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re: Richmond Lee Monument going down
Posted on 6/3/20 at 8:10 pm to Nobelium
Posted on 6/3/20 at 8:10 pm to Nobelium
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Both mediocre commanders. Sherman has zero impressive victories and if Grant was a commander in WWII then American forces would have sustained Soviet-tier casualties against the Wehrmacht.
Another person who knows bupkus about the Civil War in general and Grant, in particular. Grant was a master of maneuver and logistics. Also, his cooperation with the riverine Navy on the Mississippi was pretty remarkable.
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Posted on 6/3/20 at 8:10 pm to Sao
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Protest then.
Before this year it took an act of the legislature to remove this statue. That law changed to allow localities to decide on removal. My protest is to vote against people who changed this requirement.
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Provoke and don't be a puss.
See above. I see no reason to provoke. The law is the law. If I felt strongly about it I would commit civil disobedience and serve my time for committing a crime.
I am sad that a piece of Virginia history is gone. Removing the statute does not change history no matter how much people may try to sweep it under the rug. It seems to me that we are acting more like Russians or Chinese taking down statues of Stalin or Mao. Removing statues does not change the past. It saddens me that we have come to this.
Posted on 6/3/20 at 8:11 pm to IonaTiger
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Removing statues does not change the past
Then why does anyone care that they're gone?
Posted on 6/3/20 at 8:12 pm to slackster
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Then why does anyone care that they're gone?
Uh-oh.
Here comes logic.
This post was edited on 6/3/20 at 8:13 pm
Posted on 6/3/20 at 8:13 pm to red sox fan 13
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This post was edited on 3/12/21 at 2:22 pm
Posted on 6/3/20 at 8:13 pm to slackster
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Then why does anyone care that they're gone?
Many people do not. It's not the biggest deal in the world to me. I just think it's sad that we are removing pieces of history. Where does it stop?
Posted on 6/3/20 at 8:16 pm to red sox fan 13
Lee is among the five greatest men this country has ever produced.
FricK that pos governor.
Ike Eisenhower on Lee
FricK that pos governor.
Ike Eisenhower on Lee
This post was edited on 6/3/20 at 8:24 pm
Posted on 6/3/20 at 8:17 pm to magildachunks
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Here comes logic.
I bet you cheered when the Muslim fundamentalists tear down things they deem blasphemous.
Posted on 6/3/20 at 8:17 pm to FairhopeTider
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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.
I've been saying plantation homes will be an eventual target.
Posted on 6/3/20 at 8:18 pm to IonaTiger
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I just think it's sad that we are removing pieces of history. Where does it stop?
It will not stop. The mob always needs a focus for their anger.
Posted on 6/3/20 at 8:19 pm to IonaTiger
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Many people do not. It's not the biggest deal in the world to me. I just think it's sad that we are removing pieces of history. Where does it stop?
I'm not sure, but I hate using the slippery slope defense regarding something so trivial.
I understand that's theoretically how it starts, but I trust myself enough to know when it's time to take a stand.
Posted on 6/3/20 at 8:21 pm to upgrayedd
The huge carved Lee monument at Stone Mountain near Atlanta is probably up for defacement soon.
Posted on 6/3/20 at 8:23 pm to MDB
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The huge carved Lee monument at Stone Mountain near Atlanta is probably up for defacement soon.
It's already been proposed to essentially blast that monument off the face of the mountain
Posted on 6/3/20 at 8:24 pm to red sox fan 13
He was a traitor to his country and a losing loser who failed. 
Posted on 6/3/20 at 8:28 pm to slackster
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I'm not sure, but I hate using the slippery slope defense regarding something so trivial.
I'm not sure that it is trivial, but the removal of that Confederate Statute in Alexandria, Va., was a legal act. I do not know what to do to really protest it. The statue was to be removed next month but The Daughters of the Confederacy removed it early as they thought it may be defaced.
The issue as I see it is what happens when someone says, "MLK was anti-gay, his memorial should be taken down". Some people were suggesting that since Washington and Jefferson were slave owners their memorials should be taken down. What if someone decided that a United State Marine committed an atrocity and wanted the Iwo Jima Monument removed? Where does this end?
I do not have the answers, but I do not see removal as a good answer.
Posted on 6/3/20 at 8:32 pm to IonaTiger
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The issue as I see it is what happens when someone says, "MLK was anti-gay, his memorial should be taken down". Some people were suggesting that since Washington and Jefferson were slave owners their memorials should be taken down. What if someone decided that a United State Marine committed an atrocity and wanted the Iwo Jima Monument removed? Where does this end?
I do not have the answers, but I do not see removal as a good answer.
It kind of points out how dumb statues are. Plenty have been taken down.
Posted on 6/3/20 at 8:33 pm to slackster
You may be right. But who should get to make that decision?
Posted on 6/3/20 at 8:35 pm to slackster
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It kind of points out how dumb statues are.
They've been artwork for thousands of years. I think abstract paintings and sculptures are dumb.
This post was edited on 6/3/20 at 8:38 pm
Posted on 6/3/20 at 8:41 pm to upgrayedd
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I've been saying plantation homes will be an eventual target.
They basically already are. People are going after weddings & other events being held at them.
Posted on 6/3/20 at 8:41 pm to red sox fan 13
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I think if it gets taken down it should go in a museum along with other confederate memorials.
That’s where they should all go. They have no place on government property. They lost. Get over it.
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