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DetlefK

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6. So... more monuments depicting the horrors of slavery?

Tue Aug 22, 2017, 10:41 AM

Aug 2017

"In memory of the slaves whose labor kept the Confederate States of America running.
In memory of the Confederate States of America who enslaved, tortured, raped and killed them instead of treating them as fellow human beings."

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Pence: Build More Statues Instead Of Taking Down Confederate Monuments [View all] Stuart G Aug 2017 OP

IOW Trump and I support our racist base. Botany Aug 2017 #1

The fake history of the U.S. that they created through those Confederate "monuments" BumRushDaShow Aug 2017 #2

Not quite true Lithos Aug 2017 #21

They put those "memorials" in public squares BumRushDaShow Aug 2017 #28

Spot on. They are monuments to traitors witn an added purpose... brush Aug 2017 #37

+1 SunSeeker Aug 2017 #39

Not quite true. SunSeeker Aug 2017 #38

You are thinking of different memorials Lithos Aug 2017 #41

Your example is one of glorification, not sorrow. And why at the Courthouse? SunSeeker Aug 2017 #45

Was not unique to the Civil War Lithos Aug 2017 #46

No one is attacking memorials at cemeteries, just on PUBLIC PROPERTY. SunSeeker Aug 2017 #47

I am explaining just why it was Lithos Aug 2017 #49

No, that is NOT why it was. It was to intimidate African Americans. SunSeeker Aug 2017 #53

And it is very "unique" for the government to memorialize TRAITORS. nt SunSeeker Aug 2017 #48

The UDC explicitly acknowledged white supremacy. Spider Jerusalem Aug 2017 #54

There are memorials Lithos Aug 2017 #55

Which is hardly the same thing Spider Jerusalem Aug 2017 #56

These mimic a lot of what I remember seeing at courthouses/cemeteries Lithos Aug 2017 #57

Like something Vice President Frank Drebin would say. 50 Shades Of Blue Aug 2017 #3

Because, the people who were enslaved were equally responsible for the problem. Got it. jalan48 Aug 2017 #4

Here in Charlottesville we could ... Yonnie3 Aug 2017 #5

So... more monuments depicting the horrors of slavery? DetlefK Aug 2017 #6

So every city where there were slaves should build greymattermom Aug 2017 #9

This and more this! bronxiteforever Aug 2017 #14

Agreed Lithos Aug 2017 #24

Most if not all major cities already have an African American History museum BumRushDaShow Aug 2017 #33

I'd be on board with that, along with memorials to the civil rights struggle, etc nt geek tragedy Aug 2017 #42

What an idiot Clarity2 Aug 2017 #7

The mild-mannered snake is trying to be a bigger asshole than his boss dalton99a Aug 2017 #8

What a simple-minded, thoughtless, uninquisitive buffoon. pangaia Aug 2017 #10

+1 ffr Aug 2017 #12

No surprise there. Aristus Aug 2017 #11

Yeah and what I've read LittleGirl Aug 2017 #19

Let me guess-more money for giant monuments to Christianity, less money for social programs Freethinker65 Aug 2017 #13

Remember our history? billh58 Aug 2017 #15

Most of the people who died for the Confederacy Lithos Aug 2017 #26

But it is not billh58 Aug 2017 #35

"Most?" billh58 Aug 2017 #36

I'd favor a memorial to our American holocaust - slavery FakeNoose Aug 2017 #16

I think it needs to be many memorials Lithos Aug 2017 #27

A Slavery memorial Cold War Spook Aug 2017 #40

No it shouldn't be called that FakeNoose Aug 2017 #44

Remind me again what Robert E Lee did to move our nation to be a "more perfect Union" world wide wally Aug 2017 #17

vice repthugliKKKan heaven05 Aug 2017 #18

Maybe Pence is right. Hear me out. LonePirate Aug 2017 #20

Probably because Republicans don't read books shawn703 Aug 2017 #22

Coming soon, to an area near you left-of-center2012 Aug 2017 #23

How About We Start Dwinal87 Aug 2017 #25

um.. NO.. We can READ about our contry's mistakes, we DO NOT HAVE TO HONOR THEM!! vkkv Aug 2017 #29

Let me womansplain that last sentence flibbitygiblets Aug 2017 #30

Sorry Pence, no one will ever put up a statue to you and Mother. FSogol Aug 2017 #31

He wants one dedicated to the doctor who allegedly proves homosexuality is a choice after Eliot Rosewater Aug 2017 #32

well Pence how about stockpiles of gravestones for the new Republican war in Afghanistan? Sunlei Aug 2017 #34

pence is sad all those slave owning christians are losing their statues nt msongs Aug 2017 #43

would be ok with more general shermans holding books of matches.... dembotoz Aug 2017 #50

I thought trump was stupid disalitervisum Aug 2017 #51

Yes lets celebrate progress by taking down racist statues. Luka Boyd Aug 2017 #52