Trump rips removal of Robert E. Lee statue

Hoosier Daddy said:
nobody is trying to bury history, bitch. what does anybody learn from looking at a statue of a guy on a horse, you piece of shit moron? you want to more accurately show slavery and the civil war? Have statues of black slaves being lynched or whipped for being uppity or female slaves forced to have sex with their owners, you sick ass slavery defending piece of shit.
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Like I said before, come to Gettysburg and try tearing our statues down, stinky cunt.
 
RB 60 said:
Neither are you, so what's so bad about remembering our history, so it's not repeated again?
Of course, your side wants to change what has worked for over 200 years. History may be repeated...
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The Lee memorial is not a sober cautionary tale about the evils of slavery and of those who would fight to defend it.

Confederate memorials are explicitly intended to confer honor and prestige to leaders of the Confederate States of America.
 
We had a Civil War?

We used to know some of the history, but since it has been erased, we can't remember any of it.

It was remarkable. Seems like there were all of these books, letters, pictures, cemeteries, computer files, re-enactments, family stories, museums and memorabilia that told the now-forgotten story, but all of that seems to have vanished with some sta ..., shoot, what was that word again?

Oh darn!

The word is gone too!

Oh well.

I guess we'll just have to make a brighter fairer future so we have better memories going forward.

With no slavery, discrimination or inequality.

A nation where everyone is enabled to live up to their own potential. A nation where productivity and capitalism thrive under a large powerful government with effective regulation and enforcement of modern laws meant to minimize cheats, scoundrels, thieves, fraudsters, and political hacks like Donald Trump.
 
Cypress said:
The Lee memorial is not a sober cautionary tale about the evils of slavery and of those who would fight to defend it.

Confederate memorials are explicitly intended to confer honor and prestige to leaders of the Confederate States of America.
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Why must you be offended by American history? It represents nothing more than what happened over 150 years ago. It has no bearing on today. Quit crying.
 
guno said:
Former President Trump on Wednesday blasted the decision to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Va., saying it would result in a “complete desecration.”

Trump has defended such statues from being removed in the past, calling activists' effort a means to "take away" U.S. history and culture by calling for the removal of Confederate statues.

Trump then claimed that had Lee been alive, he would have led a successful military operation in Afghanistan. :laugh:

https://thehill.com/homenews/admini...l-of-robert-e-lee-statue-complete-desecration
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Trump's ignorance again on full display, confusing tribute with history.
 
Micawber said:
We won the war, apparently present day Trumfucks lost it.

We tore down your statue. Eat shit Trumpers.
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I live up North, detestable one. My great great grandfather fought for the North. So yep! We won the war.

Yes, you tore down a statue. Heroism at it's finest. A conquered unarmed statue. What did you gain (other than resentment)?
 
RB 60 said:
Why must you be offended by American history? It represents nothing more than what happened over 150 years ago. It has no bearing on today. Quit crying.
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He isn't crying, birdbrain. You are. Cypress is noting the difference between "conferring honor" and teaching history. The Lee statue in particular was intended by Confederate sympathizers to portray Lee as heroic at a time when Americans familiar with the recent history of Civil War saw him for what he had been, an American general who betrayed his oath, then joined and led an enemy in armed treason against his former country.
The ruse succeeded to a large degree. Hence the outcry against taking down the statute and the foolishness of which your post is an example.
 
martin said:
He isn't crying, birdbrain. You are. Cypress is noting the difference between "conferring honor" and teaching history. The Lee statue in particular was intended by Confederate sympathizers to portray Lee as heroic at a time when Americans familiar with the recent history of Civil War saw him for what he had been, an American general who betrayed his oath, then joined and led an enemy in armed treason against his former country.
The ruse succeeded to a large degree. Hence the outcry against taking down the statute and the foolishness of which your post is an example.
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Shut the fuck up, you twit. It's a fucking statue! Don't look at it then. Yes, he's crying. And so are you.
 
Quote Originally Posted by RB 60 View Post
Neither are you, so what's so bad about remembering our history, so it's not repeated again?
Of course, your side wants to change what has worked for over 200 years. History may be repeated...
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Idolatry is not history it is glorification. I thought you were a Christian and would know better.
 
RB 60 said:
Why must you be offended by American history? It represents nothing more than what happened over 150 years ago. It has no bearing on today. Quit crying.
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So you cannot deny that these memorials were intended to glorify and honor leaders of the Confederate States of America, rather than to educate the public on the evils of slavery and of the men who fought to defend it.
 
Confederate Statues Were Never Really About Preserving History

The biggest spike in Confederate memorials came during the early 1900s, soon after Southern states enacted a number of sweeping laws to disenfranchise Black Americans and segregate society. During this period, more than 400 monuments were built as part of an organized strategy to reshape Civil War history. And this effort was largely spearheaded by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, who sponsored hundreds of statues, predominantly in the South in the early 20th century — and as recently as 2011.

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/confederate-statues/
 
RB 60 said:
Shut the fuck up, you twit. It's a fucking statue! Don't look at it then. Yes, he's crying. And so are you.
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Just a "fucking statue" but now that it's gone and you and your fellow dumbbells are crying, "an erasure of history". You're not even smart enough to see that transparency.
 
Cypress said:
So you cannot deny that these memorials were intended to glorify and honor leaders of the Confederate States of America, rather than to educate the public on the evils of slavery and of the men who fought to defend it.
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I consider it neither. Again, why do you? Why are YOU offended? It's a statue, nothing more, nothing less. Don't look at it, I don't want to see you cry.
 
guno said:
Confederate Statues Were Never Really About Preserving History

The biggest spike in Confederate memorials came during the early 1900s, soon after Southern states enacted a number of sweeping laws to disenfranchise Black Americans and segregate society. During this period, more than 400 monuments were built as part of an organized strategy to reshape Civil War history. And this effort was largely spearheaded by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, who sponsored hundreds of statues, predominantly in the South in the early 20th century — and as recently as 2011.

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/confederate-statues/
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I guess they love their idolatry in the South. No wonder they produce so many fake Christians.
 
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