Posted on Jun 24, 2015
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The answer is "Obviously not."
Think about this though: The Anti-Confederacy crowd is calling for the removal of historic artifacts and memorabilia from public places because it is offensive to some people. This started with the Confederate Battle flag (more or less like a Bn Guidon) and has quickly spread to statues, memorials, and even the cleansing of place names associated with Confederate soldiers. In the ISIS camp they are calling for the destruction and cleansing of historic places, artifacts, and memorabilia because it upsets them and their view of how things should be.
How are those things different? Is it because we're civilized and they're savages? Because we're "debating" it and they not? I use the quotation marks there because it really isn't a debate, but a set of demands repeated often and loudly enough to stifle any response other than capitulation.
In both cases you have groups of people who aren't interested in debate - it's their way or no way, their way or you're a racist. Believe me, neither group will stop when they've gotten what they want. Like spoiled children who got the candy after crying loudly enough, the Anti-Confederacy crowd will use the same tactic to gain more cessions.
What say you? Are we headed down the same path of historic cleansing in our country? Eradicating any trace of a history that bothers some people?
Think about this though: The Anti-Confederacy crowd is calling for the removal of historic artifacts and memorabilia from public places because it is offensive to some people. This started with the Confederate Battle flag (more or less like a Bn Guidon) and has quickly spread to statues, memorials, and even the cleansing of place names associated with Confederate soldiers. In the ISIS camp they are calling for the destruction and cleansing of historic places, artifacts, and memorabilia because it upsets them and their view of how things should be.
How are those things different? Is it because we're civilized and they're savages? Because we're "debating" it and they not? I use the quotation marks there because it really isn't a debate, but a set of demands repeated often and loudly enough to stifle any response other than capitulation.
In both cases you have groups of people who aren't interested in debate - it's their way or no way, their way or you're a racist. Believe me, neither group will stop when they've gotten what they want. Like spoiled children who got the candy after crying loudly enough, the Anti-Confederacy crowd will use the same tactic to gain more cessions.
What say you? Are we headed down the same path of historic cleansing in our country? Eradicating any trace of a history that bothers some people?
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Posted 9 y ago
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In the State Capitol Building in St Paul, MN, there is stored a Confederate Flag once owned by the 22d Virginia Regt seized by the 1st Minnesota Volunteers at Little Round Top during the Battle of Gettysburg. The 1st Minnesota was devastated by repeated charges, but managed to hold the line even when they had run out of ammunition by TAKING THE WEAPONS AND AMMO OF FALLEN CONFEDERATES AFTER CLUBBING THEM TO DEATH.
Every couple of years Virginia tries to get Minnesota's governor to return it to them.
I think Jesse Ventura had the best response so far. He told them (not an exact quote) "Next time you guys throw a Civil War, we will bring it with and see if you can take it back from us".
I couldn't stand Ventura, but that was money.
Every couple of years Virginia tries to get Minnesota's governor to return it to them.
I think Jesse Ventura had the best response so far. He told them (not an exact quote) "Next time you guys throw a Civil War, we will bring it with and see if you can take it back from us".
I couldn't stand Ventura, but that was money.
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We the people need to get educated. The ignorance of the facts and the history is getting too much for me to stand. I begin to fear for the USA.
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What is there to debate? The debate happened over a hundred years ago and the Confederacy lost. We should not have, nor do we need monuments to the enemies of the United States. It is not a matter of "historic cleansing". We do not have monuments to Hitler and Tojo, but we can see their works in museums and history books.
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