Pat Buchanan rails at ‘cultural cleansing’ of white Christian men from US history

Maybe I am a bit naive, but I just do not get exactly what Buchanan is complaining about ?

In a syndicated op-ed this week, conservative columnist Pat Buchanan argues that white, male, Christian historical figures are being “cleansed” from America’s national consciousness.

Unhappy that Saint Louis University (SLU) is relocating a statue of a Catholic missionary evangelizing to Native Americans, Buchanan published an op-ed on Monday decrying the statue’s move from a prominent outdoor location to a less conspicuous one inside. Buchanan further warns readers of a nationwide “cultural cleansing of Christian males.”

As evidence of what Christian men have to put up with these days, Buchanan quotes an SLU student’s description of the controversial statue. It “depicts a history of colonialism, imperialism, racism, and of Christian and white supremacy,” says Ryan McKinley, now in his senior year at the Catholic college. Buchanan disagrees with McKinley’s assessment.

“If the founder of Christianity is the Son of God,” Buchanan reasons, “then Christianity is a superior religion.” Students and staff at SLU who support the statue’s removal, Buchanan says, “seem to be ashamed of, uncomfortable with, or unable to defend, is the truth for which Saint Louis University was supposed to stand. But simply because they are cowardly, or politically correct, why should that statue be going into the SLU art museum? Why should not they themselves depart for another institution where their sensitivities will not be assaulted by artistic expressions of religious truths?”

Pat Buchanan rails at ‘cultural cleansing’ of white Christian men from US history