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Old 09-16-2021, 10:24 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
I see nothing to support your comment. The statues are of traitors. If you want statues on your property, then erect one. Nothing stopping you. No one is saying we should not teach about traitors, but what I see is people here honoring traitors, and even denying they were traitors. That is certainly rewriting history.

See any NAZI flags in Germany? See any statues of Hitler? See any statues of Saddam Husain.

I firmly believe we should accurately teach our children about our history, both the good and the bad. As a vet I am totally opposed to honoring anyone that that’s up arm against our country.