Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
It's always been odd that some people want to go where they know nobody, and share no values with anybody there! Why is that, except to be disruptive? I know I can't imagine finding a place where there's nothing of interests to me, and I decide that's where I'm going!
It's not like this was the only diner in town.
Technically they weren't going there to eat. I doubt any of the Civil Rights activists would have been so stupid to actually eat a meal that a known bigoted restaurant owner had made. It was about defeating Jim Crow and the government made regulations even though no ones rights were violated. Quite a few businesses were forced to follow Jim Crow against their will.
What I can't figure out about this thread is how it got deflected from the subject of removal by the board of supervisors of Dallas of the Gen. Lee statue to Reparations for black people.
Right here?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Heavenese
You see everyone, in spite of these statues being up for so long, they are finally coming down all across the nation. The next thing to finally happen will be reparations for slavery and Jim Crow.
That's one person's partisan opinion not based on facts or links. The subject of this thread is the removal of the R.E.Lee statue from the Dallas park. Shifting to imaginary reparations for black people and the fear every white will have to pay for them is a bare faced deflection from the issue. A standard tactic in the war of words between alt right and rational discussion, IMO.
It's always been odd that some people want to go where they know nobody, and share no values with anybody there! Why is that, except to be disruptive? I know I can't imagine finding a place where there's nothing of interests to me, and I decide that's where I'm going!
It's not like this was the only diner in town.
Based on the post you replied to, I won't pull any punches on this. Only a diehard segregationist would try the strawman argument that you pulled. Why would someone go to a place where they don't know anyone, where they don't share the values? What values are you talking about? Name them.
And to answer the first question, it's because this is America and people have a right to live and be where they want to be. If one segment of the population is not being afforded that right, there is a problem. If you really believe that someone would only go somewhere unfamiliar because they want to cause trouble, that reflects on your mentality. I've been plenty of places where I was very unfamiliar with and didn't know the area. Guess what? I understood I had every right to be there. No one could stop me from being there. I knew I wasn't there to start trouble. I was here because I had a purpose or I truly wanted to be there.
And so what if it wasn't the only diner in town? That isn't the point.
Spent a lot of time in Lee Park when I was younger, they used to give free concerts and the area is beautiful. Sad to see the Statue go, it is a work of art and should be retained someplace people can view it.
Going to cost approximately $400,000 to remove it and redo the area, me thinks the "outraged" should foot the Bill.
If Dallas can afford to pay for useless bridge spans to hype its real estate market, $400k would be the proverbial "drop in the bucket "
It's always been odd that some people want to go where they know nobody, and share no values with anybody there! Why is that, except to be disruptive? I know I can't imagine finding a place where there's nothing of interests to me, and I decide that's where I'm going!
Based on the post you replied to, I won't pull any punches on this. Only a diehard segregationist would try the strawman argument that you pulled. Why would someone go to a place where they don't know anyone, where they don't share the values? What values are you talking about? Name them.
And to answer the first question, it's because this is America and people have a right to live and be where they want to be. If one segment of the population is not being afforded that right, there is a problem. If you really believe that someone would only go somewhere unfamiliar because they want to cause trouble, that reflects on your mentality. I've been plenty of places where I was very unfamiliar with and didn't know the area. Guess what? I understood I had every right to be there. No one could stop me from being there. I knew I wasn't there to start trouble. I was here because I had a purpose or I truly wanted to be there.
And so what if it wasn't the only diner in town? That isn't the point.
LOL....oh please Mr. Mariner, please don't call me the "S" word. It might hurt my widdle feelings. LOL. It's always just about you, isn't it? You don't want to see something so it needs to be removed. You want to be somewhere so the hell with anybody else, right? That girl went into that place for one reason - to cause problems. That's all! This country has bent over backwards to appease selfish, childish behavior. After decades in the USAF I've seen it all when it comes to the failed diversity, multicultural experiment. It sucks and at some point I'd think there will be a helluva backlash. But you and yours just carry on acting like children.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
Dallas removes Robert E Lee statue from city park
