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re: Idea I've had for what to do about the Confederate Monument situation
Posted on 10/11/17 at 4:48 pm to Y.A. Tittle
Posted on 10/11/17 at 4:48 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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But, of course, it's much more fun to try to paint it as something exclusively spooky and sinister in the South that suddenly must be now be "erased".
Not really fun for a southerner.
I think most of us can see there was definitely a racial undertone to putting up the monuments with the context of the when. There's also the thumbing the nose at the north to remmeber as a motivation too.
The story of the overmatched south fighting hard and giving the north hell is a point of pride for a lot of the south, outside the context of slavery. Its certainly a lot more complicated than just racism. History is like that. Unfortunately, there is a racial component that shouldn't be ingorned or forgotten either.
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Posted on 10/11/17 at 4:58 pm to Duke
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Not really fun for a southerner.
I think most of us can see there was definitely a racial undertone to putting up the monuments with the context of the when. There's also the thumbing the nose at the north to remmeber as a motivation too.
The story of the overmatched south fighting hard and giving the north hell is a point of pride for a lot of the south, outside the context of slavery. Its certainly a lot more complicated than just racism. History is like that. Unfortunately, there is a racial component that shouldn't be ingorned or forgotten either.
I agree with all of this. Which is why this sudden rush and overnight invented outrage was so troubling.
Posted on 10/11/17 at 5:01 pm to Duke
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But, of course, it's much more fun to try to paint it as something exclusively spooky and sinister in the South that suddenly must be now be "erased".
Not really fun for a southerner.
I think most of us can see there was definitely a racial undertone to putting up the monuments with the context of the when.
Can you provide ANY historical references for this or is your opion now the basis for universal fact?
Posted on 10/11/17 at 5:35 pm to Duke
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