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Hmmm
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-Abbey
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History isn't recorded by monuments. Monuments are for commemoration. You lost the war, get over it. Does germany keep nazi statues around in parks?
Super Minion
No but they did keep some of the death camps, not for commemoration, but for reminders!Originally Posted by pete311
"The government is a child that has found their parents credit card, and spends knowing that they never have to reconcile the bill with their own money"-Shannon Churchill
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Indeed and that is different. I have been to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Bone chilling place.
Smitten Senior Admin
Pete, are you really this unable to comprehend anything outside the most literal things?
And what war did "I" lose? I can't wait to hear what you are insinuating I am.
After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box - Author unknown
“Unfortunately, the truth is now whatever the media say it is”
-Abbey
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Someone who supports anything from the confederation being commemorated on public land.
Super Minion
Just like beauty, it's all in the beholder. I've been to plenty of Civil War battle sites and cemeteries. Lots of memorials, statues, plaques. When I see Union, I think US. When it's Confederate, I think about the Union. All are to make us think and remember, the good and the bad.
It's up to us to educate, not presume everyone is as stupid, racist, and ignorant as Pete assumes.
With all that said, I personally haven't a problem of removal from public owned land onto private or into museum. Destruction of the sort going on now? No. Removal in the dark of night? No, talk about fascist appearing. Good lord.
"The government is a child that has found their parents credit card, and spends knowing that they never have to reconcile the bill with their own money"-Shannon Churchill
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Check Your Six
Today, statues.
Tomorrow, books. Twain was a racist, you know. So was Washington.
And Jefferson! What about Monticello, which just happens to be in Charlottesville! Better burn em all.
History is offensive and must be purged from today's enlightened society.
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You sound like our bigoted president.
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If you don't see the difference between the people you mentioned and confederate heroes who are only known for their slave war, then wow, the education system really has fucked up.
Last edited by pete311; 08-19-2017 at 12:38 PM.
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How about we ban the rainbow flag as it represents the war on marriage.
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Hmmm yeah the war for equality is the same as a war for slavery, right...
Check Your Six
Seriously, this whole thing is really stupid. The triggered snowflakes won't stop until all that's left are statues of Lenin.
Commemorating important figures in our history is good, even if they held values that we don't share today. If nothing else, it promotes discussion when passersby see it - like your typical family driving past and the kids ask who that statue of Robert E. Lee is and why does he have a statue.
Or Lincoln.
Or MLK.
Or Seattle's statue of Lenin.
What about Stalin's bust in VA at the D-Day Memorial?
It makes as much sense to remove these statues as it does burning books you don't personally agree with. Often these statues are a reminder of terrible events in our past, and like the person or not, they were a part of something important that we, as a supposedly-educated nation, need to study and learn from past mistakes leading to the event in question.
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You misspelled perversion.
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