Why So Churlish About Churchill?
Posted By: earlybird, 7/17/2023 11:31:47 AM
The recent news that the website of St. Paul’s Cathedral in London contained a derogatory description of Sir Winston Churchill, whose state funeral the building had held following the great man’s death in 1965, caused a fuss in certain non-woke quarters of the British media. According to the website’s ungenerous words (since altered), Sir Winston was “a figure of controversy” as “he was an unashamed imperialist and white supremacist,” most unlike his main wartime opponent.I do hope one day to see the same website describe Nelson Mandela as “a figure of controversy” likewise, as “he was a big black terrorist who went around planting bombs on white people’s property,” but
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Why So Churlish About Churchill?
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The recent news that the website of St. Paul’s Cathedral in London contained a derogatory description of Sir Winston Churchill, whose state funeral the building had held following the great man’s death in 1965, caused a fuss in certain non-woke quarters of the British media. According to the website’s ungenerous words (since altered), Sir Winston was “a figure of controversy” as “he was an unashamed imperialist and white supremacist,” most unlike his main wartime opponent.I do hope one day to see the same website describe Nelson Mandela as “a figure of controversy” likewise, as “he was a big black terrorist who went around planting bombs on white people’s property,” but
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‘Not My Concern” Narrows the GOP Field
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Generally speaking I skip most punditry stuff nowadays simply because it is fraught with too much pretending.(sniip)
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DeSantis PAC Spending Big Bucks Promoting
Ad Featuring AI-Deep Fake of Trump’s
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Never Back Down, a super PAC supporting Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, is about to spend over a million dollars on an ad featuring an artificial intelligence deep fake of former President Donald Trump speaking.
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OH MY! Malik Obama Tweets Brother Barack
Obama is ‘Definitely Gay’ – Then
Deletes Tweet in a Panic! 14 replies
Obama is ‘Definitely Gay’ – Then
Deletes Tweet in a Panic! 14 replies
Oh boy.
Malik Obama said his brother Barack Obama is “definitely gay” in response to the former president’s statement on banning porn books for children.
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