re: Black woman drives to New Orleans to make sure ‘Jefferson Davis lives to see another day’

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Wtf does this even mean?

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Think about it:

What's happening in New Orleans is very similar to what AQ did in Afghanistan with the old Buddhas (priceless works of art destroyed because intolerant religious bigots didn't think it was "appropriate"), or ISIS in Palmyra.

You can't pretend shite didn't happen because it makes you uncomfortable. Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee and PGT Beauregard are legitimate American historical figures. However flawed you might think they are, particularly Lee and Beauregard were powerful figures of reconciliation after the war.

So, when the day comes that someone decides that MLK's accomplishments are overshadowed by his womanizing, perhaps not 100% of his post-graduate work was his own and/or his sketchy ties to Communist-funded organizations, then, "frick it. Take it down" - are you going to be fine with that? Or are you hoping a bunch of white folks are on the "right side of history" and point out that - just maybe, there is a reason to leave the remembrances in place and put them into proper context? So folks can maybe have a conversation about what actually happened?

At least that's what I infer from her statement.