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    Quote Originally Posted by archives View Post
    of preserving statues to Confederates? For example, what did the likes of Stonewall Jackson, who the President took time to point out today, do or accomplish that he deserves a statue?
    Ironic how the same people who whine about giving losers "participation trophies" are now whining about people removing statues that commemorate the LOSING SIDE of the Civil War.

    I guess their "participation trophies" are different.
    What kind of country have we become?

    One in which federal prosecutors can take “evidence” before a “grand jury,”

    and that grand jury can “vote to indict” a former president for 91 alleged “crimes”?

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    Quote Originally Posted by domer76 View Post
    Erased? Just because there are no statues to the traitors, the history disappears? For those of you who can't read, that may be so.

    for those of you who don't read history, that could be so

    http://www.dictionary.com/browse/de-stalinization

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    Quote Originally Posted by God Emperor View Post
    our past will not be erased

    just like there are statues of Oliver Cromwell in England today the past is memorialized

    confederacy and civil war are part of Americas history

    btw Jackson was hands down the most able commander of cavalry in history
    Don't worry you will never be erased.

    I will personally see that everything you all stood for remain in the mainstream for the world to see.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TTQ64 View Post
    Don't worry you will never be erased.

    I will personally see that everything you all stood for remain in the mainstream for the world to see.
    i like Dodge Challengers

    don't forget that fact

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    Quote Originally Posted by God Emperor View Post
    for those of you who don't read history, that could be so

    http://www.dictionary.com/browse/de-stalinization
    After all your bait and switching, Oliver Cromwell being the best, you've still never answered the intial topic question, why do people think it is important to preserve statues honoring the Confederacy?

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    Quote Originally Posted by archives View Post
    After all your bait and switching, Oliver Cromwell being the best, you've still never answered the intial topic question, why do people think it is important to preserve statues honoring the Confederacy?
    honoring the confederacy?

    no

    honoring brave men who fought in our civil war, yes

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    Quote Originally Posted by God Emperor View Post
    honoring the confederacy?

    no

    honoring brave men who fought in our civil war, yes
    So now people are fighting to preserve statues of individuals whose pride led to the slaughter of millions of Americans? Why?

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    Quote Originally Posted by archives View Post
    So now people are fighting to preserve statues of individuals whose pride led to the slaughter of millions of Americans? Why?
    it's history

    American history

    much as you may want to deny it, forget it, make it go away, some hold the national memory sacred

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    Quote Originally Posted by God Emperor View Post
    it's history

    American history

    much as you may want to deny it, forget it, make it go away, some hold the national memory sacred
    Your right it is history, a major blunder in American History that cost millions of Americans their life, and you want to defend statues that honor those responsible for the slaughter?

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    Quote Originally Posted by archives View Post
    I did if they are on this forum, but now I'm asking you, why do these people have statues in the first place? And why would anyone feel the need to fight to have the statues remain?
    You lefties claim the entire issue of secession and the Civil War was fought over slavery. Why do we keep statues of Thomas Jefferson and George Washington up. They owned the very thing you say was the sole cause of the war.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ZappasGuitar View Post
    Ironic how the same people who whine about giving losers "participation trophies" are now whining about people removing statues that commemorate the LOSING SIDE of the Civil War.

    I guess their "participation trophies" are different.
    They actually fought for something they believed in, a less obtrusive federal government you love going beyond it's delegated powers. That means they did more than participate. As for the participation trophy comparison, when you were a kid, they gave you trophies so you wouldn't come out to play because you sucked so much.

    When it comes to kissing Obama's black ass, you don't the ultimate participation trophy. Pucker up, NL.

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    Quote Originally Posted by God Emperor View Post
    lets tear up the grave markers over confederate graves while were at it, amirite?
    A grave marker's not the same as a statue honoring a person.


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    Quote Originally Posted by christiefan915 View Post
    A grave marker's not the same as a statue honoring a person.
    says who?

    a memorial is a memorial to that person whether a statue or other symbol

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    Quote Originally Posted by christiefan915 View Post
    A grave marker's not the same as a statue honoring a person.
    How is one with a reference to having fought for the Confederacy any different? It honors what the person did just like a statue.

    In other words, something that does the same thing is different to you lefties.

    I saw some of your lefty tough guys in Durham after they pulled down PUBLIC PROPERTY. They kicked that statue's ass didn't they. The thing is the statue can't fight back. Perhaps that's why they did it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by archives View Post
    Your right it is history, a major blunder in American History that cost millions of Americans their life, and you want to defend statues that honor those responsible for the slaughter?
    i honor collective American history

    i don't try to erase parts of it i don't like out of hate

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