Scott Liddicoat

Although many statues have already come down…

Even with the names that have been replaced on public buildings and military bases…

Despite each memorial and the artwork that’s been relocated, removed, destroyed, or warehoused…

Our brave social justice warriors still have much more public cleansing to do.  And we need to push them, or join them to do it. There are many notables who’ve managed to escape serious attention for their terrible actions.  Read about the shameful individuals that follow and their disgraceful misdeeds.  You’re certain to conclude that social justice hasn’t gone far enough!  You’re just as certain to agree that many more statues need to go!

During his presidency, Woodrow Wilson directed a return to degrading and humiliating racial segregation practices in federal offices, workrooms, dressing rooms, and restrooms.  Dismissing a delegation of prominent black leaders in 1914, Wilson preached how resegregation policies benefited black people.  He was “…seeking not to put the Negro employees at a disadvantage but…to make arrangements which would prevent any kind of friction between the white employees and the Negro employees.”

President Franklin Roosevelt issued damning, racially bigoted Executive Order 9066 in 1942.  With nothing but the stroke of his pen, Roosevelt forced over 100,000 Japanese Americans living in the western US—most of them American Citizens—into concentration camps.  Living conditions were poor, unnecessary deaths occurred, and many Japanese Americans lost all of their private property and wealth.  In the 1980’s our government admitted “race prejudice” and paid over $1 billion in reparations to over 82,000 heirs.

Then there’s Bill Clinton and his sexual “indiscretions.”  The most recent wave of feminism championed by Hillary Clinton tells us sex assault accusers are to be believed.  In Bill’s case, at least four women have accused him publicly.  With one of them—Paula Jones—Clinton settled out-of-court for $850,000, permitting him to avoid public testimony on the charge.  Beyond this there’s Clinton’s notorious sexual conduct with intern Monica Lewinsky at the White House during his presidency.

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Clearly social justice hasn’t gone far enough and much more destruction is required!  Join the movement and demand the removal of statues and likenesses of Wilson, Roosevelt, and Clinton from all public places and the removal of their names from all public memorials and buildings. 

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Author’s note: 

Please don’t get me wrong…

Reviewers and early readers of this piece have commented that I’ve taken a good shot at Social Justice Warriors. That through my sarcasm I’ve made the point that statues and memorials should never have been taken down in the first place.

Yes, but…

Now so many statues (and the like) are gone. And since they won’t come back, I truly believe we must “demand the removal of statues and likenesses of Wilson, Roosevelt, and Clinton from all public places and the removal of their names from all public memorials and buildings.” 

Scott Liddicoat