Another Traitor Monument Comes Down

RB 60 said:
No one is celebrating. Most of those monuments were there during the civil rights era. No one bitched then. Why now? Just leave it alone.
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Every single person who supports a commemorative statue to a foreign enemy on American soil is celebrating. That's why they were erected, and it's why they stand today. During the Civil Rights era, we were scraping just convince one half of the country to recognize the basic rights and humanity of certain citizens. We didn't have time to tell the pro-Confederate crowd to shift their allegiance from a long dead enemy country over to America.
 
Howard the Duck said:
Every single person who supports a commemorative statue to a foreign enemy on American soil is celebrating. That's why they were erected, and it's why they stand today. During the Civil Rights era, we were scraping just convince one half of the country to recognize the basic rights and humanity of certain citizens. We didn't have time to tell the pro-Confederate crowd to shift their allegiance from a long dead enemy country over to America.
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My flags are still flying and your whiny ass is still crying.
 
No real changes any where these monuments have been removed.......still Ole Miss Rebels....
 
MASON said:
I said I would have liked the vets to get it.
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No you said this:
Any Confederate who fought against
his country should have lost their land,and the land resettled by Northern vets or freed slaves.
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Should", not "I'd prefer that".

I understand why you are backing away though, because your position was untenable. In other words: "devoid of logic".
 
Grumpy said:
Most would react exactly like I do. Most people don't dwell on the past. I'm half native American and what happened to my people was terrible but it happened and there is nothing I can do to change history. In fact I welcome the exposure of what the white man did to the native Americans as it raises awareness of people that this great country came at a price on both sides. You mention Custer that was a great victory for Sitting Bull but it came with a terrible after cost. That is why I think it is dumb to take reminders of past injustices such as statues and monuments down. All that does is degrade the sacrifices people made to overcome those injustices.
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By your logic the South should have statues of Sherman not the CSA treasonist.
 
Howard the Duck said:
Every single person who supports a commemorative statue to a foreign enemy on American soil is celebrating. That's why they were erected, and it's why they stand today. During the Civil Rights era, we were scraping just convince one half of the country to recognize the basic rights and humanity of certain citizens. We didn't have time to tell the pro-Confederate crowd to shift their allegiance from a long dead enemy country over to America.
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Foreign enemy? Who was celebrating? You had more than enough time to bitch back then, no one showed "allegiance from a long dead enemy country (?) over to America," then or now.
You have no legitimate argument, nor does it seem you have any clue the south was still part of America before and after the Civil War.
 
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