Lies and Hypocrisy
More than 150 years after the Civil War, the nation is engulfed in controversy over statues of people who fought for the Confederacy. Many people want the statues taken down. The statues, they say, depict men who were slaveowners, slavery proponents, and traitors. Those who want the statues to stay in place are said to be racists. The feelings run so deep on both sides of the controversy that one would think that the Civil War ended just yesterday. As a libertarian, I question why government should erect statues in the first place, to anyone. That’s simply not a legitimate … Continue reading →
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