Well the millinial snowflakes assembled in Durham N.C. Yesterday . By tearing down a confederate statue, they proved what an embarrassing childish group they are. If you think that you look smart or heroic than your wrong, your a moron. And the silent majority just grows bigger, and more fed-up with your un-American antics you will learn this in November of 2018, that's when the majority of the liberal democrats that are still hanging around will be voted out. Tearing down statues won't change history but it will direct future history. And folks don't forget easily .

Sooooo, let me see if I have this correct. The statue is of a man who was the commander of the Army that was representing the states that wished to secede from America thus split the country apart and destroy it. Ummmm, I'm not getting how tearing down the statue of someone who was helping to destroy the country is an "un-American" action. The action is a lot of things, but nn-American? Not so much.

The man was General Robert E. Lee who was the commander of the confederate Army during the American Civil war.


Was the action stupid? Yes! Was the action pointless? Yes! Was the action criminal? YES! Was it "Un-American?" Not so much.

Uh, here is the correct information about that statue.

From ABC News:



http://abcnews.go.com/US/confederate-statue-toppling-north-carolina-lead-criminal-charges/story?id=49226290

These statues are markers telling a part of our past, I agree it was a disgrace to think that people should be property. But it's something that actually happend, never has there been a point in time where we try to erase our history , we haven't tore down or changed the names of streets or parks or other monuments of British generals or soldiers of the revolutionary war. Why? Because it's part of our history.

Thanks for the information. Truthfully, I've tried to avoid the whole mess and apologize for the error. However, my opinions haven't changed. The action was stupid, pointless, and criminal. However, seeing as how the statue is a symbol of an era where the country was almost ended, I do not view any civil war statue as patriotic.

I agree with all you said in your opening post except the un-American part... I get everything else.

I am in favor of Confederate statues remaining on public property on one condition:

Such statues should have added to them plaques which say, "This statue represents one(s) who fought to keep black Americans enslaved."

very few actually owned Slaves,most of them fought for Home and Hearth!

very well put!

As a resident here, I know that MOST of these statues were originally PUT UP for "childish and violent reasons."

That is, they were NOT erected in memorial to "brave men fighting for house and hearth," they were set up specifically to continue the idea of trying to overthrow the national government, specifically in order to retain slavery. I don't care what excuse someone might want to give for why any given rank and file soldier did as he did, that is beside the point. The OFFICIALLY SPECIFIED REASON why the States seceded, which they wrote into their articles of secession, was to retain slavery.

In the later years, most were set up specifically to show opposition to integration and equality.

I wont personally support individuals taking action as was done here, however, pretending that the fact that this was done, in any way proves something positive about the reason the statues were there to begin with, is a lie.

Until we ALSO have statues depicting the brave German spies who attacked America on our own soil, any claim that this is about honoring history in a non-partisan fashion is nonsense in the extreme.

For that matter, since a lot of Southerners REFUSED to join the rebellion, why are THEY not honored by such statues anywhere in the South?

We have hundreds of statues here going back hundreds of years. Some depicting various invaders some past leaders. It was only a year or so ago that they were allowed to erect on commemorating bomber command and the efforts in ww2. We have several commemorating the American air force to. Some will like them and a very small minority will not. They represent freedom! Yes. A lot of lives lost on both sides. If nothing they should represent a time that shouldn't be repeated. It's part of history and can not be rewritten. Most people walk past with there heads down on the phone not even noticing them. At one time some councils wouldn't let you hang out the British flag in case it upset others!
How far do you go back?

Opps. Double post!