New Orleans City Council Gives Confederate Monuments The Boot

[Damaged Eagle]

"We think that symbols matter here, and we want the symbols in the city to reflect really who New Orleans is."

Many cities would erect a statue in honor of their 300th anniversary. New Orleans, set to celebrate its 300th birthday in 2018, will be tearing several down.

The City Council voted 6-1 Thursday in favor of removing four Confederate monuments, a proposal that has generated much controversy since Mayor Mitch Landrieu called for their relocation this summer, following a fatal shooting at a historic black church in South Carolina.

The statues include a large monument to Confederate General Robert E. Lee located near the city center, one of Jefferson Davis (the first -- and only -- president of the Confederate States of America), and one of Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard. A fourth, which acknowledges the Battle of Liberty Place, will also be moved.

More: New Orleans City Council Gives Confederate Monuments The Boot

It's good to see racist symbols of the old south being removed. Gone with the wind...

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Those who wish to remove or destroy the past are doomed to repeat it.

"Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
George Santayana

*****SMILE*****

New Orleans is over 60% Black. It they don't want a monument glorifying the confederacy, they should take it down. It's pretty ironic to have a monument of Robert E. Lee overlooking a city of blacks, who he fought to enslave. Lee fought against an army fighting for their freedom; killed more Americans than any opposing general in history; made no attempt to defend or protect this city; and even more absurdly, he never even set foot in Louisiana.

Considering how many soldiers were saved a bloody death by his decision the South should be proud of him.

How many of those blacks had ancestors who fought for the Confederacy?

*****SMILE*****

 

[Vandalshandle]

WTF? Suddenly, I feel as dizzy as I did the last time I got off the tilt-a-whirl...

 

[Pogo]

Frankly, I am surprised that New Orleans residents have never put up a statue of Malcolm X and the Black Panthers.

They weren't from New Orleans either. But there are statues of Louis Armstrong and Buddy Bolden, as there should be.

 

[Flopper]

"We think that symbols matter here, and we want the symbols in the city to reflect really who New Orleans is."

Many cities would erect a statue in honor of their 300th anniversary. New Orleans, set to celebrate its 300th birthday in 2018, will be tearing several down.

The City Council voted 6-1 Thursday in favor of removing four Confederate monuments, a proposal that has generated much controversy since Mayor Mitch Landrieu called for their relocation this summer, following a fatal shooting at a historic black church in South Carolina.

The statues include a large monument to Confederate General Robert E. Lee located near the city center, one of Jefferson Davis (the first -- and only -- president of the Confederate States of America), and one of Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard. A fourth, which acknowledges the Battle of Liberty Place, will also be moved.

More: New Orleans City Council Gives Confederate Monuments The Boot

It's good to see racist symbols of the old south being removed. Gone with the wind...

View attachment 124643

Those who wish to remove or destroy the past are doomed to repeat it.

"Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
George Santayana

*****SMILE*****

New Orleans is over 60% Black. It they don't want a monument glorifying the confederacy, they should take it down. It's pretty ironic to have a monument of Robert E. Lee overlooking a city of blacks, who he fought to enslave. Lee fought against an army fighting for their freedom; killed more Americans than any opposing general in history; made no attempt to defend or protect this city; and even more absurdly, he never even set foot in Louisiana.

Considering how many soldiers were saved a bloody death by his decision the South should be proud of him.

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How many of those blacks had ancestors who fought for the Confederacy?

*****SMILE*****

Unquestionably the historical evidence is strong that some blacks – perhaps several thousand – did serve in the Confederate Army in unofficial, non-combat roles as servants, laborers, teamster, musician, cooks, etc. But the official record is very un-supportive that thousands of blacks served as official soldiers.

The idea that blacks willing served the Confederacy is simply not true. Most blacks were impressed as a slave labor force. Others were brought along by their masters to tend to the master’s needs in camp but there is no evidence that thousands of blacks fought for the Confederacy.

Did blacks fight in combat for the Confederacy?

 

[Damaged Eagle]

"We think that symbols matter here, and we want the symbols in the city to reflect really who New Orleans is."

Many cities would erect a statue in honor of their 300th anniversary. New Orleans, set to celebrate its 300th birthday in 2018, will be tearing several down.

The City Council voted 6-1 Thursday in favor of removing four Confederate monuments, a proposal that has generated much controversy since Mayor Mitch Landrieu called for their relocation this summer, following a fatal shooting at a historic black church in South Carolina.

