well said.

Guagamela wins the Internet today. Can I copy this, G?

One of the myriad problems in our society that make life suck.

Let's define the new trump gold plated coin "a raper" like we do with penny, dime, quarter.

There are no alternate facts to rape don't you know.

It wouldn't have had nearly the impact had it been anyone else leveling the accusations.

Especially here in N. California. She was a guest lecturer at our local JC a few years ago.

in all the places Chavez's name is being removed.

For some reason, we seem to need to attach names to what are really broad grassroots causes. It should be Farm Workers Day or UFW Hall, etc.

I guess there might be some schools and so forth that have a name on them, but it seems to me that part of what's going on is that we have this need to idolize individuals over the cause they represent. And most individuals aren't perfect.

Not that anybody doesn't have the ability to cause harm, but the more power in whatever form, the easier it is to abuse that power.

People are so anxious to have a charismatic candidate they often don't even care if they're qualified! In the meantime, the meat and bones of the party or the cause or whatever are rarely discussed. I know I blather on about the Democratic party platform being ignored at the convention, but I really believe this need for rock star candidates is bogging us down.

of hero-worshipers going on about how that person should be our candidate for POTUS. It is lazy, annoying and pretty naive.

You hit the nail on the head "People are so anxious to have a charismatic candidate they often don't even care if they're qualified!"

Good DEM candidates tend to be well rounded, well versed in the issues facing the nation, and possessed of resumes showing a variety of experiences that build into a career that holds up qualifications and demonstrates temperament, judgement, and common sense. Then have to be team builders, able to draw good people with specialized knowledge and skills to cover ALL the departments of the executive branch, and they have to be comfortable enough to trust the experts they appoint.

Grasping at the latest clever pundit isn't gonna give us that candidate.

Ignoring those necessary qualifications and going for someone who says what people want to hear is how the GOP ended up with the worst president this nation has ever been saddled with.

People here were touting him as a presidential candidate

Thank you.

It further ends up only promoting these charismatic types who turn out to have the characteristics of cult leaders.

there were multiple victims. And I don't think we want to highlight victimhood. I realize that they might be celebrating her achievements but now unfortunately she's on the radar due to a sordid situation.

It kind of pisses me off that we worship human beings in the first place via statues, etc. Humans are all too fallible. Even MLK had an FBI dossier involving orgies and who knows what else. As a minister as well as the times it occurred, it would have surely erased his legacy. But people are complex: capable of good along with a potential dark side.

Should be renamed in honor of Ms, Huerta's courage.

in their unwritten CVs.

Here you are posting the exact same thing I was going to. There must be millions of us thinking this!
Chump is a convicted sexual felon!
Equal treatment MUST be applied!
Disappear his name and likeness.
Take his voice too!

We should remember that whenever we see anyone still carrying the Republican brand. Be it my governor, Phil Scott, Susan Collins or Markwayne Mullin, who's apparently the best and brightest Oklahoma has to offer.

... that the Republican Party has, indeed, metastasized into a terrorist organization with the moral compass of a pack of rabid hyenas.
They are filth, and they should be treated the same way that Germany treated the Nazi Party after WWII. Banned from existence for all eternity.
It's worth noting that the Founding Fathers loathed the very thought of political parties existing at all. Sadly, that's one concept that didn't take. And look at us now.

St. I was so upset and disgusted when I heard Ms. Huerta confess it!

The news is GLEEFULLY reporting this story!

Allegedly: A term used when something is said to be true but has not been confirmed or substantiated. Used to describe a person who has been charged with a crime, though a final decision has not been reached by a court.

There is more evidence of wrongdoing from chump!

I am defending nothing except the rule of law.
If Chavez were still around, the mob would be getting a rope and tree ready.

Were you there? She says she had TWO CHILDREN as a result of rapes by Chavez.

She has absolutely NOTHING to gain by saying this sixty, sixty-five years after the fact.

I was reading the definition of allegation.
Chavez is not legally convicted of anything.
Chump is.

I am amazed at the speed of this. Statues down and things renamed.
Meanwhile a convicted sexual abuser is president.

I'm too old for this shit.

What is wrong with people who can't see through our piece-of-shit pervert in chief! I really don't think all Repubs are that evil, but I also hate to think that they are that dumb to believe in Dump!

She is a major, major figure in the history of union rights for farm workers. She is as celebrated as it gets.

the NYT reporters worked on this story for FIVE years. This wasn't something that was concocted by the political right.

Chavez was a piece of shit rapist. His reputation is ruined through his own actions.

They spent 5 years investigating claims of sexual abuse by Chavez.
They interviewed 60 people.
They got 3 women to go on record, by name, including the famous and respected Dolores Huerta.
They got family members to confirm that 2 victims told the relatives at the time that they were raped or molested by Chavez around ages 13 to 15.
They pored through emails and other correspondence.
They obtained DNA evidence proving Chavez had fathered several children out of wedlock.

If the FBI had investigated even a fraction of the most serious claims against Trump and had the Justice Dept. been willing to file charges, he would be in prison today, not the White House. Instead, they turned a blind eye and actively covered up evidence, as did Pam Bondi when she was in Florida sweeping Epstein's crimes under the rug. They didn't even go after other men who raped children on Epstein's island. At least Britain and some corporations and schools are making efforts to hold people accountable who cavorted with Epstein, but not the U.S. Justice Dept., which has lost all credibility.

I suppose the only accountability most of those pedophiles will have will happen in hell.

it is going to be so much fun watching them remove it, one by one, as the disgrace of his Presidency becomes apparent and his corruption goes down in the history books as unprecedented and unparalleled.

Whoever they are, wherever they are found, they need to be called out and removed from society.

it's a hell of a drug...

It's disturbing that so many are still willing to turn a blind eye to it. I get your point and your frustration that the condemnation against those who commit these acts is not equally applied and that is a very sad reflection on our society.

The victims, or survivors, all endured the same pain and feelings of isolation.

that those of us on the left are willing to accept the complex nature of Chavez's legacy. We know the difference between removing monuments that honor him while still remembering (and, though perhaps to a lesser extent now, honoring) his accomplishments.

That's why history isn't taught with monuments. We're not erasing what Chavez accomplished - only realizing that his entire legacy suggests he shouldn't be treated as the great man we used to think he was.

It’s right out there in, if not black-and-white, certainly brown and white.

Pushing for Mt Rushmore.
Sure, right next to Obama. That’ll pink mist some MAGA heads into their red hats.