Posted on Jun 25, 2015
Nationwide witch hunt continues as petition seeks to remove Stone Mountain carving.
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I thought I saw it all with the change to the "General Lee." Now it seems that confederate monuments throughout the South are under attack. The latest is a petition to remove the carving of the three Confederate generals from Stone Mountain. Will it ever end? Surely this single tragic event in Charleston hasn't fueled this witch hunt. I wonder what made it grow to this point, where images and monuments long left alone are suddenly under attack. I was born in Detroit but live in the South. You can't erase history. People of all colors and nationalities visit Stone Mountain by the millions. Why this and why now?
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Who is going to pay for it and do some people just want to erase history?
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I don't know if you remember Sambos restaraunts? It gone now. But products like Aunt Jamima And Uncle Bens Rice, that use black stereotypes to sell there product are still here. And I've not heard Jessie Jackson and Ak Sharpton make even a peep.
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I have no need for the Confederacy, they were traitors who killed American Soldiers. Paint it over with amusing characters or take a jack hammer to it
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This would be just like the Taliban using mortars to destroy statues and carvings that were thousands of years old in Afghanistan. Bad idea.
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I lived in Redan, GA and I could see Stone Mountain from my neighborhood if I got past the trees. If the carving in this National park goes then you might as well tear down the Jefferson Memorial, the Washington Monument and every other monument that have to do with our history as a country.
If the carving goes then you can just as well burn the southern states down all together, because at one time they were all racist. It would also set a very dangerous precedent from which this country, and its rich history, may be destroyed to the point that it can not recover.
If the carving goes then you can just as well burn the southern states down all together, because at one time they were all racist. It would also set a very dangerous precedent from which this country, and its rich history, may be destroyed to the point that it can not recover.
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Incredible. I remember visiting Stone Mountain as a kid and one thing you looked forward to in the summer was the laser show. The Georgia government will fight tooth and nail to keep this site intact. Regardless of their affiliation during the Civil War, these generals were still Americans. Gen. Robert E. Lee chose to decline the command of the Union army because he did not want to fight against his home state of Virginia.
You know, that being said, why don't we move to tear down Arlington House or the home (Stewart House?) Gen. Lee resided in temporarily after the war ended. People need to stop being so damn sensitive.
You know, that being said, why don't we move to tear down Arlington House or the home (Stewart House?) Gen. Lee resided in temporarily after the war ended. People need to stop being so damn sensitive.
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Okay, this is getting ridiculous. We need to leave this monuments up to remind us of our past failures so we can therefore learn from them in the future.
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