The statues include a large monument to Confederate General Robert E. Lee located near the city center, one of Jefferson Davis (the first -- and only -- president of the Confederate States of America), and one of Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard. A fourth, which acknowledges the Battle of Liberty Place, will also be moved.

More: New Orleans City Council Gives Confederate Monuments The Boot

It's good to see racist symbols of the old south being removed. Gone with the wind...

View attachment 124643

Those who wish to remove or destroy the past are doomed to repeat it.

"Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
George Santayana

*****SMILE*****

New Orleans is over 60% Black. It they don't want a monument glorifying the confederacy, they should take it down. It's pretty ironic to have a monument of Robert E. Lee overlooking a city of blacks, who he fought to enslave. Lee fought against an army fighting for their freedom; killed more Americans than any opposing general in history; made no attempt to defend or protect this city; and even more absurdly, he never even set foot in Louisiana.

Considering how many soldiers were saved a bloody death by his decision the South should be proud of him.

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How many of those blacks had ancestors who fought for the Confederacy?

*****SMILE*****

Unquestionably the historical evidence is strong that some blacks – perhaps several thousand – did serve in the Confederate Army in unofficial, non-combat roles as servants, laborers, teamster, musician, cooks, etc. But the official record is very un-supportive that thousands of blacks served as official soldiers.

The idea that blacks willing served the Confederacy is simply not true. Most blacks were impressed as a slave labor force. Others were brought along by their masters to tend to the master’s needs in camp but there is no evidence that thousands of blacks fought for the Confederacy.

Did blacks fight in combat for the Confederacy?

Yeah! That's why the one's in group photo I provided in my last post have rifles at their side.....

Tell us how people weren't 'impressed' into service on both sides no matter what their color also. How about today? Is there a possibility of nobody being 'impressed' into the military if the government decides that it's necessary? Do you think they care what your skin color is if they decide to take that option?

Your simplistic views of how government and other matters are lacking at best.

*****SMILE*****

 

[American_Jihad]

"We think that symbols matter here, and we want the symbols in the city to reflect really who New Orleans is."

Many cities would erect a statue in honor of their 300th anniversary. New Orleans, set to celebrate its 300th birthday in 2018, will be tearing several down.

The City Council voted 6-1 Thursday in favor of removing four Confederate monuments, a proposal that has generated much controversy since Mayor Mitch Landrieu called for their relocation this summer, following a fatal shooting at a historic black church in South Carolina.

The statues include a large monument to Confederate General Robert E. Lee located near the city center, one of Jefferson Davis (the first -- and only -- president of the Confederate States of America), and one of Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard. A fourth, which acknowledges the Battle of Liberty Place, will also be moved.

More: New Orleans City Council Gives Confederate Monuments The Boot

It's good to see racist symbols of the old south being removed. Gone with the wind...

View attachment 124643

Those who wish to remove or destroy the past are doomed to repeat it.

"Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
George Santayana

*****SMILE*****

New Orleans is over 60% Black. It they don't want a monument glorifying the confederacy, they should take it down. It's pretty ironic to have a monument of Robert E. Lee overlooking a city of blacks, who he fought to enslave. Lee fought against an army fighting for their freedom; killed more Americans than any opposing general in history; made no attempt to defend or protect this city; and even more absurdly, he never even set foot in Louisiana.

Considering how many soldiers were saved a bloody death by his decision the South should be proud of him.

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How many of those blacks had ancestors who fought for the Confederacy?

*****SMILE*****

Unquestionably the historical evidence is strong that some blacks – perhaps several thousand – did serve in the Confederate Army in unofficial, non-combat roles as servants, laborers, teamster, musician, cooks, etc. But the official record is very un-supportive that thousands of blacks served as official soldiers.

The idea that blacks willing served the Confederacy is simply not true. Most blacks were impressed as a slave labor force. Others were brought along by their masters to tend to the master’s needs in camp but there is no evidence that thousands of blacks fought for the Confederacy.

Did blacks fight in combat for the Confederacy?

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Yeah! That's why the one's in group photo I provided in my last post have rifles at their side.....

Tell us how people weren't 'impressed' into serve on both sides no matter what their color also. How about today? Is there a possibility of nobody being 'impressed' into the military if the government decides that it's necessary? Do you think they care what your skin color is if they decide to take that option?

Your simplistic views of how government and other matters are lacking at best.

