Tuesday, January 8, 2013

North Carolina Progressives Intolerant of the Tolerable




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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