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re: Richmond Lee Monument going down
Posted on 6/3/20 at 7:20 pm to red sox fan 13
Posted on 6/3/20 at 7:20 pm to red sox fan 13
frick the people that call for these monuments to come down. Piece of shite yankees
This post was edited on 6/3/20 at 7:31 pm
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Posted on 6/3/20 at 7:27 pm to red sox fan 13
The great melt, year 155 and still going strong.
Can we at least be honest about the intent and purpose of these statues? In general, they weren't erected to "remember the folly of our history". Most went up after Reconstruction failed, or in the early 1900s, or in the years after ww2 - all times of societal upheaval where blacks were pushing for equal rights.
The statues were partially about projecting the (white) power structure to former slaves and blacks, as well as to glorify (or deify) the great heroes of the Lost Cause.
Can we at least be honest about the intent and purpose of these statues? In general, they weren't erected to "remember the folly of our history". Most went up after Reconstruction failed, or in the early 1900s, or in the years after ww2 - all times of societal upheaval where blacks were pushing for equal rights.
The statues were partially about projecting the (white) power structure to former slaves and blacks, as well as to glorify (or deify) the great heroes of the Lost Cause.
Posted on 6/3/20 at 7:32 pm to slackster
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99% of the people with a strong opinion about a statue either way are typically full of shite.
let’s put a Hitler statue in Israel and make fun of the people who want it torn down
Posted on 6/3/20 at 7:40 pm to Buryl
Or conversely, as I view it, they were there to honor the fact that we fought an unbelievably horrible Civil War and were re-dedicated to our Union by being respectful of our differences and commemorating our past. I think it was a very WISE olive branch extended by Republican yankees to vanquished Democrat rebels. An understanding of human nature, an acknowledgement that neither side had a monopoly on personal virtue or personal honor. Maturity vs Infantilism.
Posted on 6/3/20 at 7:45 pm to Bunsbert Montcroff
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i'm sure in your white paranoid fever dreams the end game is especially scary.
but chill homie, it's just statue. you'll be ok!
They're digging up and relocating graves of people they have deemed offensive
But, yeah, just the statues, man
Posted on 6/3/20 at 7:45 pm to Lsupimp
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they were there to honor the fact that we fought an unbelievably horrible Civil War and were re-dedicated to our Union by being respectful of our differences and commemorating our past. I think it was a very WISE olive branch extended by Republican yankees to vanquished Democrat rebels. An understanding of human nature, an acknowledgement that neither side had a monopoly on personal virtue or personal honor. Maturity vs Infantilism.
So you're a fan of fiction.
Posted on 6/3/20 at 7:46 pm to NorthTxLSU
You just compared Robert E Lee to Adolph Hitler. That's such a fail on SO many different levels.
Posted on 6/3/20 at 7:48 pm to Lsupimp
Sitting Bull laughs at this shite.
Posted on 6/3/20 at 7:49 pm to red sox fan 13
The Confederate Statue in Alexandria, Va., which has stood for 131 years:
Was removed yesterday:
I find this sad.
Was removed yesterday:
I find this sad.
Posted on 6/3/20 at 7:54 pm to GetCocky11
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Just seems weird to have statues of Confederate generals. There is no reason to honor them like that.
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Just seems weird to have statues of slaveholders and racists. There is no reason to honor them like that.
You gave them an inch. They will take it a mile, until the only statues and monuments left are those that meet the SJW purity test.
Posted on 6/3/20 at 7:57 pm to Lsupimp
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You just compared Robert E Lee to Adolph Hitler. That's such a fail on SO many different levels.
he owned slaves and fought for slavery. it’s the same concept moron
Posted on 6/3/20 at 8:00 pm to NorthTxLSU
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he owned slaves and fought for slavery. it’s the same concept moron
This poster just confirmed what many of us have been saying. It isn't that Lee is a Confederate. It's that he was a slaveholder. Bye bye Jefferson Memorial and Washington Monument and every other tribute to those who had a part in creating this country.
Posted on 6/3/20 at 8:00 pm to IonaTiger
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I find this sad.
Protest then. Provoke and don't be a puss.
Posted on 6/3/20 at 8:02 pm to red sox fan 13
Taking all the Civil War statues down just frees up pedestals to put up statues commemorating people who fought in the Second Civil War.
Posted on 6/3/20 at 8:05 pm to red sox fan 13
You want to remove Civil War statues? Sure, I get. However, this is such a simplistic clichè argument but where does it end? Is the “associated with slavery or segregation” the line? We’ve seen calls for Jefferson’s image to be removed. Isn’t the LSU “Tiger” mascot have a history with the Civil War?
It’s just pretty clear that won’t stop.
It’s just pretty clear that won’t stop.
Posted on 6/3/20 at 8:06 pm to magildachunks
Why do we have statues up of losers? I like winners. 
Posted on 6/3/20 at 8:07 pm to TigerstuckinMS
So many 2A Rooms 2 Go Patriots. What are you guys freaking waiting for?
Posted on 6/3/20 at 8:09 pm to FairhopeTider
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Isn’t the LSU “Tiger” mascot have a history with the Civil War?
Just change it to Bayou Bengals
All good
Posted on 6/3/20 at 8:09 pm to SCLibertarian
They should replace it with a statue of an dumpy, middle aged, childless woman.
Posted on 6/3/20 at 8:10 pm to Sao
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So many 2A Rooms 2 Go Patriots. What are you guys freaking waiting for?
What the frick are you babbling about?
It was a tongue-in-cheek commentary on the happenings of the day.
Stop interrupting, troglodyte. People are talking.
This post was edited on 6/3/20 at 8:14 pm
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