*****SMILE*****

 

[Pogo]

View attachment 124643

Those who wish to remove or destroy the past are doomed to repeat it.

"Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
George Santayana

*****SMILE*****

New Orleans is over 60% Black. It they don't want a monument glorifying the confederacy, they should take it down. It's pretty ironic to have a monument of Robert E. Lee overlooking a city of blacks, who he fought to enslave. Lee fought against an army fighting for their freedom; killed more Americans than any opposing general in history; made no attempt to defend or protect this city; and even more absurdly, he never even set foot in Louisiana.

Considering how many soldiers were saved a bloody death by his decision the South should be proud of him.

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How many of those blacks had ancestors who fought for the Confederacy?

*****SMILE*****

Unquestionably the historical evidence is strong that some blacks – perhaps several thousand – did serve in the Confederate Army in unofficial, non-combat roles as servants, laborers, teamster, musician, cooks, etc. But the official record is very un-supportive that thousands of blacks served as official soldiers.

The idea that blacks willing served the Confederacy is simply not true. Most blacks were impressed as a slave labor force. Others were brought along by their masters to tend to the master’s needs in camp but there is no evidence that thousands of blacks fought for the Confederacy.

Did blacks fight in combat for the Confederacy?

View attachment 124866

Yeah! That's why the one's in group photo I provided in my last post have rifles at their side.....

Tell us how people weren't 'impressed' into serve on both sides no matter what their color also. How about today? Is there a possibility of nobody being 'impressed' into the military if the government decides that it's necessary? Do you think they care what your skin color is if they decide to take that option?

Your simplistic views of how government and other matters are lacking at best.

*****SMILE*****

What in the wide world of purple friggety fuck does this have to do with the topic here Jizzhat?

 

[Flopper]

"We think that symbols matter here, and we want the symbols in the city to reflect really who New Orleans is."

Many cities would erect a statue in honor of their 300th anniversary. New Orleans, set to celebrate its 300th birthday in 2018, will be tearing several down.

The City Council voted 6-1 Thursday in favor of removing four Confederate monuments, a proposal that has generated much controversy since Mayor Mitch Landrieu called for their relocation this summer, following a fatal shooting at a historic black church in South Carolina.

The statues include a large monument to Confederate General Robert E. Lee located near the city center, one of Jefferson Davis (the first -- and only -- president of the Confederate States of America), and one of Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard. A fourth, which acknowledges the Battle of Liberty Place, will also be moved.

More: New Orleans City Council Gives Confederate Monuments The Boot

It's good to see racist symbols of the old south being removed. Gone with the wind...

View attachment 124643

Those who wish to remove or destroy the past are doomed to repeat it.

"Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
George Santayana

*****SMILE*****

New Orleans is over 60% Black. It they don't want a monument glorifying the confederacy, they should take it down. It's pretty ironic to have a monument of Robert E. Lee overlooking a city of blacks, who he fought to enslave. Lee fought against an army fighting for their freedom; killed more Americans than any opposing general in history; made no attempt to defend or protect this city; and even more absurdly, he never even set foot in Louisiana.

Considering how many soldiers were saved a bloody death by his decision the South should be proud of him.

View attachment 124743

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How many of those blacks had ancestors who fought for the Confederacy?

*****SMILE*****

Unquestionably the historical evidence is strong that some blacks – perhaps several thousand – did serve in the Confederate Army in unofficial, non-combat roles as servants, laborers, teamster, musician, cooks, etc. But the official record is very un-supportive that thousands of blacks served as official soldiers.

The idea that blacks willing served the Confederacy is simply not true. Most blacks were impressed as a slave labor force. Others were brought along by their masters to tend to the master’s needs in camp but there is no evidence that thousands of blacks fought for the Confederacy.

Did blacks fight in combat for the Confederacy?

View attachment 124866

Yeah! That's why the one's in group photo I provided in my last post have rifles at their side.....

Tell us how people weren't 'impressed' into service on both sides no matter what their color also. How about today? Is there a possibility of nobody being 'impressed' into the military if the government decides that it's necessary? Do you think they care what your skin color is if they decide to take that option?

Your simplistic views of how government and other matters are lacking at best.

*****SMILE*****

Putting rifles by their side does not mean that they fought. One of the reasons Southerns didn't want to use slaves in battle was they weren't sure who they would shoot.

