​”A Symbol Of Imperial Violence And Colonialism”: Activists At UPenn Deface Statue Of Benjamin Franklin – Tyler Durden

“A Symbol Of Imperial Violence And Colonialism”: Activists At UPenn Deface Statue Of Benjamin Franklin Authored by Jonathan Turley, Benjamin Franklin once wrote “Love your Enemies, for they tell you your Faults.” Yet, Franklin might be a bit confused by his critics at the University of Pennsylvania. Anti-Israel activists vandalized his statue as a symbol of colonialism. The man who was instrumental in the Declaration of Independence against the British Empire is being denounced as an “imperial” colonizing figure. Franklin would likely fess up to any number of “faults” over the excesses of his personal life, but being an imperial colonizer would not…  — Continue at ZeroHedge News : Read More