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Old 07-10-2015, 02:11 PM
 
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I understand the issues behind the removal of the confederate flag from government owned property. A flag represents a belief, a position, a statement. That statement can be corrupted, as Hitler did the swazsticker. The Confederate battle flag has been corrupted. The KKK and other racist have abused it.

The Civil War was about economics. The government wanted to liberate property bought and paid for by Southern entrepreneurs. In essence, it enacted a law that would bankrupt the South. It changed the economy of the region without offering just compensation. Should we be surprised that they rebelled?

The abolishment of slavery was a national problem, economic in nature. Therefore, the solution should have been economic as well. If the country wanted to free the slaves, they should have compensated the previous owner for his monetary loss, the money he invested when slavery was legal. If this had been done, there would have been no war. Blacks would have been hired to work in the fields, and they would have begun to climb the ladder faster.

Lee, Beauregard and Davis, these great men of the South were not racist. They may have owned slaves, but slavery was legal. Indentured servitude was legal. Indians were thought to be savages. Natives of Africa were considered more animal than human. The cultures were so different they were not considered to be equal. The world was bigger back then, and people were less enlightened.

We should be careful when we start removing statues. It reminds me of what ISIS is doing. Statues are our history. They also help make our city beautiful. I look at the statue of Napoleon, and I see a megalomaniac if ever there was one. Who in his right mind would want to honor Napoleon? Why is his statue there? Like it or not, he is a part of our history. A great man at a great time in history is recognized. It doesn't mean we worship the man or agree with all he did.

The Civil War and its relics represent a formative period in our history as a nation, as a region, as a city. They also represent a period of reconstruction and reconciliation, of transition from a defeated opponent into a proud partner. This time could also be a period of interest for our visitors. Isn't the entire city of New Orleans a museum?

Can't we think of some way to have our cake and eat it, too? Is there something we can do to keep our statues and to build Black pride, too; something like painting the statues black for ten years, or twenty, or fifty? Our city of 2060 will be richer for it.

Street names are different. They change all the time. Name them whatever you like. Lee’s Circle could change its name, and still keep the general.

I am puzzled by how after only a few days the black families of the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church can forgive Dylann Roof for his insane behavior, yet after 150 years we can't forgive the Southern slave owner? Why is that? If anyone is to blame for the battle that ensued, it’s the U.S. Government. They should have bought our way out of slavery with money rather than blood.

—Chief Cloudy Capstone
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Old 07-10-2015, 02:52 PM
 
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What are the choices?
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Old 07-13-2015, 04:03 PM
 
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I'm not a southerner, don't live in new Orleans, but I voted anyway.

I don't care.
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Old 07-15-2015, 09:19 PM
 
Location: Louisiana to Houston to Denver to NOVA
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You have got to be ******* kidding me.

I guess we should build a statue to Hitler in Berlin. After all, you can't change history! Heritage! Bulls***....


Oh it's a troll. Nevermind. This is your first post?
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Old 07-15-2015, 09:46 PM
 
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You have got to be ******* kidding me.

I guess we should build a statue to Hitler in Berlin. After all, you can't change history! Heritage! Bulls***....


Oh it's a troll. Nevermind. This is your first post?
I thought I was reading this wrong. Did he really suggest painting the statues black? C'mon man.
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Old 07-15-2015, 10:50 PM
 
Location: Louisiana to Houston to Denver to NOVA
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I thought I was reading this wrong. Did he really suggest painting the statues black? C'mon man.
This is why we as a community are angry.
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