Unlike the South, by the time the war ended, some 179,000 black men volunteered and served in the Union Army, representing 10 percent of its total. Nearly 20,000 more were in the navy. Nearly 40,000 died during the war.
African Americans In The Civil War | HistoryNet

 

[Asclepias]

"We think that symbols matter here, and we want the symbols in the city to reflect really who New Orleans is."

Many cities would erect a statue in honor of their 300th anniversary. New Orleans, set to celebrate its 300th birthday in 2018, will be tearing several down.

The City Council voted 6-1 Thursday in favor of removing four Confederate monuments, a proposal that has generated much controversy since Mayor Mitch Landrieu called for their relocation this summer, following a fatal shooting at a historic black church in South Carolina.

The statues include a large monument to Confederate General Robert E. Lee located near the city center, one of Jefferson Davis (the first -- and only -- president of the Confederate States of America), and one of Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard. A fourth, which acknowledges the Battle of Liberty Place, will also be moved.

More: New Orleans City Council Gives Confederate Monuments The Boot

It's good to see racist symbols of the old south being removed. Gone with the wind...

View attachment 124643

Those who wish to remove or destroy the past are doomed to repeat it.

"Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
George Santayana

*****SMILE*****

New Orleans is over 60% Black. It they don't want a monument glorifying the confederacy, they should take it down. It's pretty ironic to have a monument of Robert E. Lee overlooking a city of blacks, who he fought to enslave. Lee fought against an army fighting for their freedom; killed more Americans than any opposing general in history; made no attempt to defend or protect this city; and even more absurdly, he never even set foot in Louisiana.

Considering how many soldiers were saved a bloody death by his decision the South should be proud of him.

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How many of those blacks had ancestors who fought for the Confederacy?

*****SMILE*****

That picture is forgery. Those are actually Black Union soldiers.

 

[Marianne]

"We think that symbols matter here, and we want the symbols in the city to reflect really who New Orleans is."

Many cities would erect a statue in honor of their 300th anniversary. New Orleans, set to celebrate its 300th birthday in 2018, will be tearing several down.

The City Council voted 6-1 Thursday in favor of removing four Confederate monuments, a proposal that has generated much controversy since Mayor Mitch Landrieu called for their relocation this summer, following a fatal shooting at a historic black church in South Carolina.

The statues include a large monument to Confederate General Robert E. Lee located near the city center, one of Jefferson Davis (the first -- and only -- president of the Confederate States of America), and one of Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard. A fourth, which acknowledges the Battle of Liberty Place, will also be moved.

More: New Orleans City Council Gives Confederate Monuments The Boot

It's good to see racist symbols of the old south being removed. Gone with the wind...

I can't believe I'm saying this but I hope they don't destroy these monuments because they have a place in our society. Sanitizing history is a problem. There are people already claiming the Holocaust didn't happen. To destroy every vestige of the history of slavery will only serve to water down the true tragedy it was. These monuments may not have a place where they are currently but they do have a place on battle fields and in museums. Recently a man in Yale broke a window that depicted blacks picking cotton. The building was in memory of VP John C Calhoun. Now while I understand that it the stained glass window had no place in 2016-17 school it would have better served to be removed and placed in a slavery or civil rights museum. It's a shame it took Yale this long to see that Calhoun College needed to be updated and or replaced.

Yale renames Calhoun College after protests - CNN.com

 

[Asclepias]

"We think that symbols matter here, and we want the symbols in the city to reflect really who New Orleans is."

Many cities would erect a statue in honor of their 300th anniversary. New Orleans, set to celebrate its 300th birthday in 2018, will be tearing several down.

The City Council voted 6-1 Thursday in favor of removing four Confederate monuments, a proposal that has generated much controversy since Mayor Mitch Landrieu called for their relocation this summer, following a fatal shooting at a historic black church in South Carolina.

The statues include a large monument to Confederate General Robert E. Lee located near the city center, one of Jefferson Davis (the first -- and only -- president of the Confederate States of America), and one of Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard. A fourth, which acknowledges the Battle of Liberty Place, will also be moved.

More: New Orleans City Council Gives Confederate Monuments The Boot

It's good to see racist symbols of the old south being removed. Gone with the wind...

