Confederate Statue Opinion Poll Questions

[LINative]

Originally Posted by TheDusty

I really don't understand where this idea comes from.

I know the whole "those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it" thing is an easy way to sound profound, but I don't understand why it's brought up. All the time.

Go to Germany. See about finding statues of Hitler. You'll find none. Then go and ask some German citizens what happened in their country between 1930 and 1945. Ask yourself; do you anticipate that they won't know?

Removing statues that celebrate people does not lead to collective amnesia. That is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. I'd believe that Earth is flat before I believe that the presence of statues is the most efficient mode of history education.

If you would go to Germany I doubt you will find many statues or memorials of Hitler or most top Nazis either. They were such a profound evil that they dwarf almost all others.

But you will find monuments and memorials to German leaders of World War 1 and earlier wars. In fact, the Germans even honor some WW2 figures. Take for instance the 3 former Lütjens-class destroyers of the German Navy.

1. D185 Lütjens - named after the captain of the WW2 German battleship Bismarck
2. D186 Mölders - named after a WW2 German fighter pilot (the Mölders served until 2003 and is now a museum ship)
3. D186 Rommel - named after a the famous WW2 German general

[michiganmoon]

Originally Posted by LINative

If you would go to Germany I doubt you will find many statues or memorials of Hitler or most top Nazis either. They were such a profound evil that they dwarf almost all others.

But you will find monuments and memorials to German leaders of World War 1 and earlier wars. In fact, the Germans even honor some WW2 figures. Take for instance the 3 former Lütjens-class destroyers of the German Navy.

1. D185 Lütjens - named after the captain of the WW2 German battleship Bismarck
2. D186 Mölders - named after a WW2 German fighter pilot (the Mölders served until 2003 and is now a museum ship)
3. D186 Rommel - named after a the famous WW2 German general

Rommel assisted a plot to try and assassinate Hitler and the Nazis had him removed. He seems a reasonable person to put on a pedestal.

[silverhead]

Originally Posted by T-310

Just waiting to see if SJWs go after the US Navy warship names.

USS Robert E Lee SSBN 601
USS Hunley AS31
USS Dixon AS 37
USS Stonewall Jackson SSBN 634
USS Chancellorsville CG 62

They will be on the target list no doubt.
Incoming.