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Third president is under ‘sustained assault’ from cancel culture, National Review editor warns
A conservative student group at the University of Virginia held an event to defend the legacy of Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States and the founder of the Charlottesville public university.
Rich Lowry ( right ), editor-in-chief of National Review , described the “sustained assault” against Jefferson as “woke Philistinism,” ”historically illiterate,” and “heedlessly destructive.” He mentioned the recent vote from the New York City Public Design Commission to remove the statue of Jefferson from council chambers.
“It’s certainly true that Jefferson was a slave owner,” Lowry said during the October 28 event at his alma mater. “But that’s obviously not why we honor him.”
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The National Review editor said Jefferson is honored because of his “achievements that still define this country today.”
Lowry challenged the opponents of Jefferson in the crowd to ask why they attended the University of Virginia if the third president is such an odious person. He then listed other Virginia universities named after slave owners, including James Madison and George Mason.
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“What you are saying by your presence at the University of the Virginia,” is that someone can be flawed and even be “desperately wrong” but it’s worth it to experience the work they created, Lowry said. The political philosophy of Jefferson laid the groundwork for the abolition of slavery and the Civil Rights Movement, Lowry said.
He favored “gradual” plans to end slavery in the country, Lowry said. Texas Congressman said Jefferson does not need a defense Republican Congressman Chip Roy, a graduate of the University of Virginia, followed Lowry at the October 28 event. He said Jefferson was a flawed human being and does not need a defense — but what matters is the principles and ideals he espoused.“Jefferson should never have owned a fellow human being,” Roy said. But neither should Abe Lincoln have suspended habeas corpus. Nor, Roy said, should Franklin Delano Roosevelt have put Japanese people in internment camps. Presidents are flawed human beings, Roy said.He brought up President Kennedy […]
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