I can't believe I'm saying this but I hope they don't destroy these monuments because they have a place in our society. Sanitizing history is a problem. There are people already claiming the Holocaust didn't happen. To destroy every vestige of the history of slavery will only serve to water down the true tragedy it was. These monuments may not have a place where they are currently but they do have a place on battle fields and in museums. Recently a man in Yale broke a window that depicted blacks picking cotton. The building was in memory of VP John C Calhoun. Now while I understand that it the stained glass window had no place in 2016-17 school it would have better served to be removed and placed in a slavery or civil rights museum. It's a shame it took Yale this long to see that Calhoun College needed to be updated and or replaced.

Yale renames Calhoun College after protests - CNN.com

They are going to put them in museums where they belong. Black people dont need to be reminded of white supremacists everyday. They can go to the museum if they want to see them.

 

[IsaacNewton]

I'm sure the klan wonders why Germany doesn't erect any Himmler statues in Tel Aviv either. Maybe the KKK should give a gift of a statue of Himmler to Israel, in person, and see how that goes.

 

[Damaged Eagle]

Perhaps we should tear down everything and burn everything then start over.

Plain simple buildings made of concrete to replace anything grandiose and no prior history to be brought forward.

"We think that symbols matter here, and we want the symbols in the city to reflect really who New Orleans is."

Many cities would erect a statue in honor of their 300th anniversary. New Orleans, set to celebrate its 300th birthday in 2018, will be tearing several down.

The City Council voted 6-1 Thursday in favor of removing four Confederate monuments, a proposal that has generated much controversy since Mayor Mitch Landrieu called for their relocation this summer, following a fatal shooting at a historic black church in South Carolina.

The statues include a large monument to Confederate General Robert E. Lee located near the city center, one of Jefferson Davis (the first -- and only -- president of the Confederate States of America), and one of Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard. A fourth, which acknowledges the Battle of Liberty Place, will also be moved.

More: New Orleans City Council Gives Confederate Monuments The Boot

It's good to see racist symbols of the old south being removed. Gone with the wind...

I can't believe I'm saying this but I hope they don't destroy these monuments because they have a place in our society. Sanitizing history is a problem. There are people already claiming the Holocaust didn't happen. To destroy every vestige of the history of slavery will only serve to water down the true tragedy it was. These monuments may not have a place where they are currently but they do have a place on battle fields and in museums. Recently a man in Yale broke a window that depicted blacks picking cotton. The building was in memory of VP John C Calhoun. Now while I understand that it the stained glass window had no place in 2016-17 school it would have better served to be removed and placed in a slavery or civil rights museum. It's a shame it took Yale this long to see that Calhoun College needed to be updated and or replaced.

Yale renames Calhoun College after protests - CNN.com

Perhaps we should tear down everything and burn everything then start over.

Plain simple buildings made of concrete to replace anything grandiose and no prior history to be brought forward since it will be part of the nationwide burning.

We can have Europe do the same.

Then the snowflakes will have nothing further to complain about.

*****SMILE*****

 

[Asclepias]

Perhaps we should tear down everything and burn everything then start over.

Plain simple buildings made of concrete to replace anything grandiose and no prior history to be brought forward.

"We think that symbols matter here, and we want the symbols in the city to reflect really who New Orleans is."

Many cities would erect a statue in honor of their 300th anniversary. New Orleans, set to celebrate its 300th birthday in 2018, will be tearing several down.

The City Council voted 6-1 Thursday in favor of removing four Confederate monuments, a proposal that has generated much controversy since Mayor Mitch Landrieu called for their relocation this summer, following a fatal shooting at a historic black church in South Carolina.

The statues include a large monument to Confederate General Robert E. Lee located near the city center, one of Jefferson Davis (the first -- and only -- president of the Confederate States of America), and one of Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard. A fourth, which acknowledges the Battle of Liberty Place, will also be moved.

More: New Orleans City Council Gives Confederate Monuments The Boot

It's good to see racist symbols of the old south being removed. Gone with the wind...

I can't believe I'm saying this but I hope they don't destroy these monuments because they have a place in our society. Sanitizing history is a problem. There are people already claiming the Holocaust didn't happen. To destroy every vestige of the history of slavery will only serve to water down the true tragedy it was. These monuments may not have a place where they are currently but they do have a place on battle fields and in museums. Recently a man in Yale broke a window that depicted blacks picking cotton. The building was in memory of VP John C Calhoun. Now while I understand that it the stained glass window had no place in 2016-17 school it would have better served to be removed and placed in a slavery or civil rights museum. It's a shame it took Yale this long to see that Calhoun College needed to be updated and or replaced.

