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Feel free to erect all the statues you want of David Duke, Bedford Forrest, and Jefferson Davis on your private property. These men are clearly heroes to you.
But statues of rebels who fought on behalf of slavery and took up arms to kill American soldiers serving under the Stars and Stripes has no place in our public commons.
Minister of Truth (08-14-2017), Phantasmal (08-15-2017)
This is an interesting question. Considering there are "protests" both to get rid of, and to demonstrate the will to keep the same monuments. Which side is "stupid" in your opinion? Is it both sides (not hypocritical) or just the side that protests against what you want (hypocritical)?
This is part of a national conversation. The question: How should we remember the Confederacy?
I prefer to remember it as the losers in a war fought to destroy this nation. How do you think we should remember the Confederacy?
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Minister of Truth (08-14-2017), Phantasmal (08-15-2017)
have you been to Gettysburg? Antietam ?
If not you should go -Gettysburg battlefield is so large you can drive most of it.
Let the men who fought there answer your question of how the Confederacy should be remember
Cemetary Ridge
1913
At the 50th anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg, Union (left) and Confederate (right) veterans shake hands at a reunion
Jun. 22, 1922
Washington, D.C. — President Harding receives veterans of the Confederate Army who have been attending their annual reunion at Richmond, Virginia. Old soldiers who fought under the Stars and Bars during the Civil War are shown here with the president, who welcomed them to the White House.
July 12, 1931
Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania — Veterans of the Civil War pose at High Water Mark Memorial.
Race hustlers like BAC, TTQ, Damo and 3D get all warm and squishy inside thinking that tearing down these monuments is effecting some change.
Can't you see those black lives mattering now? Hey look the black graduation rate just increased 50%, black unemployment decreased 90%. All because a statue was torn down. Kudos people. Kudos. You all should feel very proud. Mark this day to share with your grandchiLdren.
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I actually have no social justice motive in all of this. I just hate the south, the former CSA, and everyone who celebrates southern "heritage" and/or is an apologist for the CSA. Wrecking monuments to losers is just my way of saying "fuck you" to the memory of the CSA.
If other people have different motives for joining me in the beautiful destruction, I can live with that.
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Cypress (08-15-2017)
"It [the draft] is duty rather than slavery. I part with the author on the caviler idea that individual freedom (whatever that may be to the person) leads to nirvana, anyone older that 12 knows that is BS."
-(Midcan5)
"Allow me to masturbate my patriotism furiously and publicly at this opportunity."
-(Ib1yysguy)
"There is no 'equal opportunity' today unless the government makes it so."
-(apple0154 )
"abortion is not killing Its birth control"
-(Desh)
no you moron. It's not about "southern heritage". It's about the men in battle.
I actually agree with you in terms of flying CS flags over public property and accoutrements.
What I showed ( so far ) in this thread is how the Civil War perspective was dealt with by the nation
in the aftermath.photos might help see how we incorporated the event thru the years
One again -it's about the men who fought bravely
"It [the draft] is duty rather than slavery. I part with the author on the caviler idea that individual freedom (whatever that may be to the person) leads to nirvana, anyone older that 12 knows that is BS."
-(Midcan5)
"Allow me to masturbate my patriotism furiously and publicly at this opportunity."
-(Ib1yysguy)
"There is no 'equal opportunity' today unless the government makes it so."
-(apple0154 )
"abortion is not killing Its birth control"
-(Desh)
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