Richmond is taking down Confederate statues: Is this the end for other Confederate memorials?

[DynaLo]

Someone had a good idea to sell the naming rights to the bases, forts and posts. That way all of the millions upon millions of dollars it would take to change the names could be paid for.

We could just name them what they actually get called.

Ft. Cartoon
Ft. Stupid
Ft. Lost in the Woods
Etc..

 

[NashVol11]

Let’s just sanitize all our history so nobody gets offended or their feelings hurt. Once statues and monuments are gone, we can rewrite the history books with no visuals left to question the new narrative.

Come on. The idea that we need Confederate statues as some kind of visual aid for history, and that they’re the only thing preventing us from forgetting our entire historical record, is alarmist garbage

 

[DynaLo]

The idea that somebody’s feelings are getting hurt over 100 year old statues is ridiculous garbage. Nobody raised a ruckus in previous decades when it probably would have been more likely to be open to real conversations from both sides without all the leftist screeching and hurled ism/ist labels towards anyone with a different opinion.

This generation thinks they’re woke.. bullcrap, woke was folks that came out of the 60’s and 70’s actually seeing the character of the person and not the color of their skin.

 

[Tyler Durden]

The idea that somebody’s feelings are getting hurt over 100 year old statues is ridiculous garbage. Nobody raised a ruckus in previous decades when it probably would have been more likely to be open to real conversations from both sides without all the leftist screeching and hurled ism/ist labels towards anyone with a different opinion.

This generation thinks they’re woke.. bullcrap, woke was folks that came out of the 60’s and 70’s actually seeing the character of the person and not the color of their skin.

The character of every single statued Confederate is nothing short of hot garbage.

 

[Tyler Durden]

Come on. The idea that we need Confederate statues as some kind of visual aid for history, and that they’re the only thing preventing us from forgetting our entire historical record, is alarmist garbage

It's because these people would rather watch a NCIS marathon 5 nights a week instead of taking the time to read a book or even freaking Googling something.

 

[carlos86]

The idea that somebody’s feelings are getting hurt over 100 year old statues is ridiculous garbage. Nobody raised a ruckus in previous decades when it probably would have been more likely to be open to real conversations from both sides without all the leftist screeching and hurled ism/ist labels towards anyone with a different opinion.

This generation thinks they’re woke.. bullcrap, woke was folks that came out of the 60’s and 70’s actually seeing the character of the person and not the color of their skin.

They have been talking about this for 40 years and the answer until the last 3 years has been the same answer the Tennessee Legislators gave for defending the bust of Nathan Bedford Forest.

 

[CagleMtnVol]

Let’s just sanitize all our history so nobody gets offended or their feelings hurt. Once statues and monuments are gone, we can rewrite the history books with no visuals left to question the new narrative.

Since we’re determined to view the past through a lens of today, let’s take down the Lincoln Memorial because on multiple occasions Honest Abe verbalized the views of a racist and white supremacist.
Just go ahead and remove reminders of all the Presidents that had slaves (it’s only 12 or so) or racist views. Don’t forget to destroy Mount Rushmore while you’re at it.

Oh, and all those Northern folks that had slaves, any remembrance to them has got go as well.

All the battlefields need to go, all the way back to the Revolutionary War. Let’s not forget the cemeteries either. Those headstones from the Civil War and Revolutionary War, out of here because of slave owners.

Since we know how far back we need to go, where do we start removing history? Do we begin at the Civil Rights Movement and work backwards or the end of segregation, or voting rights? Wait, there’s still racism today in this country, so let’s wait until theses riots are over and work backwards from there. We don’t want to leave anybody out.

Once you open the box it becomes bottomless.

“Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it.”~ Edmund Burke

 

[CagleMtnVol]

Someone had a good idea to sell the naming rights to the bases, forts and posts. That way all of the millions upon millions of dollars it would take to change the names could be paid for.

I guess with the #MeToo movement we should probably rename Kennedy Space Center while were at it.

 

[carlos86]

It's because these people would rather watch a NCIS marathon 5 nights a week instead of taking the time to read a book or even freaking Googling something.

Yes I’d rather watch NCIS than read about how incompetent and racist of Jeb Stuart, Braxton Bragg, John Bell Hood and Lewis Benning were.

 

[NashVol11]

The idea that somebody’s feelings are getting hurt over 100 year old statues is ridiculous garbage. Nobody raised a ruckus in previous decades when it probably would have been more likely to be open to real conversations from both sides without all the leftist screeching and hurled ism/ist labels towards anyone with a different opinion.

This generation thinks they’re woke.. bullcrap, woke was folks that came out of the 60’s and 70’s actually seeing the character of the person and not the color of their skin.

People have been making this argument for several decades. Bryan Stevenson has been doing it his entire life, and he ain’t young. “Colorblindness” was a farce and always will be.

 

[Franklin Pierce]

Let’s just sanitize all our history so nobody gets offended or their feelings hurt. Once statues and monuments are gone, we can rewrite the history books with no visuals left to question the new narrative.

