- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Coaching Changes
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
re: Statues in NOLA are coming down.
Posted on 3/6/17 at 7:48 pm to themunch
Posted on 3/6/17 at 7:48 pm to themunch
quote:
I have a feeling there will be a new source of angst to come along. It always does.
No doubt. That low-life, slave owning Jefferson Memorial on the Mall needs to come down next. And G. Washington was down with the whole atrocity too; drop his also.
Like Capt. Redlegs on 'Josey Wales' says: "doing right don't never end".
0
Posted on 3/6/17 at 7:49 pm to Tigerdev
quote:
More and more these petty monuments to ignorance will be wiped out. Even Trump is a bump in the road.
Ready to tear down the Jefferson Memorial?
Posted on 3/6/17 at 7:51 pm to Tigerdev
quote:
More and more these petty monuments to ignorance will be wiped out
Wow. Hopefully ignorant people like you will one day learn to understand why these art pieces/historical objects are standing.
Posted on 3/6/17 at 7:52 pm to Tigerdev
It's not so much the statues that bother me and probably most of us. It's the waste of money, and worse the constant drumbeat of "look at all the racism!" No one cared about these statues, but Suddenly they were important bc a politician wanted pandering points. It took a politician to tell people they should be offended. Next it'll be street names, building names, town names, and on and on. And every time, it'll be a new wave of "look, black people, look at how much this country hated you! NEVER forget, NEVER move on!" Yet changing these things does absolutely nothing to change the past and absolutely nothing to better the lives of minorities.
Posted on 3/6/17 at 7:54 pm to FanInLA
quote:
Um, NOT a nuclear sub
quote:
Shakedown and trainingEdit
The third nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine to join the fleet, and the first nuclear-powered submarine built in the southern United States, Robert E. Lee operated in and out of Newport News, Virginia, until 2 December 1960, when she got underway for the Narragansett Bay Operating Area for torpedo firing tests. Following the successful firing of five torpedoes on 6 December 1960, Robert E. Lee departed for Cape Kennedy, Florida, arriving on 12 December 1960. She then loaded Polaristest missiles and on 22 December 1960 conducted her first missile launch. The Polaris flew "hot and true."
Google is your friend.
Posted on 3/6/17 at 7:56 pm to TJG210
Great now we are going to have a bunch of overweight, racist, chain smoking citizens from surrounding parishes holding up traffic at lee circle during my morning commute.
I'm sure the hot dog and 44oz soda sales at On the Run will sky rocket that day...
I'm sure the hot dog and 44oz soda sales at On the Run will sky rocket that day...
Posted on 3/6/17 at 8:05 pm to biglego
Symbols of treason dont need to be kept standing with public funds.
Posted on 3/6/17 at 8:10 pm to doublecutter
Well that big traffic circle will need a new tenant to unify us. But who?
Morgus?
Morgus?
Posted on 3/6/17 at 8:15 pm to alatxtgr
quote:
History is History. It isn't taught like it once was because there are some that don't want future generations to learn from and understand our past, good or bad. We learn from it good or bad if it is taught objectively and honestly.
there is a marked difference between history and commemoration. that is to say, we can learn from painful episodes of the past without building monuments to commemorate and glorify figures who caused that pain.
are you aware of the context in which these memorials and monuments were built? it was not to teach history. it was purely on behalf of a white supremacist racial ideology. the monuments were constructed between 1884 and 1915, with major funding from the sons of confederate veterans, the daughters of the confederacy, and along with paramilitary organizations like the white man’s league fought to restore white “home” rule during reconstruction and white supremacy in southern states after reconstruction ended through intimidation, violence, and mass disenfranchisement of african americans.
that is what these statues commemorate and celebrate. not simply "painful" episodes from history. the statues are dripping with white supremacist ideology, and only a passing familiarity with the context of their construction can teach that.
