How does moving Confederate statues solve anything? Don't you realize that the Selectively Offended and Chronically Outraged "Blacktavists" (aka SOCOBs) will just go out of their way to find another cause to blame the wicked, evil and greedy White devil oppressor for problems of and by the urban Black community. For all the BS about "inclusion", "disenfranchisement", "systemic racism" and other snappy sounding SOCOB buzz words, the first step in solving problems of the Black community is to face ugly and unpleasant facts. One of those ugly yet salient facts is: 1. Young Black males are arrested more frequently because they commit a disproportionate number of crimes, usually against other Blacks. That fact doesn't mean that they are inferior nor does it apply to all young Black males. Facts are neither racist nor pleasant to the ear but they are essential to recognize before any genuine problem solving is to take place. Since the SOCOBs & their gullible ilk have already destroyed statues that have nothing to do with the Confederacy, it's clear that the Confederate statues are not the problem. The problem is that SOCOBs are too cowardly to denounce the ugly facts that need to be changed before there is any genuine improvement within the Black community. What the Black community needs is courageous, honest and ethical leadership. It's the self appointed SOCOBs & their bullhorns that need to be moved to distant warehouses.
Guy, I LINKED YOUR OWN POST. I'm going back to weed eat in the heat, better than sitting here arguing back and forth where you deny your own words. One last question, did you or did you not, claim no one is calling to remove statues of Washington? A simple yes or no will suffice.
Soon someone will bitch about tylenol because when you open a new bottle, you have to pick the cotton to get to it! I'm only sorta joking, it's getting that stupid.
By gum, you're right. Take them down and in two generations the textbooks will stop mentioning Democrat racism altogether.
Those childproof bottles oughta be outlawed. And the label colors are all wrong, the type font's iffy, and, and.... It's not GETTING that stupid. This Tucker Carlson item explains it all.... ADDED: apologies for the partial screenshot attachment.
Where have you been? They tear down any statue that resembles American Heritage except for the "Socialist ones" like FDR (and he interred thousands of Japanese) Guess the left just doesn't like Japanese.
Don't forget their pal LBJ, it's historical fact that his go to term for blacks was good old Bama Dixiecrat George Wallace N****R. You know yesterdays Democrat Party, right before the racists when underground
I POSTED YOUR OWN DAMN QUOTE and you forgot to give me a simple yes or no, not that I thought you actually would, anyhow.
You cannot alter history by destroying monuments erected for it. I would much rather see the statue of Lee astride his horse then the LOVE monument we call art today.
agree, the right is lying too us when they say they are worried we will forget slavery if we remove them - people will remember without honoring Confederate soldiers on the state house lawns
Willing to bet that they were hardly noticed except for the art work. I have Remington Statues on a shelf in my Front room because I love Bronze work. I have many pictures of Indian statues because of the art work. My wife use to have a gift shop and we were always picking up pieces of bronze horses or ladies or unusual pieces. My favorite town in the whole USA is Mesa, Az. that has over 100 pieces of bronze works scattered through out the city. Have you never went to a cemetery to look at the art work and statues? Great cemetery's in Savanna, St. Augustine, Fla. New Orleans. All I could think about when those statues were being torn down was I wish I had room to store the horses. Do you think people from the south think about tearing down statues of Northern generals when they visit cities they are in? The South has a lot in common with a lot of Northern cities. They all hate the New York Yankees.
~ And now we even have our own version of Burquas ~ White people are a world minority . America is not a racist nation. We welcome minorities .
If get that way I sure would look it up. I love visiting Foundry's and watch them make things. I just don't think people realize that they are destroying remnants of a dying trade. Be it glass, paintings, bronze, iron etc. Some works by some artisans cannot be replaced. Thanks for picture and the tip.