Progressives love to project their “tolerance.” They’re so tolerant of others that they go
out of their way to demonstrate it. Here
is a tolerable website showing how tolerable they are.
We won. Congress will not whitewash a
legacy of division in North Carolina. Jesse Helms will NOT have his name on a
federal courthouse in downtown Raleigh.
Over 8,200 of you
signed the Progress North Carolina petition and your voices were heard. From
all across this state, North Carolina residents weighed in, not just with your
signature, but with your words.
Perhaps Jeanine Keeys
of Zebulon said it most succinctly:
"Hate should not have a monument."
In the end, the
Congressional committee in charge of re-naming bills listened to comments like
that and adjourned without moving on the Helms legislation.
However, the bills were
filed by Rep. Renee Ellmers and Sen. Richard Burr -- and they could do it
again. That's why we are asking those who have not signed the petition to please
do so now. We have also made it very easy for you to share this petition
with your family and friends and would appreciate it if you passed it on to
others.
Our goal is to gather
more than 10,000 signatures.
We thank those of you
who signed the petition. Defeating the bill was by no means assured, with
some media outlets like National Public Radio reporting on our petition even
saying that the re-naming bill was likely to pass.
Thank you for joining
the effort to make sure Congress does not whitewash history. If you would like
to support our efforts to make sure that does not happen in the future, you
can donate online here.
Many thanks for your
support and for taking a stand against intolerance.
I do believe North
Carolinians have shown their “tolerance” of progressive ideals in the past two
elections. That is a victory worth
noting.
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