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

[volbeast33]

No one said it's scary just that it's racist. But thanks anyway for outing yourself as a racist.

I am double racist bc my best friends are black and I even baby sit their kids all the time..... of course I guess I am the lucky one..... they don’t suffer from white fragility.

 

[Mick]

I am double racist bc my best friends are black and I even baby sit their kids all the time..... of course I guess I am the lucky one..... they don’t suffer from white fragility.

Have you shown them your VN posts yet? It would be a great conversation starter.

 

[volbeast33]

Have you shown them your VN posts yet? It would be a great conversation starter.

I have found that my black friends are not as fragile as my white liberal friends..... I can pretty much give any opinion I want to my black friends and they are honest right back if they don’t agree...... I have to really think about what I say in front of my white liberal friends.

 

[Orangeslice13]

I have found that my black friends are not as fragile as my white liberal friends..... I can pretty much give any opinion I want to my black friends and they are honest right back if they don’t agree...... I have to really think about what I say in front of my white liberal friends.

This has been my experience as well.

 

[Franklin Pierce]

Georgia House to consider replacing Confederate statue with statue of John Lewis

A bipartisan push in the Georgia legislature would replace a statue of Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens with one of the late congressman and civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) in the U.S. Capitol’s National Statuary Hall.

State House Speaker David Ralston (R) will co-sponsor the measure with state Rep. Al Williams (D), according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The effort has secured bipartisan support among Georgia’s Congressional delegation as well, with U.S. Reps. Tom Graves (R) and Sanford Bishop (D) both writing in support of it, according to the newspaper.

Gov. Brian Kemp (R) would have to approve the switch, but he has previously expressed support, as has Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan (R), the president of the state Senate.

Georgia House to consider replacing Confederate statue with statue of John Lewis

 

[luthervol]

Georgia House to consider replacing Confederate statue with statue of John Lewis

A bipartisan push in the Georgia legislature would replace a statue of Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens with one of the late congressman and civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) in the U.S. Capitol’s National Statuary Hall.

State House Speaker David Ralston (R) will co-sponsor the measure with state Rep. Al Williams (D), according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The effort has secured bipartisan support among Georgia’s Congressional delegation as well, with U.S. Reps. Tom Graves (R) and Sanford Bishop (D) both writing in support of it, according to the newspaper.

Gov. Brian Kemp (R) would have to approve the switch, but he has previously expressed support, as has Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan (R), the president of the state Senate.

Georgia House to consider replacing Confederate statue with statue of John Lewis

Fantastic idea.

 

[Velo Vol]

More history erased.

 

[Boca Vol]

More history erased.

Can you share with us the tangible improvements in your life since all the removal of statues and flags?

 

[SpaceCoastVol]

Can you share with us the tangible improvements in your life since all the removal of statues and flags?

I'll take white guilt eased for $1000 Alex.

 

[Boca Vol]

I'll take white guilt eased for $1000 Alex.

Exactly.

 

[Velo Vol]

Can you share with us the tangible improvements in your life since all the removal of statues and flags?

America looks a little more like a 21st century nation and a little less like a 19th century one.

 

[GSD82]

Georgia House to consider replacing Confederate statue with statue of John Lewis

A bipartisan push in the Georgia legislature would replace a statue of Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens with one of the late congressman and civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) in the U.S. Capitol’s National Statuary Hall.

State House Speaker David Ralston (R) will co-sponsor the measure with state Rep. Al Williams (D), according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The effort has secured bipartisan support among Georgia’s Congressional delegation as well, with U.S. Reps. Tom Graves (R) and Sanford Bishop (D) both writing in support of it, according to the newspaper.

Gov. Brian Kemp (R) would have to approve the switch, but he has previously expressed support, as has Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan (R), the president of the state Senate.

Georgia House to consider replacing Confederate statue with statue of John Lewis

Georgia continues down the gutter

 

[Y9 Vol]

America looks a little more like a 21st century nation and a little less like a 19th century one.

You missed the only important word in the post you replied to...please try again.

 

[BenGrimm]

More history erased.

I’ve already forgotten the Civil War. Who fought in it and who won/lost. History successfully erased.

 

[BenGrimm]

Can you share with us the tangible improvements in your life since all the removal of statues and flags?

Can you share with us the tangible deterioration in your life since all the removal of statues and flags?

 

[CagleMtnVol]

More history erased.

That's ugly!

 

[AirVol]

America looks a little more like a 21st century nation and a little less like a 19th century one.

Guess we need to remove the Kunta Kenta rock and plaque. Bad times.

 

[Roustabout]

That's ugly!

Huh? That looks great. Mississippi is a 3rd world country, so only appropriate that their flag also look like one.

 

[Roustabout]

This has been my experience as well.

Ditto

 

[SpaceCoastVol]

America looks a little more like a 21st century nation and a little less like a 19th century one.

If **** and needles on the streets of San Fran is what the 21st century is supposed to look like, I'll gladly take the 19th

 

[Boca Vol]

Can you share with us the tangible deterioration in your life since all the removal of statues and flags?

Yes, Legalized looting and rioting occurring all over the US!

As soon as America realizes that the more you give in the more will be expected, the sooner this SH*T can end.

 

[BenGrimm]

Yes, Legalized looting and rioting occurring all over the US!

Legalized? There have been hundreds of arrests related to looting. But you already knew that. You just wanted to play the aggrieved part.

 

[dovervolz]

Legalized? There have been hundreds of arrests related to looting. But you already knew that. You just wanted to play the aggrieved part.

And Harris the tramp posted bail for most of them

 

[Boca Vol]

And Harris the tramp posted bail for most of them

And in NY they weren't even processed. Just let go.

 

[Franklin Pierce]

Nathan Bedford Forrest’s Remains to be Moved

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The remains of General Nathan Bedford Forrest and his wife are set to be removed from Health Sciences Park in the next couple of weeks.

Edward Phillips is the attorney representing the family. He said they were shocked when the statue was taken down, but has agreed to move the remains so they can put this all behind them.

“They weren’t prepared for that eventuality at that point in time, right then and there,” he said. “They were upset when on live TV everything was being taken apart.”

Nathan Bedford Forrest's remains to be moved to Columbia