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so why do YOU care about the monuments being taken down in new orleans?
Posted on 5/18/17 at 7:48 pm
Posted on 5/18/17 at 7:48 pm
mitch landrieu and politics aside. not being facetious.
why do you care? do you have a personal connection to them? do you just "consider it a part of the city that's been there for a long time"? do you feel it memorializes your fallen great grandpa/uncle/mother/aunt? is it "that guy was a hero, he should have a monument"? do you "wish the south had won the war"? is it because "affected" people are getting what they want when they shouldn't?
i'm not gonna argue here. just gonna hang up and listen.
why do you care? do you have a personal connection to them? do you just "consider it a part of the city that's been there for a long time"? do you feel it memorializes your fallen great grandpa/uncle/mother/aunt? is it "that guy was a hero, he should have a monument"? do you "wish the south had won the war"? is it because "affected" people are getting what they want when they shouldn't?
i'm not gonna argue here. just gonna hang up and listen.
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Posted on 5/18/17 at 7:49 pm to LSU Fan 90812
We need a monument board
Posted on 5/18/17 at 7:49 pm to LSU Fan 90812
Mitch is the problem. He's a fascist.
Posted on 5/18/17 at 7:49 pm to LSU Fan 90812
Why make a post to tell us you don't. That's so tucking odd.
Posted on 5/18/17 at 7:51 pm to LSU Fan 90812
Its a symbol of New Orleans art. It would be no different than someone bulldozing the Superdome, Cabildo, French Market, or the French Quarter. When people think of New Orleans this is one of the architectural pieces that people love because of the beauty of the monument.
This post was edited on 5/18/17 at 7:53 pm
Posted on 5/18/17 at 7:51 pm to Y.A. Tittle
i'm actually just trying to learn Y.A. why this is affecting everyone so much that it's causing mass panic and protests.
i'm trying to actually ask an honest question.
i'm trying to actually ask an honest question.
Posted on 5/18/17 at 7:52 pm to ihometiger
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Its a symbol of New Orleans art. It would be no different than someone bulldozing the Superdome or the French Quarter.
so you just feel like it's become an essential part of the character of the city? and the city is diminished with having them removed.
Posted on 5/18/17 at 7:52 pm to LSU Fan 90812
Because F*** Mitch Landrieu.
Also, I think Lee Circle is one of the coolest monuments around even if he really didn't have a major connection with New Orleans. It is a major landmark in New Orleans. Everyone asks where Mardi Gras parades are at in relation to Lee Circle during Mardi Gras season.
Also, I think Lee Circle is one of the coolest monuments around even if he really didn't have a major connection with New Orleans. It is a major landmark in New Orleans. Everyone asks where Mardi Gras parades are at in relation to Lee Circle during Mardi Gras season.
Posted on 5/18/17 at 7:53 pm to LSU Fan 90812
Not from New Orleans but common sense would tell me that people are pissed that politicians care so much about a fricking monument when there are much more important and pressing issues in the city that they should be focusing on.
Posted on 5/18/17 at 7:53 pm to LSU Fan 90812
For me it's the underlying reason. More leftist, PC culture, blah blah blah.
After the statues what's next... People? Possibly, especially ones that don't agree with their views.
After the statues what's next... People? Possibly, especially ones that don't agree with their views.
Posted on 5/18/17 at 7:53 pm to NorthshoreTiger76
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We need a monument board
can't you see? the OT IS the monument board
Posted on 5/18/17 at 7:54 pm to Big EZ Tiger
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Because F*** Mitch Landrieu.
i don't see what that has to do with the monuments themselves. can you explain?
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Also, I think Lee Circle is one of the coolest monuments around even if he really didn't have a major connection with New Orleans. It is a major landmark in New Orleans. Everyone asks where Mardi Gras parades are at in relation to Lee Circle during Mardi Gras season.
from what i understand, the circle is going to be there still right?
Posted on 5/18/17 at 7:54 pm to LSU Fan 90812
Because they were men important to making the south what they were, they were important to shaping our country. They were not in any way shape or form symbols of racism anymore so than a White T-shirt for simply not being black.
Posted on 5/18/17 at 7:54 pm to LSU Fan 90812
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so you just feel like it's become an essential part of the character of the city? and the city is diminished with having them removed.
I kinda do, yeah. I dig the history of things. I don't even care about the Civil War.
The entrance to City Park looks like utter dogshit now.
It's all so fricking utterly stupid.
Posted on 5/18/17 at 7:55 pm to donRANDOMnumbers
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For me it's the underlying reason. More leftist, PC culture, blah blah blah.
After the statues what's next... People? Possibly, especially ones that don't agree with their views.
so you think the removal of the statues indicates a radical shift left in political correctness in a place you care about, and you're worried about it becoming a slippery slope and affecting people close to you or yourself directly?
Posted on 5/18/17 at 7:56 pm to donRANDOMnumbers
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After the statues what's next... People? Possibly, especially ones that don't agree with their views.
Yes, it's a slippery slope. Lee paid his dues and was granted a pardon. They even turned his family estate into Arlington cemetery.
This post was edited on 5/18/17 at 7:57 pm
Posted on 5/18/17 at 7:56 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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I kinda do, yeah. I dig the history of things. I don't even care about the Civil War.
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The entrance to City Park looks like utter dogshit now.
would you feel like they could be replaced with things to fill that void? or is there an attachment to those heroes specifically.
like a drew brees statue
This post was edited on 5/18/17 at 7:57 pm
Posted on 5/18/17 at 7:56 pm to LSU Fan 90812
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so you just feel like it's become an essential part of the character of the city? and the city is diminished with having them removed.
Correct and its history are removed which is one of the reasons people come to visit this city and why people who are from here associate with some of the monuments. Beauregard and Robert E. Lee statutes were incredible pieces of art which sadly reduces the uniqueness of New Orleans quite a bit.
It has nothing to do with the confederacy at all for me.
Posted on 5/18/17 at 7:57 pm to LSU Fan 90812
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you think the removal of the statues indicates a radical shift left in political correctness in a place you care about, and you're worried about it becoming a slippery slope and affecting people close to you or yourself directly?
Yes. Think about how all this nonsense started and then look at where we are today (a nut job in South Carolina)
And look at the rest of the demands this group still has.
It would be one thing if this actually accomplished something, but it doesn't. And the sjws prove time and time again if you give an inch they try to rename your entire fricking city.
This post was edited on 5/18/17 at 8:02 pm
Posted on 5/18/17 at 7:58 pm to upgrayedd
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Yes, it's a slippery slope. Lee paid his dues and was granted a pardon. They even turned his family state into Arlington cemetery.
lee was a commendable general who surrendered when he could've let his army continue to fight for years and cost even more thousands of lives. they would have for certain. that in itself qualifies him as a hero in my book.
so it sounds like you have an attachment to robert e. lee as a historical figure who is statue worthy?
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