When all Confederate memorials are torn down, we'll be better off

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So why bother doing anything. Might as well spend all day on the couch eating Twinkies and watching soap operas of nothing matters.

That's taking the opposite extreme.. We have to call out evil / racism just like any other sin.. So the racist can repent and trust in the atonement of Jesus to be forgiven for their sin of racism..
 
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The one person is you...

Quoted from your opening post::

"""""""I would rather see them brought down in the same way the Saddam Hussein statue or Hitler statue or Stalin statue was pulled down by the people, to shame those figures.""""""

QFT
 
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So then by your logic we need to get some more statues put up for Hitler, Osama Bin Laden, Al Qaeda, Ayatollah Khomeini, Mussolini, and many others who "did have some good qualities". Good luck with that.

NO. That the statues exist is because people in the past built them. Putting up statues now for the reasons you give is the very same thing that tearing existing statues that have stood for decades represents, rewriting history.

Though I would sort of like a statue of Mussolini that had an inscription saying "He made the trains run on time".
 
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This is far from doing anything to eradicate racism. If anything, it
is fanning the flames, because it emboldens those making the
demands. Will the founders go next, or the veterans of WWI,
WWII, Korea or Vietnam?

Personally if I were to try to think of a good reason to remove the statue of Lee it would be because it glorifies war. And that reason is all the stronger for the vast majority of statues of soldiers who fought on our side.

Not all by any means, but possibly all of the majestic statues of individuals.
 
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The same Left wing~likes to burn our flag~Let them go the Heck~or
 

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The same Left wing~likes to burn our flag~Let them go the Heck~or

When those homeowners moved into that neighborhood did the HOA not already have the rule about flags? Is the HOA left wing just because of a rule those folks didn't want to follow?
 
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The same Left wing~likes to burn our flag~Let them go the Heck~or
Looks like a good way to have your house burned down.

I had 2 strangers threaten to burn down my house because they were too stupid to know the flag of Scotland is not the confederate flag.
 
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That's taking the opposite extreme.. We have to call out evil / racism just like any other sin.. So the racist can repent and trust in the atonement of Jesus to be forgiven for their sin of racism..

Are these racists already saved or in need of being brought to Christ?
 
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The same Left wing~likes to burn our flag~Let them go the Heck~or

You do realize that burning the American flag is legal, right? The Supreme Court ruled it as protected speech in the Texas v. Johnson case in 1989. The fact is, not every American citizen holds that flag in such high esteem and considers it to be a symbol of freedom, liberty, and justice for all.

Inside the Supreme Court’s flag burning decision - National Constitution Center

And for the record, I'm not convinced it's the Left who are intolerant and blatantly against protected speech, such as American flag burning and other political issues relating to freedom of speech.
 
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Looks like a good way to have your house burned down.

I had 2 strangers threaten to burn down my house because they were too stupid to know the flag of Scotland is not the confederate flag.

I'm sorry that happened to you. That's terrible.
 
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You do realize that burning the American flag is legal, right? The Supreme Court ruled it as protected speech in the Texas v. Johnson case in 1989. The fact is, not every American citizen holds that flag in such high esteem and considers it to be a symbol of freedom, liberty, and justice for all.

Inside the Supreme Court’s flag burning decision - National Constitution Center
Do you realize it was the left wing and wimpy law makers that said it was OK to do that to our flag~I saw a video once of a Veteran going up side one swines head for peeing on our flag~ Good job~what are you trying to tell Americans by filth and fire? You don't like our U.S., us~ We know what you're saying and we feel the same about you~you don't like Our God ether~ we don't like you or your god~ so ```
 
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Do you realize it was the left wing and wimpy law makers that said it was OK to do that to our flag
So did republicans. That is also Freedom for you. In america you're free to condemn the U.S. for it's actions while also burning a Flag, Freedom of Speech and Freedom here in the works. Double Edged Sword, can't have it both ways sometimes.
 
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Do you realize it was the left wing and wimpy law makers that said it was OK to do that to our flag~I saw a video once of a Veteran going up side one swines head for peeing on our flag~ Good job~what are you trying to tell Americans by filth and fire? You don't like our U.S., us~ We know what you're saying and we feel the same about you~you don't like Our God ether~ we don't like you or your god~ so ```

Actually, it was the Supreme Court, the highest and final authority determining the law here in the United States. I'm not sure why you're getting so upset and accusing me. I do happen to love God, but I detest American Exceptionalism and the nationalism for America that comes with it. I'm not patriotic. I don't recite the pledge or stand for the national anthem or celebrate the 4th of July.
 
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