Which is one of the big problems with mob "Justice," a painful lesson we history students here in America learned a long time ago.
Even Abraham Lincoln and George Washington are not safe when the mob is judge, jury and executioner.
"It's a healthy expression of people saying let's get some priorities here and let's remember the sin and mistake that this nation made and let's not celebrate it," New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said of the masked mob armed with torches and ropes pulling down statues on public property.
Contrary to what ignoramuses pulling down statues might say, America's founding was not the result of mob rule.
The darkest moments in our history have been when people ignored those protections, brushed aside petty laws and gave in to the impulses of the mob.
Thankfully, brave men have always been there, willing to dedicate their lives and sometimes sacrificing all to put down the lawless mob.
Statues are rightly built to honor them - statues that are only as safe as the next generation's commitment to stand up and put down the mob.
Even Abraham Lincoln and George Washington are not safe when the mob is judge, jury and executioner.
"It's a healthy expression of people saying let's get some priorities here and let's remember the sin and mistake that this nation made and let's not celebrate it," New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said of the masked mob armed with torches and ropes pulling down statues on public property.
Contrary to what ignoramuses pulling down statues might say, America's founding was not the result of mob rule.
The darkest moments in our history have been when people ignored those protections, brushed aside petty laws and gave in to the impulses of the mob.
Thankfully, brave men have always been there, willing to dedicate their lives and sometimes sacrificing all to put down the lawless mob.
Statues are rightly built to honor them - statues that are only as safe as the next generation's commitment to stand up and put down the mob.
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