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re: When Are We Going To Rename Washington DC?
Posted on 6/5/17 at 2:55 pm to LuckyTiger
Posted on 6/5/17 at 2:55 pm to LuckyTiger
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When Are We Going To Rename Washington DC?
It's all a part of the plan don't worry. One step at a time
Once the founding fathers are demonized we can't respect their legislation either, and the constitution will have to be rethought because:
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How do you explain to young minority Americans that their nation's...
With the right to free speech and right to bear arms gone the transition to globalism will be much easier to force on the American people
This post was edited on 6/5/17 at 3:00 pm
Posted on 6/5/17 at 3:00 pm to LuckyTiger
Marionville like or Berrytown
Posted on 6/5/17 at 3:01 pm to LuckyTiger
I find it funny that so many people discuss the removal of confederate memorials. As I was leaving my farm yesterday I stopped by a small confederate cemetery a few miles away. It was pristine. Grass mowed, no weeds or vines, no damaged or missing headstones.
And this is in Sumter county Alabama. While Sumter county is sparsely populated it has one of the highest number of black people. There is an elderly black man who lives next to the cemetery who came over when he saw me to see what I was doing. I remarked on the grass being cut and he said he kept it that way. When I asked him why he did that for these confederates he replied they were dead and had never done anything to him. And when he died he hoped someone would take care of his grave.
The graveyard is in Gainesville, I understand that is where Nathan Bedford Forrest surrendered. Just prior to his surrender his men tossed a cannon into the the Tombigbee river to keep it out of union hands. Years later it was recovered fro the river by the citizens of Gainesville and placed into the cemetery. The graves of the men there were injured at the battle of Shiloh and sent there to a local hospital.
And this is in Sumter county Alabama. While Sumter county is sparsely populated it has one of the highest number of black people. There is an elderly black man who lives next to the cemetery who came over when he saw me to see what I was doing. I remarked on the grass being cut and he said he kept it that way. When I asked him why he did that for these confederates he replied they were dead and had never done anything to him. And when he died he hoped someone would take care of his grave.
The graveyard is in Gainesville, I understand that is where Nathan Bedford Forrest surrendered. Just prior to his surrender his men tossed a cannon into the the Tombigbee river to keep it out of union hands. Years later it was recovered fro the river by the citizens of Gainesville and placed into the cemetery. The graves of the men there were injured at the battle of Shiloh and sent there to a local hospital.
Posted on 6/5/17 at 3:02 pm to LuckyTiger
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He was a slaveholder. Owned hundreds of slaves.
How do you explain to young minority Americans that their nation's capital is named for a white man that used to own people like them?
Rename it Columbia.
There has to be consistency, right? If you can't have statues honoring slaveholders then you can't have capitals honoring them.
Or is the line drawn at Confederate slaveholders, and American slaveholders are acceptable?
and what year did he join the Confederacy?
Posted on 6/5/17 at 3:04 pm to LuckyTiger
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Rename it Columbia.
Columbus was responsible for the Raping of the American Indianans.....
Posted on 6/5/17 at 3:04 pm to Machine
quote:What year did Andrew Jackson join the Confederacy?
and what year did he join the Confederacy?
Posted on 6/5/17 at 3:06 pm to NC_Tigah
quote:he didn't
What year did Andrew Jackson join the Confederacy?
and thus, Jackson Square stands firmly
Posted on 6/5/17 at 3:10 pm to Machine
quote:Does it?
and thus, Jackson Square stands firmly
Because calls for Jackson's Statue to come down have begun.
Posted on 6/5/17 at 3:12 pm to inelishaitrust
Yes. The word legitimately triggers me. It's used by self righteous queers with little frame of reference in human history.
This post was edited on 6/5/17 at 3:12 pm
Posted on 6/5/17 at 3:25 pm to LuckyTiger
If our brain-dead president gets his way, it'll be known as tRumpopolis for ever more.
Posted on 6/5/17 at 3:28 pm to NC_Tigah
quote:not going to happen. dude was the president of the united states and saved nola from the brits
Because calls for Jackson's Statue to come down have begun.
regardless of how many indians he killed
Posted on 6/5/17 at 3:33 pm to inelishaitrust
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Well I certainly do find Confederate slaveholders more reprehensible from an American perspective. Patriot slaveholder>traitor slaveholder
So tell me...when they decided that Andrew Jackson's statue had to come down too....what was the reasoning for that?
This post was edited on 6/5/17 at 3:35 pm
Posted on 6/5/17 at 3:36 pm to Quarterite
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If our brain-dead president gets his way, it'll be known as tRumpopolis for ever more.
In that case i hope it is. Just to watch you nut up.
Posted on 6/5/17 at 3:38 pm to Machine
quote:He was a slaveholder. In saving New Orleans, he fought to preserve slavery. For Brits, slavery was illegal. The statue must come down. /s
not going to happen
Posted on 6/5/17 at 3:53 pm to Tiguar
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Yes. The word legitimately triggers me. It's used by self righteous queers with little frame of reference in human history.
Your use of the word queer in a derogatory sense is pretty problematic, Tig.
Posted on 6/5/17 at 4:41 pm to LuckyTiger
"If we tear down four statues, then what about everything ever?" - message board child melting
Posted on 6/5/17 at 4:41 pm to Tiguar
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The word legitimately triggers me.
Do you need the Poli board to be your safe space?
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It's used by self righteous queers with little frame of reference in human history.
I imagine you're gonna be extra triggered when I tell you that I teach history for a living.
Posted on 6/5/17 at 4:43 pm to LuckyTiger
quote:I certainly would be completely indifferent if they changed it. Wouldn't you? The cult of Washington is too much in this country (and I love Washington.)
When Are We Going To Rename Washington DC?
He was a slaveholder. Owned hundreds of slaves.
How do you explain to young minority Americans that their nation's capital is named for a white man that used to own people like them?
Rename it Columbia.
There has to be consistency, right? If you can't have statues honoring slaveholders then you can't have capitals honoring them.
Or is the line drawn at Confederate slaveholders, and American slaveholders are acceptable?
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