Here’s a great idea

[Mott the Hoople]

Instead of removing monuments to Confederate Leaders in Southern Cities why not do what they did in Franklin, TN. Build monuments to the Colored US Soldiers of the Civil War who escaped slavery and enlisted in the US Army and fought to end slavery. The idea had 100% support of the Franklin City Council.

[Mr.Badguy]

Why not both?

[Yakuda]

Instead of removing monuments to Confederate Leaders in Southern Cities why not do what they did in Franklin, TN. Build monuments to the Colored US Soldiers of the Civil War who escaped slavery and enlisted in the US Army and fought to end slavery. The idea had 100% support of the Franklin City Council.

I'll tell you why they won't do it, they're offended by statues to confederate leaders. Offending others is the most horrible of all crimes now.

[Cypress]

Instead of removing monuments to Confederate Leaders in Southern Cities why not do what they did in Franklin, TN. Build monuments to the Colored US Soldiers of the Civil War who escaped slavery and enlisted in the US Army and fought to end slavery. The idea had 100% support of the Franklin City Council.

I always remarked how at how many statues the South erected to Confederate generals, and how few they erected for Frederick Douglass or Sojourner Truth.

[Jack]

Anybody good with monuments to 'Colored Soldiers' for the Confederacy?

"Confederacy approves Black soldiers"
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-...black-soldiers

[NiftyNiblick]

Or we could just build schools and hospitals instead of putting up any monuments at all.

[Jack]

Or we could just build schools and hospitals instead of putting up any monuments at all.

You are NOT a Wokester. We must continue the Divide of our White and Colored Folk. Creating thousands of Monuments to 'Colored Soldiers' is the politically correct thing to do.

[dukkha]

Instead of removing monuments to Confederate Leaders in Southern Cities why not do what they did in Franklin, TN. Build monuments to the Colored US Soldiers of the Civil War who escaped slavery and enlisted in the US Army and fought to end slavery. The idea had 100% support of the Franklin City Council.

excellent idea.
That way history isn't destroyed, it's expanded

[Mott the Hoople]

excellent idea.
That way history isn't destroyed, it's expanded

It’s hardly destroying history to remove a monument of any sort. Particularly monuments that were specifically erected to misrepresent factual history in the first place.

Be that as it may it’s equitable. They will have monuments for the winners and losers.

[Mott the Hoople]

Anybody good with monuments to 'Colored Soldiers' for the Confederacy?

"Confederacy approves Black soldiers"
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-...black-soldiers

Sure. If you can find any that actually did. The Confederacy approved the use of Soldiers one whole month before the war ended and none who actually volunteered, if any, never served in combat roles. So no black soldiers fought actually fought for the Confederacy. So spare us this canard.

[Nordberg]

As Lee said, keeping the old wounds alive will make it impossible to heal. The idiots running around with Confed flags show Lee was correct.
He said " I think it wiser not to keep open the sores of war but to follow the examples of those nations who endeavored to obliterate the marks of civil strife, to commit to oblivion the feelings engendered."
He was right. 150 years later the south has not let go.

[Jack]

Sure. If you can find any that actually did. The Confederacy approved the use of Soldiers one whole month before the war ended and none who actually volunteered, if any, never served in combat roles. So no black soldiers fought actually fought for the Confederacy. So spare us this canard.

[domer76]

I'll tell you why they won't do it, they're offended by statues to confederate leaders. Offending others is the most horrible of all crimes now.

Treason should offend one. Why do you embrace traitors?

[Jack]

Sure. If you can find any that actually did. The Confederacy approved the use of Soldiers one whole month before the war ended and none who actually volunteered, if any, never served in combat roles. So no black soldiers fought actually fought for the Confederacy. So spare us this canard.

[Yakuda]

Treason should offend one. Why do you embrace traitors?

For the same reason you embrace freaks with penises who think they are women