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Founding father James Madison sidelined by woke history in his own home
Posted on 7/17/22 at 6:57 am
Posted on 7/17/22 at 6:57 am
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The globalist billionaire who funded the woke transformation of Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello paid for a similar overhaul of James Madison’s house — where the author of the US Constitution has been shoved into a supporting role, while slavery and racism take center stage.
No American flags fly at Montpelier, Madison’s plantation home in rural Virginia, and not a single display focuses on the life and accomplishments of America’s foremost political philosopher, who created our three-branch federal system of government, wrote the Bill of Rights and the Federalist Papers, and served two terms as president.
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Instead, blindsided tourists are hammered by high-tech exhibits about Madison’s slaves and current racial conflicts, thanks to a $10 million grant from left-leaning philanthropist David M. Rubenstein.
“I was kind of thinking we’d be hearing more about the Constitution,” one baffled dad said when The Post visited the president’s home this week. “But everything here is really about slavery.”
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Reviewers on social media have been more harsh.
“They really miss the mark,” Greg Hancock of Mesa, Ariz. posted last week. “We left disappointed not having learned more about … the creation of the Constitution.”
“The worst part were the gross historical inaccuracies and constant bias exhibited by the tour guide,” complained AlexZ, who visited July 8.
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Visitors to Montpelier get to see just three rooms in the sprawling mansion. The estate “made Madison the philosopher, farmer, statesman, and enslaver that he was,” the guide said as The Post’s group entered the home — a line she repeated at the end of her spiel.
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Outdoors and in the house’s huge basement, dozens of interactive stations seek to draw a direct line between slavery, the Constitution, and the problems of African Americans today.
“A one hour Critical Race Theory experience disguised as a tour,” groused Mike Lapolla of Tulsa, Okla., after visiting last August.
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Hurricane Katrina flooding, the Ferguson riots, incarceration, and more all trace back to slavery, according to a 10-minute multi-screen video.
Another exhibit damns every one of the nation’s first 18 presidents — even those, like John Adams and Abraham Lincoln, who never owned slaves — for having benefited from slavery in some way.
The only in-depth material about the Constitution itself appears in a display that pushes the claim, championed by the controversial 1619 Project, that racism was the driving force behind the entire American political system.
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Even the children’s section of the gift shop leans far left, with titles like “Antiracist Baby” by Ibram X. Kendi and “She Persisted” by Chelsea Clinton.
Virginia Rep. Bob Good called the historical rewrite “a deliberate attack on those founding institutions.”
“The left is trying to revise our history and is perpetuating a dishonest narrative,” the Republican said.
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In May, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, which owns the home, forced the board to accept a slate of left-wing activist members in the name of racial equity.
The new members aim to transform Montpelier into “a black history and black rights organization that could care less about James Madison and his legacy,” board member Mary Alexander, a documented descendant of Madison’s slave Paul Jennings, told the Orange County Review.
“There were hundreds of thousands of slave owners,” Alexander said. “But not hundreds of thousands who wrote the Constitution.”
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Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, who rose to power on parent outcry over critical race theory in public schools, refused to comment on Rubensteins donation — although the two were close allies at the Carlyle Group investment firm, where both made their fortunes.
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This is part of a larger movement to distort the legacy of the Founders and undermine the principles they put forth,” said Brenda Hafera of the Heritage Foundation’s Simon Center for American Studies.
“If you can undermine the Founders, you create the opportunity for those principles to be replaced by something else,” she said — “something like Critical Race Theory or identity politics.”
Posted on 7/17/22 at 7:00 am to tduecen
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David M. Rubenstein
Shocked
Posted on 7/17/22 at 7:01 am to tduecen
I truly loathe these people.
Posted on 7/17/22 at 7:01 am to SCLibertarian
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Shocked
It's so predictable
Posted on 7/17/22 at 7:03 am to tduecen
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The new members aim to transform Montpelier into “a black history and black rights organization that could care less about James Madison and his legacy,”
How much less could they care?
Posted on 7/17/22 at 7:10 am to tduecen
Every tour in DC will shower you with this “knowledge”
Posted on 7/17/22 at 7:11 am to tduecen
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National Trust for Historic Preservation, which owns the home, forced the board to accept a slate of left-wing activist members in the name of racial equity.
Found the real problem. Need to find out what other properties are about to face the same fate.
Screw all of these U.S.-hating assholes.
Posted on 7/17/22 at 7:23 am to tduecen
These people make me sick. I visited the homes of Washington, Jefferson, Monroe and Madison back in 2010. For the slimeballs to try to change the history of these men from being heros of this country, putting their lives on the line and making this country the greatest country in the world to racists and anti-american is disgusting. I was planning on going back to their homes in the future because the first visit was so amazing, I guess I wont be doing that now.
This post was edited on 7/17/22 at 7:25 am
Posted on 7/17/22 at 7:35 am to tduecen
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left-leaning philanthropist David M. Rubenstein.
Posted on 7/17/22 at 7:48 am to SCLibertarian
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David M. Rubenstein
Shocked
Without getting anyone in trouble, can someone briefly explain the rich Jew thing? Why do they choose to fund this kind of stuff?
This post was edited on 7/17/22 at 7:49 am
Posted on 7/17/22 at 7:54 am to tduecen
I remember a post a while back where TBirdSpur asked why we cared so much about taking confederate statues down and I told him they wouldn’t stop at confederate statues. I wish I was wrong.
Posted on 7/17/22 at 8:12 am to burger bearcat
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Without getting anyone in trouble, can someone briefly explain the rich Jew thing? Why do they choose to fund this kind of stuff?
It's just the nature of bolsheviks.
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Instead, blindsided tourists are hammered by high-tech exhibits about Madison’s slaves and current racial conflicts, thanks to a $10 million grant from left-leaning philanthropist David M. Rubenstein.
Funny, I bet they don't mention that his people were the ones that owned the slave ships and ran the slave trade.
This post was edited on 7/17/22 at 8:15 am
Posted on 7/17/22 at 8:15 am to burger bearcat
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Without getting anyone in trouble, can someone briefly explain the rich Jew thing? Why do they choose to fund this kind of stuff?
short version
long version
Posted on 7/17/22 at 8:17 am to tduecen
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Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, who rose to power on parent outcry over critical race theory in public schools, refused to comment on Rubensteins donation — although the two were close allies at the Carlyle Group investment firm, where both made their fortunes.
Let's not forget this piece, when he starts getting pushed on us for Prez.
Posted on 7/17/22 at 8:19 am to tduecen
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left-leaning philanthropist David M. Rubenstein.
Hmm.
Posted on 7/17/22 at 8:23 am to tduecen
Sigh…
This isn’t shocking anymore but it is very sad
You can still say slavery was bad without trashing every inch of the man’s life and accomplishments
This isn’t shocking anymore but it is very sad
You can still say slavery was bad without trashing every inch of the man’s life and accomplishments
Posted on 7/17/22 at 8:26 am to tduecen
VMI and Washington & Lee Univ. have done the same thing. Especially Washington & Lee. VMI even removed the famous statue of Stonewall Jackson that was on the parade grounds for years.
Posted on 7/17/22 at 8:27 am to tduecen
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David M. Rubenstein
I'm beginning to see why nobody use to like the funny hat guys
Posted on 7/17/22 at 8:29 am to tduecen
The communists are trying to rewrite American history one small step at a time.
Posted on 7/17/22 at 8:31 am to tduecen
Racism will never go away....if the LEFT keeps bringing it up!
Your fault, you prog filth losers!
Your fault, you prog filth losers!
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