Surprise! The Statue Jihad Began in California Decades Ago

Thomas Fallon was a leader of the Bear Flag Revolt in 1846. He is credited for raising the first American flag over San Jose, California on 14 July 1846. He later became mayor of San Jose. Back in the bad old days, it was routine to commemorate the services of patriots like Fallon. 

Thomas Fallon Building America

In the 1980s the city of San Jose commissioned a statue of Fallon that was to be placed in a prominent public place. The statue was completed. But, it was not put on public display. Instead, it was warehoused. The reason for doing so was because some la raza types objected to the existence of the United States of America.  

Protests from local Mexican American and Chicano groups derailed that plan. Latino activists argued that honoring Fallon, who raised the American flag over San Jose two months after Congress declared war on Mexico in 1846, was a symbol of oppression.
"In the 1990s, we went to the city and told them that this (statue) is a racial insult to people of Mexican descent," said Raul Estremera, a member of the group Pueblo Unido. "Last time this happened, the mayor backed down. We are hoping to do that once again."

Instead in April 2000, the city decided to take the statue out of cold storage and display it in an obscure park. They also commissioned three other statues to celebrate "San Jose's history and cultural diversity before the Fallon statue was put in place."

While the Fallon statue was in the cultural Marxist Memory Hole, the city commissioned another statue. The statue is of the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl. Seriously. The symbolism is obvious. It puts on notice the few real Americans left in the San Francisco Bay Area that they and their culture are scheduled for replacement. Although, I doubt most of them care. 

Quetzalcoatl or A Steaming Pile of....

Symbolism matters. It's why the current statue jihad matters. It's why President Trump's wonderful proclamation commemorating Columbus Day in a purely positive light matters. Self-loathing is for losers.