Erase George Washington!

Well, Mr. and Mrs. (and others of questionable gender) America, it's finally come to this.

I didn't think we could ever devolve to such an extent, and certainly not here in the once-Golden State, but we have.  The Left-wing commie pinko indoctrination campaign to turn our young people into addle-pated automatons has finally succeeded.  They've become a generation of wimps.  Of whimpering, simpering, sniveling complainers, not worth the powder it would take to blow then all to Hell.  More or less.

What has spun me up to this extent, you might ask?  Get this:  The headline from yesterday's San Francisco Chronicle read:

"George Washington High School
to Erase 'Offensive'
George Washington Mural."

Confused?  Me too.  I had to read it twice.  But here's the gist...

George Washington High School in San Francisco (where else?) plans to erase a 13-panel mural from 1936 that depicts George Washington.  Many critics over the years have condemned its depiction of slaves and Native Americans.  Now, the S. F. Unified School District is meeting next week to decide which of three "cover up" options is best for the mural, "The Life of Washington," which graces the foyer of G. W. High School.

They'll decide whether to paint over the mural at a cost of more than $600,000, hide it behind new paneling at a cost of $875,000, or cover it up behind curtains, at the low, low price of only $300,000!  

 The painting, the snowflakes complain, "glorifies slavery, genocide, colonization, manifest destiny, white supremacy, oppression, and "doesn't represent SFUSD values of social justice, diversity, unity and "student-centered," whatever that means.  Or so said the student working group in a report issued earlier this year.  That's quite a broad condemnation of the painting, and more likely its subject, don't you think?

The painting depicts Washington sending men to conquer the west and plotting the future of the United States, at the expense of Native Americans, protesters complain.  And that appears to be the basis of this, the most recent effort by Progressive weenies to rewrite history.

Concern over the mural appears not to have originated with students who've been "traumatized" by it, but rather with former S. F. Unified School Board member Matt Haney, who's since gone on to an illustrious career with San Fran City government.  He's probably the guy who came up with the whole "Poop Patrol" idea.

Beyond just covering up or painting over the mural, Haney actually wanted to change the name of George Washington High School because our First President owned slaves (a fact depicted in the mural he wished covered up).

So, so emblematic of the current state of dysfunction in this, the once-Golden State, San Francisco will now spend $One Half Million Dollars or more to save students from a painting from which they needed no saving.  Annnnnnd, the reason why a job that a friend and me and a couple hundred dollars worth of paint from Home Depot could handle over the weekend should cost $600,000?  Glad you asked.  It's because San Francisco schools are required to undergo an "environmental impact survey" before they can commit to any major building projects...including a paint job.

I'd like to say that I think nothing dumber than this shall ever happen again.  I'd like to say that, but, knowing Taxifornia as I unfortunately do, I just can't...