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Originally Posted by GrumpyOldMan
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.
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So, you would not have a problem with your neighbor flying a Confederate battle flag on their property?
The idea of a confederate soldier being a traitor is not being realistic. Perhaps a leader of the movement being a traitor, sure. But, a soldier fighting for his state to protect his family from harm is hardly being a traitor; it's being realistic and defending his family and property. Yes, the war was about rebellion. I understand that. But, I also notice how easy it has been recently to proclaim anyone that does not agree with someone's opinion, to be a traitor. That word gets bandied about quite a bit today.
Personally, I have no skin in the game. My family was not here during the Civil(oxymoron) War and NONE of my family has ever owned a slave. But, I have an opinion on statues. If one has no problem with other statues of people, such as Floyd (as an example) then I do not see why anyone would want to destroy statues that suddenly (after decades) become a sensitive issue for the weak minded, that feel that by illuminating something that they do not favor, it will make change history.
Who decides the act as being traitorous? The winner, of course. During the revolution, American colonists such as General Washington were traitors in the opinion of Brittan. American Indians (indigenous) were the enemy in the past, because the interlopers were the winners.
A statue only represents a historically significant event. It is not dangerous; nothing more dangerous than a library history text book. I am sure that folks know when they see a confederate soldier that he represented a blemish in American history. Taking down a statue should not be done by a minority group that makes the most noise. It should be voted upon by the local residents, as to whether or not they wish it removed. After all, it is THEIR town/city. It's the DEMOCRATICALLY correct method.
By the way, we are NOT Germany. Do you think that if we had lost, that Germany would not have statues of Hitler?