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It is more about sensitivity now in 2017 with what African American slaves went through when they were in bondage. I do not have a problem with moving these monuments to places where historians and history lovers can view them without fear of reprisals of some kind. We should not forget history but that goes for both sides. And things have changed quite a bit in the US since we have a African-American President for eight years. There is no way to go back to what things were like before 2009 even if some people want to try.
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Really? What modern day blacks were in bondage to be "sensitive" to it? The refugees maybe...that have just come from Africa. You see...they STILL practice slavery in Africa...they STILL go into the bush and snatch "people" for slaves.
Yes...we should NOT forget that the black slaves were stone age cavemen living without written language, the wheel, draft animals...NO modern technology.
They're GENETICALLY not us.
No...we can't go back to the late 1950s...when America was great...and white. Americas destiny is as a Mexico II.
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If you favor keeping Confederate monuments, then I propose we create some addition monuments in America.
(1) A monument to the Native American warriors who slaughtered General Custer and the 7th Cavalry at the Battle of Little Big Horn.
(2) A monument to the Viet Cong, as our destructive war with them is part of our history.
(3) A monument to King George of England, and another to British Generals Gage, Burgoyne, and Cornwallis, with whom we fought to obtain our independence.
(4) A monument to the traitor Benedict Arnold, honoring his valiant service to the British after he betrayed his country.
(5) A monument to the soldiers of Germany, Spain, Mexico, the Barbary Pirates, the Taliban in Afghanistan, ISIS, Osama bin Ladin, and Iraqis under Saddam Hussein and any other groups with which Americans have warred in it's history.
(6) And finally to Mother Russia, with whom we fought a decades long Cold War, but especially to thank them for their interference in the 2016 Presidential Election.
Yes, let's honor these groups because they are all contributors to and a part of our "history" and culture.
Ridiculous? Of course.
Our enemies are not our culture and are not to be honored. Confederate statues honor slavery, racism, rebellion, treason, and the only serious attempt in our storied history to destroy the country that we all profess to love and honor.
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None of those you mentioned were HALF the countries population...so WHY use them as an example? NA Indians are STILL independent sovereign nations. Germans are't citizens, neither are the Russians. You're examples are ludicrous.
This is more like when the Ds win...ALL the conservative monuments are taken down and when the Rs win...ALL the liberal monuments are taken down. They were AMERICANS exercising their Constitutional RIGHT of secession. Lincoln broke the law by leaving the troops on Ft Sumter thereby baiting the south into acting first. The truth isn't want you think it is. The south is demonized because THEY LOST. Germany is demonized because THEY LOST.
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Have you ever seen the cages that people put their pets in for travel? Or when the owners leave the house? Or the cages chimpanzees are kept in?
What's the difference? An animal is an animal...they ALL communicate they're not happy being caged. Why should some animals be treated better/worse than others?
Speaking of drawings and pictures...it's always the same few over and over. The absolute worst cases...out of millions. MOST slaves were treated well...most farmers don't abuse their "equipment". Many slaves didn't want to go when offered freedom. Many also argue that blacks were better off under slavery then free.
Look how they live in the inner cities...look how they'd be living without welfare. Almost half of them collect it. Go down to the welfare office if you don't believe me...90% blacks and Hispanics...a sprinkling of white ho's with their black kids. If it wasn't for welfare, they'd starve, they'd be homeless. They'd be even MORE dangerous and destructive than they are now.