New Orleans protesters launch last-ditch effort to protect Confederate monuments

[Johnny Shotgun]

1 minute ago, Johnny Shotgun said:

Actually the Civil War was more about two different economic models competing against each other in a young country bound loosely together. Northern industrialization against Southern agriculture.  Slavery was used both north and south albeit more so in the south in the lead up years.  European nations together with African allies who prayed on their weaker brothers all participated in the trade. No one's hands were clean.  Where to you think all that material that feed England's cotton (gin) mills came from. Yet they stood by and profited.  Robert E. Lee served 32 years in the US Army prior to the war and was slated for high command in the Union army by people like Lincoln but when Virginia broke away he declined.  He deserves recognition and those like him.

 

25 minutes ago, LordCanuck said:

what there doing in lousiana is taking down statues commemorating the souths military and political figures. They lost, should never have been put up in the first place and to compare Auschwitz to a stupid statue is SO disrespectful its not funny. They have memorials at the battles of the civil war. So ur arguments are dumb 

 

[Lancaster]

58 minutes ago, Tortorella's Rant said:

Right. The Confederacy consisted of traitors, and they lost. &^@# them. Traitorous losers shouldn't be propped up in the city square as some band of heroes. Same goes for their flag. The only one that really mattered there at the end of the day was the white one they waved in surrender. 

 

47 minutes ago, LordCanuck said:

what there doing in lousiana is taking down statues commemorating the souths military and political figures. They lost, should never have been put up in the first place and to compare Auschwitz to a stupid statue is SO disrespectful its not funny. They have memorials at the battles of the civil war. So ur arguments are dumb 

I guess Canada should ban any Louis Riel statues and stuff.  

He and his supporters consisted of traitors, and they lost. &^@# them. Traitorous losers shouldn't be propped up in the city square as some band of heroes.

[Johnny Shotgun]

36 minutes ago, LordCanuck said:

what there doing in lousiana is taking down statues commemorating the souths military and political figures. They lost, should never have been put up in the first place and to compare Auschwitz to a stupid statue is SO disrespectful its not funny. They have memorials at the battles of the civil war. So ur arguments are dumb 

So we pigeon hole history based on what?  Both events happened. Neither of them good.  Maybe you don't realize not all southern military leaders such as Lee supported slavery.  So we deny him in history?  I wonder in Quebec City if there are statues of Wolfe and Montcalm?  Bet there are.  Lets take down Montcalm cause he lost shouldn't have been placed. 

 

[Toews]

6 hours ago, Johnny Shotgun said:

So we pigeon hole history based on what?  Both events happened. Neither of them good.  Maybe you don't realize not all southern military leaders such as Lee supported slavery.  So we deny him in history?  I wonder in Quebec City if there are statues of Wolfe and Montcalm?  Bet there are.  Lets take down Montcalm cause he lost shouldn't have been placed. 

 

These monuments are nothing but participation trophies. Times change, these group of losers don't deserve any recognition. Their history of losing is already well documented, maybe these sites can be better served for other purposes.

[kingofsurrey]

Like to see the Roger Nielsen statue at Rogers taken down as well.....

Don't want to celebrate waiving a white towel.....

 

Rather see a Statue of Linden the Warrior     or  Pavel the Rocket. 

 

Hell i would rather have a statue of Gino  out front of Rogers....  Gino was all heart.  

[Grapefruits]

I say we do everything to erase the history that we do not like until we are living in a Liberal paradise of make believe.

 

If that doesn't work, then history should be rewritten to fit that agenda.

[DeNiro]

Don't destroy them, but at the same time don't display them in town.

 

Create a confederate museum, much like they do with soviet monuments in many Eastern European cities. 

[Bill Sikes]

18 hours ago, Toews said:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-new-orleans-confederate-monuments-20170430-story.html

 

Should monuments that symbolize racism and oppression be preserved for historical purposes or removed?

I vote instant removal. Destroy all of them. the confederates were losers anyway, not sure why we need to preserve their consolation prizes.

Maybe you need to learn about the Civil war, it wasn't about slavery, it was primarily about the distribution of power, the North wanted a strong central Government, the South wanted the power to lie with the State. Slavery only became an issue in the late stages of the War.

[Standing_Tall#37]

42 minutes ago, Bill Sikes said:

Maybe you need to learn about the Civil war, it wasn't about slavery, it was primarily about the distribution of power, the North wanted a strong central Government, the South wanted the power to lie with the State. Slavery only became an issue in the late stages of the War.

It's the prime example of if you can keep history foggy, then you can control the future. Wasn't this around the first time they tried to establish the federal reserve, which ultimately got Lincoln killed? And the first quote about having so much money is nice because you can pay half the population to kill the other half? 

[Toni Zamboni]

 

[Johnny Shotgun]

6 minutes ago, Toni Zamboni said:

 

Being built on a spongy river delta will do that to ya.   Folks in Richmond take heed.