The Guardian is facing calls to “shut down” for hypocrisy after backing BLM protests when it branded Abraham Lincoln “abhorrent” in the US Civil War.
Originally called the Manchester Guardian, the paper was founded in 1821 by John Edward Taylor using profits from a cotton plantation that used slaves.
After his death in 1844, the paper is said to have then demanded Manchester’s cotton workers be forced back into work.
Now with a growing backlash against statues linked to slavery and racism, hundreds have signed a petition taking aim at the Guardian's history.
This petition to shut the paper down has been organised by novelist Tony Parsons, who tweeted: “Shameful links to slave-owning Confederate south. Built on the profits of cotton fields. Shut down The Guardian Newspaper.”
UPDATE: It just hit me. Foreign newspaper finds Republican US president repulsive and sides with America's enemies. Insert Santayana quip here.
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This is kind of like the "Me Too" movement which is dying when progressives can't cancel a progressive presidential candidate. Leftists always end up eating themselves.
Modern day Mensheviks need to watch their backs. I thought I saw on Twitter recently that someone had spray painted "liberals get the bullet too" as part of the usual amarchist/antifa graffiti. Indeed, indeed.
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