Since we’re determined to view the past through a lens of today, let’s take down the Lincoln Memorial because on multiple occasions Honest Abe verbalized the views of a racist and white supremacist.
Just go ahead and remove reminders of all the Presidents that had slaves (it’s only 12 or so) or racist views. Don’t forget to destroy Mount Rushmore while you’re at it.

Oh, and all those Northern folks that had slaves, any remembrance to them has got go as well.

All the battlefields need to go, all the way back to the Revolutionary War. Let’s not forget the cemeteries either. Those headstones from the Civil War and Revolutionary War, out of here because of slave owners.

Since we know how far back we need to go, where do we start removing history? Do we begin at the Civil Rights Movement and work backwards or the end of segregation, or voting rights? Wait, there’s still racism today in this country, so let’s wait until theses riots are over and work backwards from there. We don’t want to leave anybody out.

Once you open the box it becomes bottomless.

“Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it.”~ Edmund Burke

MLK and Malcom X statues should definitely be removed and pounded into dust.

 

[Franklin Pierce]

Mizzou Students Demand Removal of ‘Racist’ Thomas Jefferson Statue

Student protesters at the University of Missouri have circulated a petition that calls on Mizzou officials to remove a “racist” Thomas Jefferson statue from campus grounds.

The Jefferson statue at the University of Missouri is not the only historical monument to be targeted by leftists in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death. A bust of George Washington’s head was knocked over last week at George Washington University. Some students took to Twitter to praise the vandalism.

Mizzou Students Demand Removal of 'Racist' Thomas Jefferson Statue​

 

[1972 Grad]

Come on. The idea that we need Confederate statues as some kind of visual aid for history, and that they’re the only thing preventing us from forgetting our entire historical record, is alarmist garbage

So is the thought that you pansies will stop at that.

 

[Franklin Pierce]

Happy Birthday to CONFEDERATE General John Rogers Cooke

 

[Franklin Pierce]

Missouri woman says she contacted Merriam-Webster to Change dictionary Definition of Racism

An email from a Missouri woman has prompted Merriam-Webster to update its definition of "racism" to include the systemic aspects that have contributed to discrimination, according to a report.

Missouri woman says she contacted Merriam-Webster to change dictionary definition of racism

 

[CagleMtnVol]

Mizzou Students Demand Removal of ‘Racist’ Thomas Jefferson Statue

Student protesters at the University of Missouri have circulated a petition that calls on Mizzou officials to remove a “racist” Thomas Jefferson statue from campus grounds.

The Jefferson statue at the University of Missouri is not the only historical monument to be targeted by leftists in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death. A bust of George Washington’s head was knocked over last week at George Washington University. Some students took to Twitter to praise the vandalism.

​

Mizzou Students Demand Removal of 'Racist' Thomas Jefferson Statue​

I mean he only wrote that racist Declaration of Independence and that George Washington what did ever do to deserve a monument or have a capital city or state named after him?

 

[Vol Main]

These sound much better.

Fort Benning > Ft. Sherman
Fort Bragg > Ft. Howard
Fort Lee > Ft. Thomas
Fort Hood > Ft. Buford
Fort Polk > Ft. Butler
Fort Pickett > Ft. Hancock
Fort AP Hill > Ft. Sheridan
Camp Beauregard > Cp. Anderson
Fort Gordon > Ft. Gibbon
Fort Rucker > Ft. Chamberlain

Are you a liberal that works to get Trump elected because you were born stupid?

 

[davethevol]

I’m fine with removing all statues and all names tied to the Civil War, but only if Black History Month is abandoned as well as affirmative action. No more minority quotas. Let everyone be judged by their honest qualifications and not by the color of their skin.

 

[NurseGoodVol]

People have been making this argument for several decades. Bryan Stevenson has been doing it his entire life, and he ain’t young. “Colorblindness” was a farce and always will be.

you sound like it's impossible to judge a man by his actions and character? It's not an argument. Some people do this and its a proper way to look at others.

 

[rjd970]

"... every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right."

- George Orwell, 1984

 

[NashVol11]

you sound like it's impossible to judge a man by his actions and character? It's not an argument. Some people do this and its a proper way to look at others.

The “colorblindness” idea is trash and has been for a while now. If you’re struggling to understand why, look it up. The “argument” I was referring to is the argument that these statues should come down, as DynaLo or whoever was acting like no one cared until right now, which is a complete lie.

 

[tvolsfan]

I see people are still clinging to the delusion that removing statues is erasing history.

 

[NashVol11]

I’m fine with removing all statues and all names tied to the Civil War, but only if Black History Month is abandoned as well as affirmative action. No more minority quotas. Let everyone be judged by their honest qualifications and not by the color of their skin.

Those things have literally nothing to do with each other

 

[NashVol11]

I see people are still clinging to the delusion that removing statues is erasing history.

It’s the go-to argument. People are legitimately scared into thinking that Confederate statues are the only thing holding our history together

 

[NashVol11]

Happy Birthday to CONFEDERATE General John Rogers Cooke

Doubling down on glorifying Confederates in order to “own the libs” is an interesting strategy lol