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

[NashVol11]

War 1812.......

It was a joke, for the people who act like racist statues are the only method of preserving our collective memory

 

[CagleMtnVol]

The what?

Come on man you know....

In 1814 we took a little trip
Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip
We took a little bacon and we took a little beans
And we caught the bloody British in the town of New Orleans!

 

[CagleMtnVol]

It was a joke, for the people who act like racist statues are the only method of preserving our collective memory

The statues aren't racist! And statues do a good job of reminding people about our country's history!

 

[Franklin Pierce]

Memorial Dedicated to Holocaust Survivors Vandalized at California Cemetery

A memorial dedicated to Holocaust survivors at a California cemetery was allegedly pushed to the ground, where it broke into multiple pieces.

The memorial was a fountain created for the late Lillian Judd and her husband Emil, both Holocaust survivors during World War II, JWeekly reported.

The Times of Israel reported that Lillian regularly spoke about the Holocaust to local students in Sonoma County. A mosaic erected behind the fountain listed the names of 12 family members killed in the Nazi concentration camps during World War II.

Memorial Dedicated to Holocaust Survivors Vandalized at CA Cemetery

 

[Tyler Durden]

The statues aren't racist! And statues do a good job of reminding people about our country's history!

They do an amazing job of brainwashing ignorant morons.

 

[CagleMtnVol]

They do an amazing job of brainwashing ignorant morons.

All my history books (some 150+ on just the Civil War) says nothing about them being racist so I trust them.

 

[Orangeburst]

The statues aren't racist! And statues do a good job of reminding people about our country's history!

He probably would of sided with the British since they were so proficient at burning cities.

 

[CagleMtnVol]

I can't believe some of you are absolutely fine with this.

 

[volfanjustin]

I can't believe some of you are absolutely fine with this.

View attachment 288326

View attachment 288329

The modern left at work. They are all scum

 

[Franklin Pierce]

Nathan Bedford Forrest Wins A Rare Victory Over Cancel Culture. Here's Why That's A Good Thing

In 2020’s version of the Bolshevik Revolution, almost any statue or monument that predates or doesn’t explicitly honor the Civil Rights era is a potential target for being defaced, damaged, or toppled entirely, Taliban-style. The woke social justice warriors who have somehow managed to seize the culture don’t seem to concern themselves much with whether these monuments honor Jefferson Davis, George Washington, Robert E. Lee, Thomas Jefferson, Winston Churchill, Christopher Columbus, or even famous abolitionist Matthias Baldwin. To them, these are just dead old white dudes who belong in the dustbin of history because, well, they were probably evil, engaged in hate-think, and participated in and benefited from the structural systemic institutional racism of their era, or something.

Take the Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest, for example. A debate comes up every year over the bust that sits in the Tennessee Capitol building in Nashville. It wasn’t placed there by segregationists, but rather by a Democratic member of the Tennessee State Senate in 1973 - not to praise the bad things he did, but rather to acknowledge Forrest’s many accomplishments and prominent role in Tennessee history.

In a rare break from the acquiescence to the left we’ve been seeing all over the U.S. of late, the latest attempt to have the bust removed failed in the Tennessee State House last week by a whopping 61-25 margin. Tennessee Rep. Micah Van Huss was defiant in a statement written during the brouhaha: “Leftists are free to choose not to look at these glorious monuments,” he wrote. “You want to blind yourself to history? Go ahead and live in your politically correct fantasy world. I live in the real world and will represent my constituents from that viewpoint. I won’t be bullied into pandering to your fragile feelings. I will stand by my heritage and the history of the greatest nation the world has ever seen.”

While General Nathan Bedford Forrest’s life certainly had its blemishes, it’s also remembered for some of the most extraordinary accomplishments, like being widely acknowledged as one of the greatest tactical generals of all time in ANY era. It also ended with an attempt at racial reconciliation that almost nobody knows about, probably because the left doesn’t believe in redemption for its chosen “sin unto death,” only condemnation and forever banishment from the annals of history.

