo sezulu somhlaba? Uphi umlando wemfundo, wezimboni, wobugqila, wokuhlukaniswa, wokulwela ukuthula, wobudlelwano bomuzi nodade, wokwamukela ababaleki? Baphi abesifazane, izingane, odokotela, onesi, osomabhizinisi, osaziwayo, abangenamakhaya? Aphi amaphoyisa noma ababhikishi? Baphi izicishamlilo? Baphi abaculi basemgwaqweni? Ikuphi i-Dave Matthews Band? Uphi u-Julian Bond? Uphi u-Edgar Allan Poe? Uphi uWilliam Faulkner? Ikuphi i-Georgia O'Keefe? Umuntu angaqhubeka unomphela.
Izimangalo "zokwesula umlando" ziyindida. Ukukhetha ukukhazimulisa nokukhumbula izingcezwana ezithile zomlando yikho konke okwenzekayo lapho amatshe esikhumbuzo engezwa, esuswa, noma eshintshwa ukuze anikwe amanye - noma lapho eshiywe emile. Umlando omningi uyohlala ungakaze ukhunjulwe ezindaweni zethu zomphakathi. Ukwengeza izikhumbuzo ezintsha ngenkathi ushiya u-Lee noJackson besendaweni kusazosekela lokho okushiwo amatshe esikhumbuzo ka-Lee noJackson. Futhi isinqumo sokushiya uJackson lapho siyakwenza lokho. Ikhuluma ngokuyinhloko ngezinto ezimbili: ukucwasa ngokwebala nempi. Ngaphandle kobuciko bezithombe eziqoshiwe, ngaphandle kobuntu bamasosha afile, lezi yizinkulumo zokucwasa ngokwebala nezimpi. Futhi kubalulekile.
Izwe elingenza umuntu ofana noJefferson Beauregard Sessions III ummeli walo omkhulu linomzabalazo oqhubekayo wokucwasa ngokwebala. Izimpawu ezimele ukucwasa amashumi eminyaka, izimpawu zempi elwela ilungelo lokwandisa ubugqila, kufanele zibekwe eceleni uma sifuna ukuya phambili.
Izwe elinika amandla abantu abafana noSteve Bannon linenkinga yokulinganiselwa komlando ezimpini. U-Bannon uthi umlando uhamba ngemijikelezo, ngayinye ivulwe yimpi embi kakhulu kunaleyo yangaphambili, entsha ekhoneni. (Futhi uma umlando ungeke ubophe, u-Bannon unethemba lokuthi uzokwenza okuncane ukusiza lokho okuthiwa akunakugwenywa.)
I-tangent eyisibopho yabafundi beqembu: isandisi esihola phambili sezempi phakathi neminyaka eyisishiyagalombili edlule, asikho isidingo sokusho, bekuyindoda egama layo linguBarack Obama.
Iningi lomlando waseCharlottesville awubanga yimpi. Akukho lutho olungenakugwenywa noma lwemvelo noma olukhazimulayo ngempi. Iningi lezimpi zase-US azinazo izikhumbuzo zaseCharlottesville. Yonke imizamo yasekhaya neyaseMelika yokuthula ayiqashelwa umphakathi eCharlottesville. Abanye bahlongoza ukuthi amapaki aklanywe kabusha afake amanye inkomba wezifiso nomzabalazo wokuthula. Lokho, ngicabanga, kungaba inqubekelaphambili.
