Restitution
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Right after the one in South Dakota....amiright?
Erasing history...
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Right after the one in South Dakota....amiright?
You missed the part about the community opposition. Here...read. I know there are some big words in there...so take your time and ask for some help if you need to.
http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/04/confederate_monuments.html
Midnightrider
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yet somehow keeping it up is supposed to serve some great historical value.....
and I guess you missed the part where the city council voted unanimously to do this. I know that is a complex idea, but we have a representative democracy.
Bet they'll get theirs.
Said who? You, Shirley, are slow. Your myopia is acting up again; you might wanna get that checked out.
PsyOps
Pixelated
Everything displayed is a form of speech.
PsyOps
Pixelated
Thank you sir.
PsyOps
Pixelated
And I've already stated that if the people of that district decided, through their local government, to remove these monuments/statues that is their right to do so. All I'm saying is once you go down this path of removing every stinking thing that offends you, it will eventually go to a place you will have a problem with.
It gets pretty pathetic that a person's entire being can be so deeply affected by an inanimate object, that they can't go on with their normal lives unless it's remove from the public eye.
PsyOps
Pixelated
So, you're going to be the decider as to what has historically value for the rest of us?
Midnightrider
Well-Known Member
its called living in a society. We all have things that are not the way we would like it. Sometimes enough others agree with our position and things change, other times not so much.
However, you might see it differently if the state decided to erect a monument to your inferiority and place it on public land.
I am pretty sure it was the people of No who decided, not me.
You especially. #snowflake
black dog
Free America
That's funny coming from you, what I have ever seen in my years is the left is the one who wants history changed and things removed from the public eyes and only their beliefs allowed. Care to show what monuments that the right has cried about and had removed? Along with that show us where the right and threatened a speaker with violence over free speech..
The next 7+ years are gonna be enjoyable..
Midnightrider
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youre the one who created a thread to bitch about how your feelings are being hurt by NO deciding to take down a monument to white supremacy
I guess that would make the founders 'left' considering they tore down the statues of king George. And I guess GWB and the US marines are all 'left' since we lead a Sadam monument toppling tour of Iraq.
as for your last part, they made death threats to the companies contracted to take down these statues to the point that the city did it at night and had the people involved wearing bullet proof vests.
PsyOps
Pixelated
I guess that would make the founders 'left' considering they tore down the statues of king George. And I guess GWB and the US marines are all 'left' since we lead a Sadam monument toppling tour of Iraq.
Then let's just take this to the extreme then... This entire country - in which you so comfortably live - was built on theft, and butchery, and bigotry. This land was stolen. The natives of this land were butchered so it could be occupied. And the bondage of a race of people was put in place to make for free labor to build this country. Every single historical marker to that effect (the flag, any state flag that may represent the cause of standing up this nation, our monuments that commemorate our founders, all tombstones cemeteries of revolutionary and civil war soldiers, etc…) should be, at a minimum, removed from sight. In fact, the phrase “The United States of America” is a reminder of the horrendous history of this country. Eliminate it all. We have become a people that can no longer bear the affliction of our past.
Midnightrider
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which of those other monuments was specifically erected to honor bigotry and racism?
You can play with your strawmen all day, but it doesn't change or relate this situation. If the phrase was "the united states of America, as founded by gods one true and supreme white race...." you MIGHT have a point.
Which of those being taken down in NOLA were?
Sorry snowflake. Nice attempt at redirection, but it failed. What I'm bitching about is the outsized influence that the hurt feewings of precious snowflakes like yourself seems to be proof of.
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....posts the liberal snowflake that stands up entire armies of straw men on a regular basis. Gonna be a really rough 8 year coming up for you, boy. Think you'll survive it?