You were never supposed to reveal the existence of those.
Axel let the cat out of the bag 30 years ago.
You were never supposed to reveal the existence of those.
That's what kills me about some folks. I would write them off as idiots, but friends of mine - people who I know for a fact are smarter than this - subscribe to the same stupid-ass philosophy as if it's not a paradox. "It's not about racism, it's about our history".
But it's not.
It's not OUR history. It's about the history of a nation that lost, and no longer ####ing exists. They are monuments to a failed nation. They are monuments to failed ideals. They are monuments to treason.
And before someone chimes in with "My ancestors were Confederates! So it is about my history, my heritage", again I say: No, it's not. My blood is mostly German and Irish. I lay no claim to Nazism or the ####ing IRA. I feel zero connection to any of those a-holes. Be an American or be something else. If you want to pretend to be a Confederate, that's fine by me - but own it. Admit you think slavery is dandy, and you'd like to go back to the way things were before you got your asses ripped open by a superior force.
If you want to pretend to be a Confederate, that's fine by me - but own it. Admit you think slavery is dandy, and you'd like to go back to the way things were before you got your asses ripped open by a superior force.
That's what kills me about some folks. I would write them off as idiots, but friends of mine - people who I know for a fact are smarter than this - subscribe to the same stupid-ass philosophy as if it's not a paradox. "It's not about racism, it's about our history".
But it's not.
It's not OUR history. It's about the history of a nation that lost, and no longer ####ing exists. They are monuments to a failed nation. They are monuments to failed ideals. They are monuments to treason.
And before someone chimes in with "My ancestors were Confederates! So it is about my history, my heritage", again I say: No, it's not. My blood is mostly German and Irish. I lay no claim to Nazism or the ####ing IRA. I feel zero connection to any of those a-holes. Be an American or be something else. If you want to pretend to be a Confederate, that's fine by me - but own it. Admit you think slavery is dandy, and you'd like to go back to the way things were before you got your asses ripped open by a superior force.
You just wiped their feelings off the map, and then insulted them by calling them racist.
False choices. Just because I have respect for ancestors of mine that were honorable men who, like many other honorable men, took up arms in what they thought/believed/were convinced was the necessary defense of their respective states (keeping in mind that state allegiances mattered more to most everyone in those days than anything else) does not then compel me to "think slavery is dandy" or "want things to go back the way they where". That's utter BS...a truly false dilemma.
I am exactly as dismissive of their feelings as they are of African American's feelings when they say that flag represents racism to them.
Not a single iota more or less.
And many of those same African Americans you are hearing also claim the American Flag represents racism as well.
Are we going to acquiesce and pull them down?
Well, then maybe I should start erecting statues of Goebbels and He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named because I want to respect my own heritage. NOT THAT I HATE JEWS MIND YOU!!! But because they were doing what they thought was right and necessary in the creation of a better world. In the end, they were only trying to help.
No.
#### those guys. Just because I think White Nationalists are a cancer doesn't mean I agree with anything BLM morons say.
Another false comparison, however if Germany had a memorial to Rommel, is that a memorial to Nazism or to one of Germanys most capable Generals?
And many of those same African Americans you are hearing also claim the American Flag represents racism as well.
Are we going to acquiesce and pull them down?
So... As long as YOU draw the line in a place YOU are comfortable with, it's ok.
Another false comparison, however if Germany had a memorial to Rommel, is that a memorial to Nazism or to one of Germanys most capable Generals?
So... As long as YOU draw the line in a place YOU are comfortable with, it's ok.
Ask any German for the answer to that.
Spoiler Alert: They'll say it's a memorial to Nazism.
Don't recall Rommel being a Nazi.
Don't recall Rommel being a Nazi.