Did the founders, veterans of WWI, WWI, Korea or Vietnam take up arms to fight against the United States of America? No. Do you know what that's called when it's done? It's called "treason" and the people doing it are "traitors". That alone is reason enough to remove those memorials that honor traitors against this country.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?
I do know history. If you don't understand how confederates were evil traitors to the USA then you're the one who shames yourself by not knowing history. Seems you want to cast aspersions but give no explanations, and I don't blame you because you really don't have any rational explanation that you could possibly give. But you're not fooling me or anyone else.I think you have shamed yourself more than the statues.
If you don't care to learn history, please refrain from commenting on it.
most of these statues were put up during the Jim Crow era by segregationists long after the war had ended[/URL]. Are you honestly suggesting that these segregationists were putting up these monuments for reasons of history preservation "to make sure that we don't erase the history of the evils of slavery"?
I do know history. If you don't understand how confederates were evil traitors to the USA then you're the one who shames yourself by not knowing history. Seems you want to cast aspersions but give no explanations, and I don't blame you because you really don't have any rational explanation that you could possibly give. But you're not fooling me or anyone else.
No, it was the sons and grandsons (and daughters and granddaughters)
of those who served in the Civil War who wanted to pay respects to
the men who fought and died for their families and their states. Many
families lost everything including fathers, brothers and sons, and some
here blithely call them evil and enemies. That is evil and intolerance.
Robert E Lee was opposed to Confederate monuments, on account of how he believed they kept open the sores of war. Sure seems like he was right about that.
Well the descendants of Lee, Jackson & Davis have said they want the statues to come down.
Great, now let's poll all descendants of past war heroes and see
which ones should come down.
Or count noses to see who's version of history we should remember
and teach to our children.
Robert E. Lee was also a great soldier and a man of honor who
deserves better than the vile insults thrown by people like the
Armenian poster here.
If you want to get rid of symbols of racism, I'd start with the Democratic party itself
Racisim will never be eradicated while human beings are in the current fallen state of being.
You're another person who doesn't seem to understand the difference between honoring/glorifying people and remembering them from a historical/academic perspective. We can remember 9/11 without having to have a statue of Osama bin Laden put up at Ground Zero or putting up a shrine to Al Qaeda in front of the Pentagon.
Righteous-(of a person or conduct) morally right or justifiable; virtuous.
Don't forget their well thought out rationale for how the statues will be a monument for future generations to learn from the mistakes about the past. Something about racial purity and getting rid of all the blacks and Jews in the country, I believe. And if you believe their actions, killing people who dare to disagree.Pat, do me a favor please, and remind us all of who's statue the white supremacists were rallying against being removed in Charlottesville?
Do you still have trouble understanding the difference
Can you give me an example of someone - just one person - who thinks that pulling down a statue somehow "shames" the dead person depicted by the statue? Feel free to provide me with proof of that if you can (but somehow I think you can't).