Baltimore: ALL Confederate Statues Have Now Been Removed

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There's acknowledging bad parts of one's heritage and then there's promoting them, confederate monuments (lower case, they were never an officially recognized country) falls into the later. No country in the history of the world has ever allowed the flag of sedition to fly in it's own country, nor monuments for the traitors partaking in said sedition...except for this one, and there's a reason for that: it prevents closure and the society from moving forward, and here we are 150 years later...

Quasimodo and Anderson Cooper were more appealing to look at.

Well, Lincoln was assassinated by a Democrat, so . . .

Abraham Lincoln monument torched in Chicago: ‘An absolute disgraceful act’

Abraham Lincoln has joined George Washington on the list of those targeted by Chicagoans in a national debate over Civil War-era monuments.

Alderman Raymond Lopez took to Facebook Wednesday night to decry a defaced statue of the nation’s 16th president in the Englewood neighborhood. The giant bust appears to have been damaged after someone in the 15th Ward sprayed and ignited a flammable liquid.

“What an absolute disgraceful act of vandalism. This bust of Abraham Lincoln, erected by Phil Bloomquist on August 31, 1926, was damaged & burned,” Mr. Lopez wrote, a local NBC affiliate reported. “If anyone has any information regarding this act, please contact the police or my office immediately.”

“F- Abe Lincoln,” responded Quintin Mitchell, whose comment was “liked” or deemed “funny” by 160 others.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/201 ... go-an-abs/

She was only one person who toppled the statue. Where's the proof that the rest were as insane as her? Again, there's no moral equivalency between the Alt Right and the counter protesters.

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If you're too f!cking stupid to figure out the analogy for yourself, then I'm too f!cking stupid to explain it to you!

Stick a fork in it. I'm done with this thread!

If John Wilkes Boothe lived today, he certainly wouldn't be a Democrat. In fact a few years ago, a jackass radio talk show host calling himself the Southern Avenger, whose trademark was wearing a wrestling mask in public (no, he wasn't five years old - - well, that's probably his mental age) had celebrated Lincoln's murder on the air. This idiot is a conservative libertarian, and buddy of Rand Paul.

Speaking of Democrats assassinating Republicans (like the Bernie-bro who attempted mass murder on a group of Republican congressmen a few days ago): Here's Missouri Democrat State Senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal:

What if it's merely because no one has an Amendment, like our first one?

OMG!! Who wants to bet that absolutely NOTHING will be done about her tweet, cuz she's black, and everybody'll be afraid to say something, cuz they will think if they do, they'll be called a racist?

Maybe a statue of Robert E.Lee doesn't belong in a public park,but if someone wants one in their front yard,then it's their right,no matter how odious some find it.Of course the owner of the statue is going to pay hell for it every Halloween.

False, both Greece and Rome had 'freedom of speech' which differed in meaning depending on period, as does our own, and still neither group allowed symbols that were openly antagonistic towards their society because that's just plain stupid. Also, I'm not advocating the government get involved in any way, the public shaming campaign for the institutions that harbor confederate symbols seems to be doing the job very nicely, there are some things society rectifies on it's own without government intervention, this is one of those cases. And furthermore who's speech actually been hindered by all these participation trophies being taken down? No one, because they were the property of the local governments that had them removed, not private citizens.

Now, if you're referring to the antifa protesters at the rally let me ask you this: should ISIS be allowed to have a march down Charlotteville unhindered by counter protesters? Because with this issue from where I'm looking at that's what you're asking ME to accept, and truth be told confederate traitors killed a s**t ton more Americans than ISIS ever will. All that said, there was still no violation of the first amendment, because that contract states: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." Nowhere in that clause does the government make guarantees that your freedom of speech can't be disrupted by other people, protested, or even mocked, it just states that the government will not get involved.

I don't see why it wouldn't belong in a public park. Statues if Lee and other Confederate generals have been around in public places for over 100 years. Are all statues to be banned from public parks? What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. People need to toughen up a little and stop letting others tell them how to feel.

That is a f*****g weak argument.

If you are going to use that the stop using your computer. It was good enough for your grandparents

Haven't seen you make one yet. Being obnoxious, trolling, and name calling isn't making an argument.


Gonna make me stop?

I believe most were put up during the Jim Crow era.Not sure ,but the one of Nathaniel Bedford Forrest in Memphis is in an area that is now predominately black.I don't think I'd want him in my neighborhood if I was black.Not like he was friendly toward black folk.
They probably need to be removed now anyway,for their own safety and to prevent the hapless being smashed by one getting yanked down.
Not like my county will have an issue with this.We didn't even have a statute on our courthouse lawn till a month ago.Now we have one,it's an elk.It's a poor replacement for all the old geezers that used to sit there and whittle.

Nope, just the ones that honor traitors. And again confederate with a small c, they were never officially a country.