Yale renames Calhoun College after protests - CNN.com

Perhaps we should tear down everything and burn everything then start over.

Plain simple buildings made of concrete to replace anything grandiose and no prior history to be brought forward since it will be part of the nationwide burning.

We can have Europe do the same.

Then the snowflakes will have nothing further to complain about.

*****SMILE*****

Dont be a crybaby. Name one place in the world that has statues to its traitors. I'll wait.

 

[Damaged Eagle]

Perhaps we should tear down everything and burn everything then start over.

Plain simple buildings made of concrete to replace anything grandiose and no prior history to be brought forward.

"We think that symbols matter here, and we want the symbols in the city to reflect really who New Orleans is."

Many cities would erect a statue in honor of their 300th anniversary. New Orleans, set to celebrate its 300th birthday in 2018, will be tearing several down.

The City Council voted 6-1 Thursday in favor of removing four Confederate monuments, a proposal that has generated much controversy since Mayor Mitch Landrieu called for their relocation this summer, following a fatal shooting at a historic black church in South Carolina.

The statues include a large monument to Confederate General Robert E. Lee located near the city center, one of Jefferson Davis (the first -- and only -- president of the Confederate States of America), and one of Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard. A fourth, which acknowledges the Battle of Liberty Place, will also be moved.

More: New Orleans City Council Gives Confederate Monuments The Boot

It's good to see racist symbols of the old south being removed. Gone with the wind...

I can't believe I'm saying this but I hope they don't destroy these monuments because they have a place in our society. Sanitizing history is a problem. There are people already claiming the Holocaust didn't happen. To destroy every vestige of the history of slavery will only serve to water down the true tragedy it was. These monuments may not have a place where they are currently but they do have a place on battle fields and in museums. Recently a man in Yale broke a window that depicted blacks picking cotton. The building was in memory of VP John C Calhoun. Now while I understand that it the stained glass window had no place in 2016-17 school it would have better served to be removed and placed in a slavery or civil rights museum. It's a shame it took Yale this long to see that Calhoun College needed to be updated and or replaced.

Yale renames Calhoun College after protests - CNN.com

Perhaps we should tear down everything and burn everything then start over.

Plain simple buildings made of concrete to replace anything grandiose and no prior history to be brought forward since it will be part of the nationwide burning.

We can have Europe do the same.

Then the snowflakes will have nothing further to complain about.

*****SMILE*****

Dont be a crybaby. Name one place in the world that has statues to its traitors. I'll wait.

What traitors would those be?

The one's who are supposed to be rendered honors as per public law granted by the United States government to all Confederate soldiers after the war?

The real traitors around here are people such as yourself who are violating that Public Law with your words and actions.

Now get along and continue whining and crying while you commit your treasonous actions against soldiers long dead who are considered US military members... While you're at it you could probably add to your treason by not turning in some illegal foreign national too.

*****SMILE*****

 

[Asclepias]

Perhaps we should tear down everything and burn everything then start over.

Plain simple buildings made of concrete to replace anything grandiose and no prior history to be brought forward.

"We think that symbols matter here, and we want the symbols in the city to reflect really who New Orleans is."

Many cities would erect a statue in honor of their 300th anniversary. New Orleans, set to celebrate its 300th birthday in 2018, will be tearing several down.

The City Council voted 6-1 Thursday in favor of removing four Confederate monuments, a proposal that has generated much controversy since Mayor Mitch Landrieu called for their relocation this summer, following a fatal shooting at a historic black church in South Carolina.

The statues include a large monument to Confederate General Robert E. Lee located near the city center, one of Jefferson Davis (the first -- and only -- president of the Confederate States of America), and one of Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard. A fourth, which acknowledges the Battle of Liberty Place, will also be moved.

More: New Orleans City Council Gives Confederate Monuments The Boot

It's good to see racist symbols of the old south being removed. Gone with the wind...

I can't believe I'm saying this but I hope they don't destroy these monuments because they have a place in our society. Sanitizing history is a problem. There are people already claiming the Holocaust didn't happen. To destroy every vestige of the history of slavery will only serve to water down the true tragedy it was. These monuments may not have a place where they are currently but they do have a place on battle fields and in museums. Recently a man in Yale broke a window that depicted blacks picking cotton. The building was in memory of VP John C Calhoun. Now while I understand that it the stained glass window had no place in 2016-17 school it would have better served to be removed and placed in a slavery or civil rights museum. It's a shame it took Yale this long to see that Calhoun College needed to be updated and or replaced.

