“Pastor” James Duke of Liberation Christian Center in Chicago is demanding the Emmanuel administration to rename parks and remove statues in south Chicago because President George Washington “owned slaves”.

A bronze statue of George Washington on horseback stands at the corner of 51st and King Drive, at the northwest entrance to Washington Park.

Bishop James Dukes, pastor of Liberation Christian Center, said he wants the statue gone, and he wants George Washington’s name removed from the park.

Human beings are inherently flawed. Our moral standing isn’t dependent on just one element, but it operates more as a bank account. Our good actions (words unsubstantiated by behavior are but counterfeit currency) are deposits, and with our bad actions acting as withdrawals.

Note who this moral cretin uses to compare to President Washington.

George Washington’s moral bank account is well on the plus side, regardless of his personal ownership of slaves. Why? Because slavery has been a constant universal since prehistoric times and so the unique thing about America is how the Founders worked to set up the eventual end of slavery. I say “has”, too, since slavery is still practiced in parts of the world under authoritarian and totalitarian control.

But no. Let’s tear down statues of George Washington, tag the Lincoln memorial with obscene graffiti, have major universities seriously offer racist programs and segregated housing without challenge.

Throughout history, in totalitarian regimes, the ascendant power puts maximum effort into erasing history of contradictory events and people. Whether it was Egyptian dynasties inscribing over older monuments to legitimize their reign or Stalin altering photographs to erase purged individuals, the freer a society, the more willing are people to accept their past, warts and all.

Leftists do not want a free society, so the horrible events in Charlottesville feed their pogroms against any who stand in their way.

Don’t be them.