By Hubie and Bertie
Were they all at the mini-CPAC in Dallas? Is that why none of the crazy Trumpsters, haters and white supremacists showed up in Charlottesville yesterday?
We thought for sure they would — because the statues they love so much of Confederate generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson were carted away, followed closely by a statue of Lewis & Clark with a cringe-inducingly submissive Sacagawea. As far as we can tell, the only people who watched Lee, et. al. take their final rides were folks who were cheering their removal.
Charlottesville mayor Nikuyah Walker said it powerfully: "Taking down this [Lee] statue is one small step closer to the goal of helping Charlottesville, Virginia, and America grapple with the sin of being willing to destroy Black people for economic gain."
It does make you wonder, though: If the racists and the Nazis couldn't have been bothered to protest yesterday's spectacle, what was all the fuss about in 2017? Why was the city of Charlottesville put through such turmoil? Why did Heather Heyer have to die?
Oh, well, at least the statues are gone. And maybe some Americans have been enlightened a bit. We cats PURR.
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