UW students demand Washington remove a statue of George Washington

Behold the man, the mystery, the myth. Father of our country and visionary. I say just tell the crazies to phuck off. Geezus.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/george-washington-whiskey-businessman-180951364/

WASHINGTON, D.C.



George Washington's reconstructed distillery. The Distillery and Gristmill are open to the public April thru October with admission to Mount Vernon.

Long Before Jack Daniels, George Washington Was a Whiskey Tycoon
The Founding Father spent his post-presidency years presiding over a booming alcohol business

When George Washington left the presidency in 1797, he was looking forward to some relaxation—returning to Mount Vernon and the pastoral life that had been distant during his time as president. But Washington was a man of innovation, who rarely let an opportunity slip by—and when he hired a Scottish plantation manager in 1797, Washington added another line to his resume: whiskey seller. The planation manager, James Anderson, had immigrated to Virginia in the early 1790s—noticed a missed opportunity at the estate: the abundance of crops, combined with Washington's state-of-the-art gristmill and abundant water supply could be used to make whiskey. And it wasn't just the abundance of crops, but the type. Washington, to help foster healthy soil, planted a lot of rye as a cover crop. Rye wasn't high on the list of delicious, edible grains, but Anderson didn't think it should go to waste—instead, he wanted to turn it into whiskey.

Washington was, at first, hesitant to jump into a new business venture—after all, at 65 years old, he had wanted to spend his retired years in relative peace, but after hearing Anderson's proposal, as well as corresponding with a friend who was involved in the rum business, Washington acquiesced. That winter, Anderson began distilling in the estate's cooperage, using just two stills (pots used for distillation). The first distilling was so successful that Washington approved plans for construction of a full-fledged distillery, complete with five stills. The distillery finished construction in 1798, and by 1799, it was the largest whiskey distillery in the country.

HHusky said:

George Washington was tormented by his conscience over his slave ownership and particularly by having broken up slave families as a young man. His will was written in recognition of the resistance his posthumous wishes would encounter. History isn't cancelled by taking down a statue. By the same token, taking it down doesn't fundamentally accomplish anything and is simply performative virtue.

You simply do not understand power, how it's accumulated and how it's wielded.

The proverbial frog in the pot has better survival odds than you.

HHusky said:

TurdBomber said:

HHusky said:

George Washington was tormented by his conscience over his slave ownership and particularly by having broken up slave families as a young man. His will was written in recognition of the resistance his posthumous wishes would encounter. History isn't cancelled by taking down a statue. By the same token, taking it down doesn't fundamentally accomplish anything and is simply performative virtue.

You simply do not understand power, how it's accumulated and how it's wielded.

The proverbial frog in the pot has better survival odds than you.

I'm glad we're discussing me again. I don't blame you for your fascination.

Yes, you're an attention whore. We all know it. Lots of fatherless or weak-fathered men chronically seek attention.

It's a well established pathology among Low T and physically unattractive men.

HHusky said:

TurdBomber said:

HHusky said:

TurdBomber said:

HHusky said:

George Washington was tormented by his conscience over his slave ownership and particularly by having broken up slave families as a young man. His will was written in recognition of the resistance his posthumous wishes would encounter. History isn't cancelled by taking down a statue. By the same token, taking it down doesn't fundamentally accomplish anything and is simply performative virtue.

You simply do not understand power, how it's accumulated and how it's wielded.

The proverbial frog in the pot has better survival odds than you.

I'm glad we're discussing me again. I don't blame you for your fascination.

Yes, you're an attention whore. We all know it. Lots of fatherless or weak-fathered men chronically seek attention.

It's a well established pathology among Low T and physically unattractive men.

Don't agree with your assessment, but approve of your obsession!

Unsurprising. Your multiple dysmorphias are well established.

HHusky said:

George Washington was tormented by his conscience over his slave ownership and particularly by having broken up slave families as a young man. His will was written in recognition of the resistance his posthumous wishes would encounter. History isn't cancelled by taking down a statue. By the same token, taking it down doesn't fundamentally accomplish anything and is simply performative virtue.

This is the best thing you’ve ever posted on this board. Cogent, fair, nuanced, and reasonable.

doogie said:

Bored dipshit diverts another topic.

Shocker

Curious ... who you’re talking about?

HHusky said:

George Washington was tormented by his conscience over his slave ownership and particularly by having broken up slave families as a young man. His will was written in recognition of the resistance his posthumous wishes would encounter. History isn't cancelled by taking down a statue. By the same token, taking it down doesn't fundamentally accomplish anything and is simply performative virtue.

Actually, history is cancelled by demanding that any positive discussion surrounding the founding of our Republic be sh*t canned and the only approved narrative is that America is now and always has been racist. That's followed up with tearing down monuments and renaming. Washington and Lincoln did more for blacks in American than say George Washington Carver.

My favorite is taking down Lincoln. If he isn't safe, nobody is.

If they do this let me know where I can go to return my diploma.

Funny that George Washington was inoffensive enough that George Washington Carver's parents named him after the First U.S. President, but today, it's too offensive for the liberal snowflakes who pollute the campus.

By George can stay, so long as they remove the GW statue and replace it with George Floyd. It's all good.

Fire_Marshall_Bill said:

Goduckies said:

My favorite is taking down Lincoln. If he isn't safe, nobody is.

they already cancelled diane feinstein

ignorant, insane tims

They only cancel what we allow to be cancelled.

So, like we say, fuck off relative to messing with George Motherfucking Washington, you leftist assholes.