re: Why do we need southern Confederate statues?

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Where was the outrage like 3 years ago? I guess I’m just confused at why it’s all of the sudden en Vogue? I mean honestly, before a couple years ago absolutely no one walked by a confederate statue and thought about ripping it down. Not a soul. Then some loser started a twitter campaign and everyone jumped on board like a bunch of damn lemmings. It’s just sad.

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I'll give you that. Part of it is just a result of the zeitgeist now where a sizeable proportion of people get pissed at something and then others demand action. But then again, on some issues, who cares when the "outrage" started? Does it matter whether they were offended when the statues went up during the Jim Crow era or in 2015 if it's a good point?

I've read quite a bit on the Confederacy. I enjoy learning about the war in general. I like tracing my ancestors from Louisiana and learning about how they may have participated in the war. But there's a difference in simply learning about history and appreciating the lessons from it and honoring a side that was clearly in the wrong.

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So taking down statues and/or not displaying them in our city centers as some sort of weird tribute in the first place means we're ignoring history. Got it.

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No, taking down statues will right every wrong that’s happened and make people sleep safer at night. Yea, great point.

And where does it stop? Statues? City names? You going to rename Houston? Will the Democratic Party change their name since they were founded by a slave owner?

Why stop at statues? Where does it end exactly?

Why do we need to care about the completely irrelevant non-issue of statues? Thats my question.

If you cant see that theyre just a hunk of material shaped in a unique way then idk what to tell you.

Just go scream at the sky a bit to make yourself feel better?

What if a cloud took the shape of a swastika over Cal-Berkeley? Would you want the military to shoot a missile at it?

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I like tracing my ancestors from Louisiana and learning about how they may have participated in the war. But there's a difference in simply learning about history and appreciating the lessons from it and honoring a side that was clearly in the wrong.

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In that case, you should shed half of your paycheck for reparations to TBird. You know, to feel better about yourself n all

Idgaf whether the confederate white supremacy monuments are in the public square or not, but two things do matter. 1. If they are going to take down a statue, they should replace it with other public art. Public art is important. 2. That statue of P.T. Beauregard that was by City Park in New Orleans was gorgeous. It should be somewhere where people can see it.

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51 posts and you start a thread with this shite. GTFO. Go kill yourself.

If I was a black American I would be proud that my people raised from slavery to be at where they are today. Still a work in progress. Its us crackers that look bad with regards to the slave trade. I'm not proud of what my ancestors did and down right embarrassed how the blacks were treated during the early to mid 1900's.

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Isn't it enough for black people to be not reminded of their oppressed history?

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Then maybe you should stop the drumbeat then. What does more to "remind" of black folks' oppression: statues, or the Democrat Party?

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Its us crackers that look bad with regards to the slave trade.

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You’re aware that mostly blacks ran the slave trade inside Africa correct?