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

[tvolsfan]

Correct. I'll add that among those who didn't own slaves, many of them aspired to one day be rich enough to do so.

Secondly, there was a fear among many in the South about what would happen to their society if the slaves were ever freed.

As evidenced by their actions once slaves were freed.

 

[Weezer]

But he was born in Bama, which explains a lot.

 

[evillawyer]

Kentucky wasn't part of the Confederacy.

Maybe you should tell Mitch?

 

[lukeneyland]

'The blacks,' 'the gays,' 'the Muslims' — linguists explain one of Donald Trump's most unusual speech tics

That is pretty hilarious

 

[Weezer]

It was just a coincidence that those states supported slavery, guys. Nothing to see here.

So did Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, and Missouri.

 

[VolStrom]

Let's have a show of hands of people posting here today that had ancestors that owned slaves.
Mine were poor Irish and just wanted to have food to eat.

 

[tvolsfan]

Probably realizing how this will hurt them politically if they don’t.

 

[tvolsfan]

No response from the "slavery wasn't the cause" crowd?

I guess the Vp of the Confederacy was lying.

He was just brainwashed by northern propaganda.

 

[hog88]

McConnell is going to have a hard time explaining this one then.

Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument Act (S. 32)

Why? It's already a national monument.

 

[hog88]

Maybe you should tell Mitch?

Ever been to West Virginia? I've seen more Stars and Bars in that union state than I have anywhere else.

 

[hog88]

Let's have a show of hands of people posting here today that had ancestors that owned slaves.
Mine were poor Irish and just wanted to have food to eat.

Mine did.

 

[GordonC]

Ever been to West Virginia? I've seen more Stars and Bars in that union state than I have anywhere else.

This is so ironically true.

 

[Mick]

Why? It's already a national monument.

No, it was a national historic landmark.

 

[CagleMtnVol]

Honoring the Confederacy is like honoring the Taliban and Al-Qaeda. How bout we build a statue of bin Laden and all his lieutenants as well? You know, for the history.

Last I checked Bin Laden wasn't an American citizen! Every Southerner & Confederate soldier considered themselves American's!

 

[evillawyer]

Good to know that Trump finds this offensive, but not raw boning a porn star while the wife is at home nursing a 4 month old.

 

[CagleMtnVol]

Kentucky wasn't part of the Confederacy.

Officially it wasn't but both it and Missouri were recognized.

 

[CagleMtnVol]

Maybe you should tell Mitch?

Yes it's a flag of Southern heritage!

 

[k-town_king]

Last I checked Bin Laden wasn't an American citizen! Every Southerner & Confederate soldier considered themselves American's!

No they didn't. They claimed to be citizens of another country. One formed from lands stolen from America.

 

[CagleMtnVol]

No they didn't. They claimed to be citizens of another country. One formed from lands stolen from America.

You should probably go read a history book not written in the last 20 years!

 

[hog88]

No, it was a national historic landmark.

read the title of the link YOU posted

Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument Act (S. 32)

 

[hog88]

No they didn't. They claimed to be citizens of another country. One formed from lands stolen from America.

Confederate States of America

Someday you really should take a history class.

 

[CagleMtnVol]

Confederate States of America

Someday you really should take a history class.

He should go read a book by Shelby Foote, Edwin C. Bearss, James "Bud" Robertson among others.

 

[hog88]

He should go read a book.

FIFY

 

[k-town_king]

Confederate States of America

Someday you really should take a history class.

So a country that is not the United States of America? So you agree.

 

[k-town_king]

Confederate States of America

Someday you really should take a history class.

Not the United States of America.