Nathan Bedford Forrest Wins A Rare Victory Over Cancel Culture. Here's Why That's A Good Thing

 

[volfanhill]

Nathan Bedford Forrest Wins A Rare Victory Over Cancel Culture. Here's Why That's A Good Thing

In 2020’s version of the Bolshevik Revolution, almost any statue or monument that predates or doesn’t explicitly honor the Civil Rights era is a potential target for being defaced, damaged, or toppled entirely, Taliban-style. The woke social justice warriors who have somehow managed to seize the culture don’t seem to concern themselves much with whether these monuments honor Jefferson Davis, George Washington, Robert E. Lee, Thomas Jefferson, Winston Churchill, Christopher Columbus, or even famous abolitionist Matthias Baldwin. To them, these are just dead old white dudes who belong in the dustbin of history because, well, they were probably evil, engaged in hate-think, and participated in and benefited from the structural systemic institutional racism of their era, or something.

Take the Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest, for example. A debate comes up every year over the bust that sits in the Tennessee Capitol building in Nashville. It wasn’t placed there by segregationists, but rather by a Democratic member of the Tennessee State Senate in 1973 - not to praise the bad things he did, but rather to acknowledge Forrest’s many accomplishments and prominent role in Tennessee history.

In a rare break from the acquiescence to the left we’ve been seeing all over the U.S. of late, the latest attempt to have the bust removed failed in the Tennessee State House last week by a whopping 61-25 margin. Tennessee Rep. Micah Van Huss was defiant in a statement written during the brouhaha: “Leftists are free to choose not to look at these glorious monuments,” he wrote. “You want to blind yourself to history? Go ahead and live in your politically correct fantasy world. I live in the real world and will represent my constituents from that viewpoint. I won’t be bullied into pandering to your fragile feelings. I will stand by my heritage and the history of the greatest nation the world has ever seen.”

While General Nathan Bedford Forrest’s life certainly had its blemishes, it’s also remembered for some of the most extraordinary accomplishments, like being widely acknowledged as one of the greatest tactical generals of all time in ANY era. It also ended with an attempt at racial reconciliation that almost nobody knows about, probably because the left doesn’t believe in redemption for its chosen “sin unto death,” only condemnation and forever banishment from the annals of history.

Nathan Bedford Forrest Wins A Rare Victory Over Cancel Culture. Here's Why That's A Good Thing

He’s a POS. Don’t care how great of a tactician he is. Nice he tried to make up for being a POS at the end of his life. Net negative in this world. It would have been better off without him.

 

[GordonC]

He’s a POS. Don’t care how great of a tactician he is. Nice he tried to make up for being a POS at the end of his life. Net negative in this world. It would have been better off without him.

I agree with this 100%.

 

[GoBigOrangeUT]

Nathan Bedford Forrest Wins A Rare Victory Over Cancel Culture. Here's Why That's A Good Thing

In 2020’s version of the Bolshevik Revolution, almost any statue or monument that predates or doesn’t explicitly honor the Civil Rights era is a potential target for being defaced, damaged, or toppled entirely, Taliban-style. The woke social justice warriors who have somehow managed to seize the culture don’t seem to concern themselves much with whether these monuments honor Jefferson Davis, George Washington, Robert E. Lee, Thomas Jefferson, Winston Churchill, Christopher Columbus, or even famous abolitionist Matthias Baldwin. To them, these are just dead old white dudes who belong in the dustbin of history because, well, they were probably evil, engaged in hate-think, and participated in and benefited from the structural systemic institutional racism of their era, or something.

Take the Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest, for example. A debate comes up every year over the bust that sits in the Tennessee Capitol building in Nashville. It wasn’t placed there by segregationists, but rather by a Democratic member of the Tennessee State Senate in 1973 - not to praise the bad things he did, but rather to acknowledge Forrest’s many accomplishments and prominent role in Tennessee history.

In a rare break from the acquiescence to the left we’ve been seeing all over the U.S. of late, the latest attempt to have the bust removed failed in the Tennessee State House last week by a whopping 61-25 margin. Tennessee Rep. Micah Van Huss was defiant in a statement written during the brouhaha: “Leftists are free to choose not to look at these glorious monuments,” he wrote. “You want to blind yourself to history? Go ahead and live in your politically correct fantasy world. I live in the real world and will represent my constituents from that viewpoint. I won’t be bullied into pandering to your fragile feelings. I will stand by my heritage and the history of the greatest nation the world has ever seen.”