Yale renames Calhoun College after protests - CNN.com

Perhaps we should tear down everything and burn everything then start over.

Plain simple buildings made of concrete to replace anything grandiose and no prior history to be brought forward since it will be part of the nationwide burning.

We can have Europe do the same.

Then the snowflakes will have nothing further to complain about.

*****SMILE*****

Dont be a crybaby. Name one place in the world that has statues to its traitors. I'll wait.

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What traitors would those be?

The one's who are supposed to be rendered honors as per public law granted by the United States government to all Confederate soldiers after the war?

The real traitors around here are people such as yourself who are violating that public law with your words and actions.

Now get along and continue whining and crying while you commit your treasonous actions against soldiers long dead who are considered US military members.

*****SMILE*****

The inbred traitors that declared war against the US and attempted to leave and got their asses handed to them. I dont know one country that not only glorifies their traitors but the clowns also lost the war. Dont deflect. Please name one other country that does that.

 

[Damaged Eagle]

Perhaps we should tear down everything and burn everything then start over.

Plain simple buildings made of concrete to replace anything grandiose and no prior history to be brought forward.

"We think that symbols matter here, and we want the symbols in the city to reflect really who New Orleans is."

Many cities would erect a statue in honor of their 300th anniversary. New Orleans, set to celebrate its 300th birthday in 2018, will be tearing several down.

The City Council voted 6-1 Thursday in favor of removing four Confederate monuments, a proposal that has generated much controversy since Mayor Mitch Landrieu called for their relocation this summer, following a fatal shooting at a historic black church in South Carolina.

The statues include a large monument to Confederate General Robert E. Lee located near the city center, one of Jefferson Davis (the first -- and only -- president of the Confederate States of America), and one of Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard. A fourth, which acknowledges the Battle of Liberty Place, will also be moved.

More: New Orleans City Council Gives Confederate Monuments The Boot

It's good to see racist symbols of the old south being removed. Gone with the wind...

I can't believe I'm saying this but I hope they don't destroy these monuments because they have a place in our society. Sanitizing history is a problem. There are people already claiming the Holocaust didn't happen. To destroy every vestige of the history of slavery will only serve to water down the true tragedy it was. These monuments may not have a place where they are currently but they do have a place on battle fields and in museums. Recently a man in Yale broke a window that depicted blacks picking cotton. The building was in memory of VP John C Calhoun. Now while I understand that it the stained glass window had no place in 2016-17 school it would have better served to be removed and placed in a slavery or civil rights museum. It's a shame it took Yale this long to see that Calhoun College needed to be updated and or replaced.

Yale renames Calhoun College after protests - CNN.com

Perhaps we should tear down everything and burn everything then start over.

Plain simple buildings made of concrete to replace anything grandiose and no prior history to be brought forward since it will be part of the nationwide burning.

We can have Europe do the same.

Then the snowflakes will have nothing further to complain about.

*****SMILE*****

Dont be a crybaby. Name one place in the world that has statues to its traitors. I'll wait.

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What traitors would those be?

The one's who are supposed to be rendered honors as per public law granted by the United States government to all Confederate soldiers after the war?

The real traitors around here are people such as yourself who are violating that public law with your words and actions.

Now get along and continue whining and crying while you commit your treasonous actions against soldiers long dead who are considered US military members.

*****SMILE*****

The inbred traitors that declared war against the US and attempted to leave and got their asses handed to them. I dont know one country that not only glorifies their traitors but the clowns also lost the war. Dont deflect. Please name one other country that does that.

At this time you're the one deflecting with your treasonous acts against prior military members who are to be treated with all due honors as per Public Law.

*****SMILE*****

 

[Asclepias]

Perhaps we should tear down everything and burn everything then start over.

Plain simple buildings made of concrete to replace anything grandiose and no prior history to be brought forward.

I can't believe I'm saying this but I hope they don't destroy these monuments because they have a place in our society. Sanitizing history is a problem. There are people already claiming the Holocaust didn't happen. To destroy every vestige of the history of slavery will only serve to water down the true tragedy it was. These monuments may not have a place where they are currently but they do have a place on battle fields and in museums. Recently a man in Yale broke a window that depicted blacks picking cotton. The building was in memory of VP John C Calhoun. Now while I understand that it the stained glass window had no place in 2016-17 school it would have better served to be removed and placed in a slavery or civil rights museum. It's a shame it took Yale this long to see that Calhoun College needed to be updated and or replaced.

