Talbot County council votes to keep Confederate statue (Baltimore, Frederick: standard of living, cost)

[The Very Man Himself]

Here's a possible downside of the decision.

Is Talbot County Killing its Golden Goose? | Seventh State

[North Beach Person]

Originally Posted by The Very Man Himself

Here's a possible downside of the decision.

Is Talbot County Killing its Golden Goose? | Seventh State

The closet racists from Montgomery and Howard will still go over to St. Michael's for the shoppes. They're with a better class of people when they're there.

I don't think some of you realize the depth of antipathy that still exists in this state in regards to the War of Northern Aggression even if Maryland was putatively "loyal".

[bufflove]

Originally Posted by North Beach Person

The closet racists from Montgomery and Howard will still go over to St. Michael's for the shoppes. They're with a better class of people when they're there.

Maybe. Then again, the whole point of being a closet racist is the closet part. If an actual, organized boycott were to start I suspect you'd see Ken and Samantha head elsewhere.

[The Very Man Himself]

Originally Posted by North Beach Person

The closet racists from Montgomery and Howard will still go over to St. Michael's for the shoppes. They're with a better class of people when they're there.

I don't think some of you realize the depth of antipathy that still exists in this state in regards to the War of Northern Aggression even if Maryland was putatively "loyal".

The shoppes in St. Michaels alone, do not Talbot county make, especially when dependent on non residents.
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Not sure what exactly you mean by the term "Closet Racists" or whether you're using it in a positive or negative way. Care to explain?

Because you used the term "War of Northern Aggression".......I'll respond with this.
As to the deep seated antipathy you reference, those racist traitors were a small minority, and lost, (I say that as a naturalized citizen), and to the victor go the spoils. They've had 150+ years to get used to it.

[North Beach Person]

Originally Posted by The Very Man Himself

The shoppes in St. Michaels alone, do not Talbot county make, especially when dependent on non residents.
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Not sure what exactly you mean by the term "Closet Racists" or whether you're using it in a positive or negative way. Care to explain?

Because you used the term "War of Northern Aggression".......I'll respond with this.
As to the deep seated antipathy you reference, those racist traitors were a small minority, and lost, (I say that as a naturalized citizen), and to the victor go the spoils. They've had 150+ years to get used to it.

What do you think I mean by "closet racists"? Maybe the ones that talk the SJW talk but then say "The wrong people are using the beach/shopping in the stores/moving here". They just keep their white robes at the back of the closet.

I used War of Northern Aggression because I didn't feel like using The Recent Unpleasantness.

As far as the antipathy goes, it may have been 150 years but there are those for whom the trauma is still fresh.

[MrRational]

Originally Posted by North Beach Person

As far as the antipathy goes, it may have been 150 years but there are those for whom the trauma is still fresh.

Because they've been raised to that through the generations nursing that stupidly acquired festering wound
-- notably their grandmothers who put up these statues to honor traitors to our nation in public spaces.
They should have never been installed to begin with.

[westsideboy]

Originally Posted by MrRational

Because they've been raised to that through the generations nursing that stupidly acquired festering wound
-- notably their grandmothers who put up these statues to honor traitors to our nation in public spaces.
They should have never been installed to begin with.

Their grandmothers made the choice to put it up, the grandchildren now have the choice to take it down if they wish.

[The Very Man Himself]

Originally Posted by North Beach Person

What do you think I mean by "closet racists"? Maybe the ones that talk the SJW talk but then say "The wrong people are using the beach/shopping in the stores/moving here". They just keep their white robes at the back of the closet.

I used War of Northern Aggression because I didn't feel like using The Recent Unpleasantness.

As far as the antipathy goes, it may have been 150 years but there are those for whom the trauma is still fresh.

"Recent Unpleasantness" is not the only alternative and in the context of US history, it's hardly recent. Why not simply use the most commonly accepted descriptor "Civil War"?
I suspect the trauma is still fresh, for those you reference, because they want it to be fresh, and that's their problem.

[The Very Man Himself]

Originally Posted by westsideboy

Their grandmothers made the choice to put it up, the grandchildren now have the choice to take it down if they wish.

I suspect the people didn't "vote" to put it up! Who decided to add the statue of Frederick Douglass?

[westsideboy]

Originally Posted by The Very Man Himself

I suspect the people didn't "vote" to put it up! Who decided to add the statue of Frederick Douglass?

Sounds like an interesting research project. Let me know what you find out.