Is it wrong to remove Confederate statues?

@questionWeaver Haha! Unthreatening nature? What a bald faced lie. Those statutes were erected in the early twentieth century, during Jim Crow, outside courthouses and government buildings in the South like gargoyles to let blacks know they were not welcome there.

@JP1119 they were erected and cared for by little old gray haired ladies of the Daughters of the Confederacy.

It is supposition as to motive of these evil grandmothers.

Regardless, the statues now represent the heart of southern pride ... with all aspects.

Knock down all the statues you want ... for any reason ... just like the grinch

You will still see and hear the pride of the south ... the pride of the west, the pride of Trump country ... it will only grow stronger.

The pride will be fueled by animosity towards those who beat up statues.

Remember ... the demographic being attacked here now controls all aspects of US political power ... these areas grow larger every year ... with no likelihood of reversal, till after 2040.

This is only making it larger, stronger, more durable and more unified.

@questionWeaver Little old gray haired ladies can be racists too, and plenty of them were, and I'm sure there are some racist old ladies today too.

Regardless, the statues now represent traitors to their country who fought for the cause of enslaving black people. That is a part of the South's history that many southerners still apparently are not ashamed of.

The grinch didn't take down any controversial statues. Regardless, they should be taken down because they represent division and hate and because to not take them down is a symbolic win for white supremacists.

The South and Trump country can still be proud all it wants to, but I hope they will be proud without those statues.

Indeed, I am afraid of the ignorant and the racists that want so badly for the statues to remain, and I am aware of their broad electoral popularity. I guess I'm ahead of my time, like those that wanted gay marriage to be legal in the 90's. It's still the right thing to do to take those statues down, whatever the electoral consequences.

@JP1119 it is the wrong thing to do ... very wrong.

Racism is in urban confines ... not at libraries in little Tennessee and Texas towns.

Regardless ... if the urban elite want a fight ... they have it ... they will lose ... they are weenies ... no character, God or backbone.

But .... the urban elite have no power or influence here ... they do not even have turf!

It is sad ... but it is good to be me!

I will give you one more reply ... use it wisely!

@questionWeaver So you're saying it's wrong to take down monuments that deter black people and that embolden white supremacists and the KKK?

Sure, there's racists in the city, but you're saying there are no racists in the South and rural areas? Haha, oh nooo, I'm sure there couldn't be any racists left in states that were part of the Confederacy! Those areas are so progressive and educated, I'm sure they've all repented and know better by now.

As Dr. King once said, "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice."

It may take decades, but you, my friend, are on the wrong side of history.

@JP1119

But ... I will be on the side of the winners.

And it is your speculation, not knowledge, as to where all these evil people reside.

It is not your right nor job to approve the character of anybody, but yourself, to God.

All you are doing is tossing insults at the people in the 2,800 counties (of 3,100) that powered Trump to a win.

Election is over ... you lost

You will lose again, cause you have a hand with no high cards.

You are messing around with silly.

Pleasure to discuss.

We are done now

@questionWeaver David Duke, white nationalist and former imperial wizard of the KKK, went to college and held elected office in Louisiana, as a Republican by the way. He ran for the US senate from Louisiana as recently as 2016. That's not speculation, that's fact. He praised Trump for his comments regarding the protests in Charlottesville, for blaming "both sides".

The Anti-Defamation League has a list of locations of KKK bases. The Bayou Knights of the KKK are prevalent in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana. Knights of the KKK claims to be the largest Klan organization in America today, it's based in Zinc, Arkansas. Loyal Knights of the KKK is currently thought to be the largest KKK chapter, and it's based in North Carolina. The Southern Poverty Law Center keeps track of hate groups, and three of the states with the highest concentrations of them as of 2013 are Arkansas, Mississippi, and Tennessee. That should be proof enough that racism, though it also exists in the North, is alive and well in the South.

Saying that someone is a racist is not an insult nor is it judging them or their character, it's just calling a spade a spade.

The Civil War is over...you lost.

If there is a God in Heaven, you will lose again, ultimately.

Clearly I am your enemy ... you are not welcome where I live ... I do not like haters like yourself.

Bye