Yale renames Calhoun College after protests - CNN.com

Perhaps we should tear down everything and burn everything then start over.

Plain simple buildings made of concrete to replace anything grandiose and no prior history to be brought forward since it will be part of the nationwide burning.

We can have Europe do the same.

Then the snowflakes will have nothing further to complain about.

*****SMILE*****

Dont be a crybaby. Name one place in the world that has statues to its traitors. I'll wait.

View attachment 125621

What traitors would those be?

The one's who are supposed to be rendered honors as per public law granted by the United States government to all Confederate soldiers after the war?

The real traitors around here are people such as yourself who are violating that public law with your words and actions.

Now get along and continue whining and crying while you commit your treasonous actions against soldiers long dead who are considered US military members.

*****SMILE*****

The inbred traitors that declared war against the US and attempted to leave and got their asses handed to them. I dont know one country that not only glorifies their traitors but the clowns also lost the war. Dont deflect. Please name one other country that does that.

At this time you're the one deflecting with your treasonous acts against prior military members who are to be treated with all due honors as per Public Law.

*****SMILE*****

So you cant find a country that celebrates its traitors and losers like the US celebrates the loser confederates?

 

[Damaged Eagle]

Perhaps we should tear down everything and burn everything then start over.

Plain simple buildings made of concrete to replace anything grandiose and no prior history to be brought forward.


Perhaps we should tear down everything and burn everything then start over.

Plain simple buildings made of concrete to replace anything grandiose and no prior history to be brought forward since it will be part of the nationwide burning.

We can have Europe do the same.

Then the snowflakes will have nothing further to complain about.

*****SMILE*****

Dont be a crybaby. Name one place in the world that has statues to its traitors. I'll wait.

View attachment 125621

What traitors would those be?

The one's who are supposed to be rendered honors as per public law granted by the United States government to all Confederate soldiers after the war?

The real traitors around here are people such as yourself who are violating that public law with your words and actions.

Now get along and continue whining and crying while you commit your treasonous actions against soldiers long dead who are considered US military members.

*****SMILE*****

The inbred traitors that declared war against the US and attempted to leave and got their asses handed to them. I dont know one country that not only glorifies their traitors but the clowns also lost the war. Dont deflect. Please name one other country that does that.

At this time you're the one deflecting with your treasonous acts against prior military members who are to be treated with all due honors as per Public Law.

*****SMILE*****

So you cant find a country that celebrates its traitors and losers like the US celebrates the loser confederates?

There's plenty of them.

Mao committed genocide to around 75 million to100 million of his own citizens. Stalin, Lenin, and the other great soviet leader weren't far behind him in their genocide to their own citizens. Mendela basically betrayed all the whites in his country. Shall we discuss Pol Pot and few others while we're at it?

All traitors to their own people honored by their nation and all who made what Hitler did look like a drive by shooting.

*****SMILE*****

 

[Asclepias]

Dont be a crybaby. Name one place in the world that has statues to its traitors. I'll wait.

View attachment 125621

What traitors would those be?

The one's who are supposed to be rendered honors as per public law granted by the United States government to all Confederate soldiers after the war?

The real traitors around here are people such as yourself who are violating that public law with your words and actions.

Now get along and continue whining and crying while you commit your treasonous actions against soldiers long dead who are considered US military members.

*****SMILE*****

The inbred traitors that declared war against the US and attempted to leave and got their asses handed to them. I dont know one country that not only glorifies their traitors but the clowns also lost the war. Dont deflect. Please name one other country that does that.

At this time you're the one deflecting with your treasonous acts against prior military members who are to be treated with all due honors as per Public Law.

*****SMILE*****

So you cant find a country that celebrates its traitors and losers like the US celebrates the loser confederates?

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There's plenty of them.

Mao committed genocide to around 75 million to100 million of his own citizens. Stalin, Lenin, and the other great soviet leader weren't far behind him in their genocide to their own citizens. Mendela basically betrayed all the whites in his country. Shall we discuss Pol Pot and few others while we're at it?

All traitors to their own people honored by their nation and all who made what Hitler did look like a drive by shooting.

*****SMILE*****

Hey dummy. Those people were in power. The losers to the south were never in power. These monuments were erected after they lost the civil war.