While General Nathan Bedford Forrest’s life certainly had its blemishes, it’s also remembered for some of the most extraordinary accomplishments, like being widely acknowledged as one of the greatest tactical generals of all time in ANY era. It also ended with an attempt at racial reconciliation that almost nobody knows about, probably because the left doesn’t believe in redemption for its chosen “sin unto death,” only condemnation and forever banishment from the annals of history.

Nathan Bedford Forrest Wins A Rare Victory Over Cancel Culture. Here's Why That's A Good Thing

Well there you have it. As long as you are a great tactician and say sorry at the end of your life you can do any despicable thing you want!

 

[Franklin Pierce]

WATCH: Black Lives Matter Attempts to Topple Andrew Jackson Statue near White House

Rioters attempted to topple a statue of Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Park near the White House on Monday evening in Washington, DC, before being dispersed by police.

The statue depicts Jackson in uniform astride a horse at the Battle of New Orleans in 1815, one of the most important battles of the War of 1812.

In the battle, American defenders under Jackson’s command routed British invaders. Though the battle technically took place after the war had ended — thanks to the slow communications of the era — it firmly established American military prowess and played a role in burnishing Jackson’s credentials as a military leader.

WATCH: Black Lives Matter Attempts to Topple Andrew Jackson Statue near White House

 

[KB5252]

They do an amazing job of brainwashing ignorant morons.

Look at you being all introspective and what not!

Being self aware is important... congrats!

 

[Vol737]

My money is on the first fifteen presidents statues will all be removed from sight. Rationale will be they all either owned or condones slavery prior to Lincoln, which is not true, but wait and see. That will be the excuse.

Statue of Thomas Jefferson in downtown Decatur removed

 

[volfanjustin]

My money is on the first fifteen presidents statues will all be removed from sight. Rationale will be they all either owned or condones slavery prior to Lincoln, which is not true, but wait and see. That will be the excuse.

Statue of Thomas Jefferson in downtown Decatur removed

As long as we continue to sit back and do nothing they will have all statues of Presidents removed except the communist Barrack Hussein. Just today they said they also want to go after churchs

 

[GoBigOrangeUT]

As long as we continue to sit back and do nothing they will have all statues of Presidents removed except the communist Barrack Hussein. Just today they said they also want to go after churchs

Honestly, just replace the faces on Rushmore with Obama, Marx, Lenin and an antifa emblem and I’m happy.

 

[volfanjustin]

Honestly, just replace the faces on Rushmore with Obama, Marx, Lenin and an antifa emblem and I’m happy.

I don’t doubt that

 

[tntar heel]

My money is on the first fifteen presidents statues will all be removed from sight. Rationale will be they all either owned or condones slavery prior to Lincoln, which is not true, but wait and see. That will be the excuse.

Statue of Thomas Jefferson in downtown Decatur removed

It was on loan from private collection and the owner asked to take it down to protect his investment.

 

[Vol737]

It was on loan from private collection and the owner asked to take it down to protect his investment.

And a smart move on his part. It was coming down one way or another.

 

[Vol737]

My money is on the first fifteen presidents statues will all be removed from sight. Rationale will be they all either owned or condones slavery prior to Lincoln, which is not true, but wait and see. That will be the excuse.

Statue of Thomas Jefferson in downtown Decatur removed

Boy, was I wrong! Ole Teddy getting the axe. They’ve lost their f’ing collective minds.

New York City Museum Taking Down Statue Of President Theodore Roosevelt

 

[Matt2496]

The millenial generation doesn't know history anyways, and statues before this fad never reminded them of history to begin with.

This is a lost generation we're dealing with here.

 

[LouderVol]

They do an amazing job of brainwashing ignorant morons.

They have you guys bought in.

 

[MontyPython]

Trump says he will issue executive order to protect monuments
Published: June 23, 2020 at 12:55 p.m. ET