Toronado3800
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- Nov 15, 2009
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I think people are going about the removal of the Confederate flags and Civil War memorials the wrong way.
My POV is the war WAS fought to southerners could continue owning other humans. Sure someone may have thought they were defending Georgia or whatever but every time I turn around I get slapped by some form of 19th Century racism. Below are quotes from Texas' declaration of secession.
SO, I think if we remove these symbols of hatred and bigotry future generations may not learn from the mistakes of the past. We need to as blatantly as possible modify the memorials to make them monuments to the Underground Railroad, the terribleness of slavery or whatever gets the point across.
https://www.tsl.texas.gov/ref/abouttx/secession/2feb1861.html
My POV is the war WAS fought to southerners could continue owning other humans. Sure someone may have thought they were defending Georgia or whatever but every time I turn around I get slapped by some form of 19th Century racism. Below are quotes from Texas' declaration of secession.
SO, I think if we remove these symbols of hatred and bigotry future generations may not learn from the mistakes of the past. We need to as blatantly as possible modify the memorials to make them monuments to the Underground Railroad, the terribleness of slavery or whatever gets the point across.
https://www.tsl.texas.gov/ref/abouttx/secession/2feb1861.html