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Old 06-27-2019, 05:12 AM
 
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Don't forget JFK and MLK, ok.
2 men who died serving their country. I won`t forget.
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Old 06-27-2019, 06:33 AM
 
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Your knowledge of history is pathetically insufficient. Try some objective research, if that is within your skill set.
Really? Everything I know about the Confederate cause comes from reading the Articles of Secession and the Confederate Constitution. It was written down that slavery was the main reason the desire to secede, and a willingness to fight for it. My knowledge of history is pathetic? I guess it's only pathetic if I don't give the Confederates a pass.
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Old 06-27-2019, 08:55 AM
 
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You're not immature, you're simply unwilling to deny our history & our present day reality.



Why There Are No Nazi Statues in Germany

What the South can learn from postwar Europe.

By JOSHUA ZEITZ August 20, 2017

https://www.politico.com/magazine/st...germany-215510
I think there are many who don't want to learn from post-war Germany. In Germany, Nazis were brought to trial and punished for their crimes severely. The book was thrown. In the South, Confederates were forgiven and given a hero's welcome. Confederates should have been tried as traitors and punished. The Confederate influence needed to be stamped out altogether. And then re-education. None of this "let them decide for themselves if they were right or wrong". The Confederates were on the wrong side, period, and they needed to be taught a hard lesson. That is what was done to the Nazis in Germany. It was never done in the South, and the lie of the "Lost Cause".

There are no statues honoring Nazis in Germany. Germany knows better and strives to do better. In the South, there was no remorse and that lack of remorse was never confronted. The South was allowed to perpetuate the "Lost Cause" lie for the next century. Even today I see some people flying Confederate flags. I don't talk to said persons about it in person. I realize it's a waste of my time. Said persons want to keep doing that.
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Old 06-27-2019, 08:56 AM
 
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2 men who died serving their country. I won`t forget.
They deserve honors and accolades for what they've done for this country. One reason I have no problem with schools named for Kennedy.
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