The campaign to eradicate memorials to any historical figures liberals consider not to have been in compliance with their ideology is mainly about symbolism — and symbolism couldn’t be any more perfectly emblematic of what America is being transformed into than this:
Activists lifted a modern sculpture depicting a pregnant African-American “Lady Liberty” onto the pedestal where a monument to Confederate Generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson was removed overnight.
The new statue is not sanctioned by the City of Baltimore which owns the site, but there was no immediate action to remove it by police or city officials.
The competently executed statues of Lee and Jackson were products of a culture that honored great men. The new statue is a product of what American culture is becoming:
In the Age of the Welfare State, victory is achieved not with cannons and courage, but with pregnant bellies and dependency.
On tips from Steve A and Torcer. Cross-posted at Moonbattery.