Biden will establish a national monument honoring Emmett Till, the Black teen lynched in Mississippi

https://lemmy.world/post/2020662

Biden will establish a national monument honoring Emmett Till, the Black teen lynched in Mississippi - Lemmy.world

68 years later, the US President, uses a heinous crime and a tragedy, for a few more votes.
So Emmett Till should never be honored on a national level?
He should be honored! He should be honored on a national level by the people (the nation).
Not by a party or a career politician.
How exactly do you arrange that on a national level without the president being involved? Especially if you want a permanent memorial?
So you only honor historical events if your president allows it? All your monuments are there because someone in White House allowed it to happen?

All your monuments are there because someone in White House allowed it to happen?

Yes, that’s how national monuments work.

That's quite beneficial for the people in power. So, you as a nation are also very selective when it comes to historical events you want to preserve?
How is it beneficial? They don’t get any money or power out of it. They just memorialize something that needs memorializing and, because it’s federal, taxpayer dollars go to its upkeep to ensure it stays looking good and doesn’t get trashed. There’s also the matter of protection. Considering a sign memorializing Till was shot, federal protection sounds like a good idea to me.
Emmett Till memorial will be made bulletproof after photo of gun-toting students surfaces

Emmett Till's memorial will be bulletproof after outrage over a photo of three gun-toting Ole Miss students posing in front of the sign.

USA TODAY

The monument for Emmett Till is very important. Children and Grandchildren of those that did the lynching are still living there.

I thought the president is being paid for his work. Is he not? Then again I wasn't talking about monetary benefit. The current staff in the White House could have made all this possible without themselves being mentioned or present. But they are being mentioned and are present because it's beneficial for their careers (that's how they earn their Dollars and Influence and Power).

Beneficial for his career? He’s already president. You can’t get higher than that.
No? Imagine being high on Airforce One? That's like being double high.

I love that apparently absolutely nothing in the world can ever be done out of altruism or a sense of right, or even be good.

National monuments require presidential approval. Normally, the president or his press secretary announces this because virtually nothing in the White House gets done ANYWAY without someone in the press knowing about it in our modern age. So yes, maybe they are doing it for influence or donor money. But can we not just say “this is a good thing” and move on with our fucking lives? Can ONE SINGLE GODDAMN THING be good without qualifiers?

Ya. This monument is a good thing. A very important thing. I never said otherwise....
Hey dipwad, we the people elected him.
Hey milksop, after the ceremony he will go home and hide nuclear secrets in pool houses (what are "pool houses"? Houses with pools?), because that's his priority. Everything else is just PR.
Is he being charged for this? I…thought that was Trump…
idk.. i actually don't care about this stuff since there are no repercussions for any action of those in power, I was just quoting the jellyfish above my post.

idk… i actually don’t care about this stuff

Then maybe just stop talking.

Then maybe

Maybe.

Got it, so you admit you don’t know what’s actually going on, but you comment on it as if you do. Great strategy

I quoted your friend whose comment is above mine, read the whole post. I can quote half your post and comment only on half information too:

Got it, so you admit
No, I don't!

see?

Yes Biden (and Pence) found classified documents at their homes. There is a serious discussion as to why people in power are allowed to do this. Presumably it is to enrich themselves once out of office. Other than the classified bit this is probably legal.
The difference is Biden (and Pence) turned over the documents when found and cooperated. Trump is in trouble for lying about the documents and covering up having them after signing multiple affidavits that he has no more.
How do you not know what a pool house is lol
I'm poor.
LMGTFY - Let Me Google That For You

For all those people who find it more convenient to bother you with their question rather than to Google it for themselves.

I’m homeless and I know what a poolhouse is
Good to see the losers are wasting their time trolling on reddit instead of bothering the rest of society at least.
Good thing you're bothered then, and not the rest of society.
Lol stay mad bro