New Orleans to Remove Statues

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didymos

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you're entitled to speak against removing them. you're wrong but you're still entitled to your opinion
You have a right to that opinion.
 
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I disagree with the whole, "the statues are unconstitutional" nonsense, however if removing the statues help promote healing and good faith, then I'm all for it. Then again, when's the last time any government agency promoted solidarity among the masses. The government likes to keep us divided and conquered.
 

gb9

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when your backwards hillbilly logic is confronted by historical facts, call the person a liberal......yeah that works
see there you go : the liberal mind at work. if anyone disagrees with my opinion of a subject ( and admits to having a confederate flag) then they are a hillbilly. way to tolerant and understanding.
 
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didymos

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Here's another monument you should remove; I mean, he DID own slaves you know?

 

Dude653

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I personally do not care if they remove or relocate the various statues they are in a fuss over. What I do care about is that they use the exact same standard to remove or relocate OTHER statues/signs ........ whatever that are ALSO offensive to some. Oh, I don't know, say all the statues/signs/shops dedicated to Voodoo worship? I kinda find them offensive, BUT the majority of the citizens of New Orleans are black, and they are those who are involved in Voodoo worship......sooooo

Just to be Historically correct...........WHEN blacks were FIRST brought to America and sold into slavery, what FLAG was flying over our various Government locations? Anyone? .............. Anyone?[/QU

your propensity for a irrelevant statements is astounding....I don't care if they worship Mickey Mouse. that doesn't change the fact that these Confederate monuments represent a morally repugnant regime of slavery.
 

Desdichado

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Generals Lee and Beauregard were men of honor. Those who would remove their statue and spurn their memory are not.
 

Desdichado

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go ahead and remove it then. I will be unbothered
One of the cool parts about history is that it is bothersome. If it isn't bothersome in some way, then you have nothing to learn.

They should have kept that bust of Stalin at the D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Virginia. Stalin was, perhaps, the most evil dictator in all of human history, but he stubbornly insisted that the Western Allies push through northern France. That made him a vital part of the strategic planning process. As such, he deserves to be recognized every bit as much as the others for his contributions.

All of this white washing is dangerous and shows a clear, weak-willed, surrender to the Marxist-Leninists of our time. If you seek to live in a virtuous Republic where the inherent dignity of man and his fallen nature are recognized, you are better off not joining the chorus of Social Justice warriors and similar malcontents.
 
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kaylagrl

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go ahead and remove it then. I will be unbothered

This all began with the shooting in SC. The issue is this, you can change every Confederate name,statue,flag in the country and you wont change the heart full of hate.This president has done more to divide the country then most who have come before him. Communists have done the same thing,erased history. Only God can change a heart. Its wrong to erase history. Add more black statues of men and women,those who helped on the underground train.

A young woman attended our church for a few months, she was Japanese. We tried to befriend her,she was studying in the area. She knew just a little English. We asked what she would remember most about the US,what impressed her.She said "Pearl Harbor" We asked her why. She simply said she had read all the names of the dead and then she said "I so sorry,I not know,I not know." She was almost in tears. Dont whitewash history! Teach kids the truth,talk about it,debate it. Pulling down statues is PC but changes nothing. It just takes away history and the reminder of why we had to change.
 

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You are right in that nothing can change a heart like God and the love of God can. Such love cannot be legislated. I don't think it is about erasing history so much as it is about stopping the overt or perceived celebration of those who perpetrated and fought for the continuation of man's inhumanity to man...
 

Dude653

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Why do we need monuments to remember things?
 

crossnote

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Dude653

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ooops, maybe the Statue of Liberty is next?
the Statue of Liberty represents freedom, opportunity, peace ,cultural diversity and the various other principles that America stands for. Confederate monuments do not....wrong again Sir. ..nice try though
 

crossnote

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Ehh, this is nothing new. They have been removing crosses, Ten Commandment tablets, manger scenes and 'in God we trust' out of public places for some time now...guess we Christians are in good company.:rolleyes:

Some here don't understand the creeping Totalitarian mind set that is happening in this country.
 

crossnote

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Ehh, this is nothing new. They have been removing crosses, Ten Commandment tablets, manger scenes and 'in God we trust' out of public places for some time now...guess we Christians are in good company.:rolleyes:

Some here don't understand the creeping Totalitarian mind set that is happening in this country.
the Statue of Liberty represents freedom, opportunity, peace ,cultural diversity and the various other principles that America stands for. Confederate monuments do not....wrong again Sir. ..nice try though
What do the above (in bold) represent?
 

Desdichado

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the Statue of Liberty represents freedom, opportunity, peace ,cultural diversity and the various other principles that America stands for. Confederate monuments do not....wrong again Sir. ..nice try though
Be careful. To some, the American flag itself is a symbol of oppression, broken promises, racism, colonialism, slave trade, and the like. The crowd that you hang your hat with on eradicating reminders of southern history is, generally, the same crowd that has it in mind to turn on Old Glory, the Lincoln memorial, and Fenway Park.
 
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kaylagrl

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Why do we need monuments to remember things?
Well its sure as blinking well is not being taught in schools. It doesn't stop racism,it doesn't change a heart.Its just another empty PC gesture that means nothing.
 
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kaylagrl

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Be careful. To some, the American flag itself is a symbol of oppression, broken promises, racism, colonialism, slave trade, and the like. The crowd that you hang your hat with on eradicating reminders of southern history is, generally, the same crowd that has it in mind to turn on Old Glory, the Lincoln memorial, and Fenway Park.
Right! There has already been talk of the flag and what it represents. It will be the next thing to go.