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Old 09-16-2021, 09:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Byte1 View Post
So, the idea is that we should tear down, remove, eliminate all references to anything in history that shows unfavorable on our country. That way, no one will ever know our blemished history. We should not have any reminders, so that when a few years or decades down the road, there will be questions without answers. Slavery never existed and the Civil War never happened. When are we going to rid ourselves of those nasty reminders in D.C. like the Vietnam Veterans wall, or the WWII memorial, etc. After all, American soldiers killed a lot of Asians and Europeans in our violent history.
History=bad
WOK = good
That's not what I think. IMO, if someone or some group wants to honor a traitor, they should show that person in an appropriate pose such as bowing his/her head in shame or something like that. This thread morphed into a debate over who was nicer or did more bad things. To me, the point was - why would we honor a traitor? Simple as that. Does not matter how nice or mean they were.