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Old 08-18-2017, 06:57 PM
 
Location: Florida
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The healing process after the Civil War was to bring the country back together. Erecting monuments of both sides helped the healing process knowing both sides lost many lives and had to go on as one nation.

Now the liberal left is opening up wounds that have healed.

The liberals are now implying that the southern people and keeping their statues are a sign of racism and that their statues must come down. The left are calling the southern people traitors as if they are still the enemy. This is dangerous to hear this.

They are now dividing the country again to demand these statues are to be removed. It is as if they believe the south is racist yet the history of this country has long moved on.

The left is stirring up any hate they can through dividing us.. Those self righteous people who think they are fighting a cause are creating hate and division.. these so called do gooders are ratcheting it up and it will not be good for our nation.
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Old 08-18-2017, 07:05 PM
 
Location: Pine Grove,AL
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1. THe South never fixed its race problem, it has always been there. It was never healed.
2. many of the statues you speak of have only been there since the 1970's They were put up in response to the Civil Rights moment

3. There are new Statues being commissioned today that will be up before the year is over.


I get that you dislike, maybe even hate the left., But you cant pretend like these statues are just of Southern Pride, they arent.
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Old 08-18-2017, 07:07 PM
 
Location: Florida
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1. THe South never fixed its race problem, it has always been there. It was never healed.
2. many of the statues you speak of have only been there since the 1970's They were put up in response to the Civil Rights moment

3. There are new Statues being commissioned today that will be up before the year is over.


I get that you dislike, maybe even hate the left., But you cant pretend like these statues are just of Southern Pride, they arent.
Are you saying all southerners are racists.. how about any racists in the north, east or west.. just the south. Right?
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Old 08-18-2017, 07:07 PM
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Location: MA/NH
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One of my managers is from New Orleans. According to her, so far the city has spent about $2 million in removing the city's Confederate statues. And her thoughts were that the money could have been better spent helping the impoverished blacks in their city.

So sad that an important part of US history is being erased and rewritten by liberals and blacks. And after all of that, will the poor members of the black community be healed and break their cycle of dysfunction? Will black baby daddies start marrying their black baby mommas to raise their children together?
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Old 08-18-2017, 07:17 PM
 
Location: Iowa, USA
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Are you saying all southerners are racists.. how about any racists in the north, east or west.. just the south. Right?
He didn't even imply that.

Can none of you guys make an honest argument?

You guys referring to people who are best described as "anti-left." You aren't right wing, as that would require some commitment to an ideology or principles. I've seen no evidence of that. You just hate the left. And that's all you are.
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Old 08-18-2017, 07:21 PM
 
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The healing process after the Civil War was to bring the country back together. Erecting monuments of both sides helped the healing process knowing both sides lost many lives and had to go on as one nation.

Now the liberal left is opening up wounds that have healed.

The liberals are now implying that the southern people and keeping their statues are a sign of racism and that their statues must come down. The left are calling the southern people traitors as if they are still the enemy. This is dangerous to hear this.

They are now dividing the country again to demand these statues are to be removed. It is as if they believe the south is racist yet the history of this country has long moved on.

The left is stirring up any hate they can through dividing us.. Those self righteous people who think they are fighting a cause are creating hate and division.. these so called do gooders are ratcheting it up and it will not be good for our nation.
Robert e lee disagreed with you, he noted that societies after a civil war that buried the past healed faster and better. He was specifically against memorials erected in his honor.
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Old 08-18-2017, 07:22 PM
 
Location: Metro Detroit, Michigan
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Liberals are the biggest racists I know. They use minorities as a means to push their pathetic agenda. They argue that some minorities are inferior, and require special privileges, advantages, etc. Liberals do not believe we are all created equal. That's why they are against an equal playing field for all. When you break it down, they argue for equal outcomes, instead of equal opportunity for all.

Liberals = hypocrites.

Liberal strategy = divide and conquer. Minorities are simply pawns in their eyes. They don't care who they destroy in their attempt to turn this country into a miserable socialist/communist 3rd world prison.
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Old 08-18-2017, 07:24 PM
 
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Those that call people racist are racist themselves.
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Old 08-18-2017, 07:25 PM
 
Location: Pine Grove,AL
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Are you saying all southerners are racists.. how about any racists in the north, east or west.. just the south. Right?
Im not saying all Southerns are racist. Im not saying all conservatives are racist. Im not even saying everyone who supports leaving these statues up, or protests in support of them are racist.


I am saying that the South has a race problem that many dont want to acknowledge .
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Old 08-18-2017, 07:28 PM
 
Location: Florida
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Many minorities fought on the confederate side.


Not all of the Confederate soldiers came from the S
outh, but from the North as well. Many were
of foreign-birth, or from minorities within the Con
federate States of America. Mexicans and
Mexican-Americans enlisted, as well as African-Amer
icans and even Native-Americans. Many
unusual nationalities, such as Egypt and Syria, wer
e represented on the Confederate enlistment
rolls, and all of these groups made the Southern mi
litary a more interesting and diverse fighting
force. The Confederate soldiers were indeed more va
ried than what is commonly portrayed
today

http://florida-scv.org/Camp1316/Mino...ate%20Army.pdf
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