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Cowardly, Stupid, Mean, and Mortally Confused. (Original Post) byronius Jun 2017 OP
Animals Plucketeer Jun 2017 #1
The result of generations of "purity" Midnight Writer Jun 2017 #2
good god-walking around with guns and rifles. What have we become that this should be allowed. riversedge Jun 2017 #3
What could go wrong here, nazis and assault weapons? DK504 Jun 2017 #4
NOT a Confederate monument CCExile Jun 2017 #5
Hmmm. Thanks for the correction. Why would they revere him? byronius Jun 2017 #6
So many reasons... CCExile Jun 2017 #7

CCExile

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5. NOT a Confederate monument
Tue Jun 13, 2017, 08:53 PM
Jun 2017

Sam Houston opposed leaving the union, and lost his job over it. He never supported the Confederacy, and died early in the war still opposing it.

CCExile

(516 posts)
7. So many reasons...
Wed Jun 14, 2017, 03:28 PM
Jun 2017

THEIR reasons: They are dumb as rocks, like to walk around with guns and pose, and don't take to education too well. Houston shouldn't be revered, but he WAS extremely complex and interesting, and lived in a nexus of time that allowed for his full expression.

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