Posted on 3/6/17 at 8:17 pm to Bunsbert Montcroff
quote:
quote:
It was a muggy December day in New Orleans, overly hot for the season, but not uncommon to the locals. The air hung heavy and damp as Rhy'quell finished mugging his third tourist of the day. A fine haul of 43 dollars, an iPhone and some jewelry had been well worth beating the middle aged New York native about the face with his pistol.
He left her whimpering in the alley as he grabbed the front of his sagging pants and walked away. He overheard the sounds of the local news through an open window. Apparently the city council had voted to remove the Confederate statues in the city, to a raucous applause from the assembled natives. Rhy'quell mused on how the city was finally doing something to combat the terrible problems of New Orleans, and rounded the corner with a golden smile flashing across his lips.
He stood in the looming shadow. The sun no longer reflected across his grill. He raised his gaze slowly across the grey-green boots. The trunks of metal legs. The oxidized overcoat.
His brown eyes beheld a bronze beard a foot above his head. Metal eyes met his gaze, empty and unfeeling, silently judging him. His own grew wide with confusion and fear, followed by anger. His gun came up perpendicular to the sidewalk and his mouth formed into a sneer as he grabbed his crotch with one hand and fired his pistol into the obstacle in his path, each report accompanied by curse from his lips.
The bullets tore through the figure, punching neat holes through the first layer of metal skin and rattling around as they struck the other side, their velocity not enough to carry them through.
The mouth never moved. The eyes never blinked. Rhy'quell's sneer turned to a trembling of lips as the golem swung its sword in a terrible arc. The blade made thick, wet sound as it sliced through his neck in a font of blood. His dreadlocks fanned out in all directions as his head rolled into the gutter, like dice in a back alley game.
The General stood sentinel straight, the red gore dripping from his saber. Seems he had his work cut out for him. But after all, it was they that had wanted him to come down...
Posted on 3/6/17 at 8:21 pm to StrongSafety
quote:
Pandering... how ?
To the minorities that keep he and his family in office with well fleeced pockets....Newsflash...he ain't doing this for anybody but Mitch..
Posted on 3/6/17 at 8:21 pm to Bunsbert Montcroff
So nice of you to clear this up. All this time I thought heritage groups wanted to honor the service of their ancestors. We are so lucky to have a superior intellect like you posting here.
Posted on 3/6/17 at 8:23 pm to MorgusTheMagnificent
The Taliban would be so proud
Posted on 3/6/17 at 8:24 pm to dwr353
quote:
So nice of you to clear this up. All this time I thought heritage groups wanted to honor the service of their ancestors. We are so lucky to have a superior intellect like you posting here.
anytime cheif. how's the fishing in your neck of the woods?
Posted on 3/6/17 at 8:28 pm to Bunsbert Montcroff
Getting better. Water temps rising and spawn starting.
This post was edited on 3/6/17 at 8:29 pm
Posted on 3/6/17 at 8:29 pm to biglego
quote:
Look, black people, look at how much this country hated you! NEVER forget, NEVER move on!"
Nope...more like.." look, black people, look what your new slave massa has done for you all.....Now keep me in office so I can use you some 'mo to make myself wealthy, as I fool every last one of you over and over....Congrats, you are still slaves to the Democratic Party...
Posted on 3/6/17 at 8:36 pm to Tigerdev
quote:
Symbols of treason dont need to be kept standing with public funds.
You dishonor your forefathers.
Posted on 3/6/17 at 8:37 pm to StrongSafety
quote:
Stop idolizing POS and maybe their legends won't get descrecated...as they properly should be
Eat a dick shitass
Posted on 3/6/17 at 8:38 pm to Lima Whiskey
quote:
You dishonor your forefathers.
My treasonous forefathers dishonored me by seceding over slavery first and then by losing the war. They doubled down on shame. Time for those reminders to go.
Posted on 3/6/17 at 8:39 pm to MorgusTheMagnificent
When are all the monuments in DC coming down?
Page 4 of 17
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News