Silent Sam will be put back up on campus within 90 days of Monday’s riot.
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They making room for that Ryan Switzer statue?
Criminals ?
They called themselves patriots and freedom fighters on the news down this way this morning...
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When did the patriots and freedom fighters resort to wearing masks and bandanas to cover their faces ???
Maybe this will finally put an end to slavery.
The Boston Tea Party is the first instance that comes to mind. Though that was more headdresses and war paint.
All memories of the Confederacy can be removed and destroyed, would all memories of slavery also be forgotten???
They should all come down.....I have never understood why we honor traitors and racists with statues as well as highway and town names.
Well , at least Coal is coming back and the bird killing windmills are going to get blown up
Saw a great quote this morning on this:
That’s the hardest that group of students has worked on something since their gender studies final.
That’s the hardest that group of students has worked on something since their gender studies final.
Because it is part of our history. Using your logic, we would need to remove all images of Washington, Jefferson, etc for they were traitors to England and owned slaves.
I get why many are offended by the statues. That doesn't doesn't necessarily mean that they should come down though.
There is no reason for it to be forgotten but we shouldn't honor it.
Gee there sure are a lot of confederate statues in union controlled territory.
Lol.. In all seriousness, I would bet money that of those 250 or so students, only a handful actually did any research on the history of that statue.
Well shit. I didn’t know how this would go at first. 4 pages. I’ll try and hijack it on page 2. We’ll see if anyone notices.
so, if our ancestors fought for the confederacy because they lived in a southern state, they are traitors and racists?
1. Maybe, it depends on their motives.
2. Maybe, it depends on their views on slavery and those of different races.
I wish they hadn't tossed it into a dump truck. I wish it could've been preserved somehow. I'm old-school, I hate seeing monuments destroyed, regardless of the division they create.
The issue is only divisive if you let it be divisive...
What would you call people that killed others because somebody told them they couldn’t own black people?
Anyone can call himself anything he chooses, but that declaration does not make it factual (most often, in political cases such as this, the facts are widely divergent from what they declare).
Unfortunately, there are some who are currently advocating for that particular action!
Common name for this malady---anarchy.
So you're cool with calling all those sanctuary city reps traitors? Bc they're breaking federal laws
My 2x great grandfather was a surviving POW of Andersonville. I have visited many Confederate sites and am fully aware that some of the honored Confederates were involved in his mistreatment and near death experience. But I have never considered having their monuments pulled down over it.
Not necessarily.......many people get caught up in wars and conflicts that may not believe in the beliefs of the leaders. I just don't believe we should honor those leaders.
That's not true but I'm not sure if you are being serious.
so Virginia should cease celebrating Lee-Jackson day? something they have done since 1904?
