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Judge rules Charlottesville statues as war memorials, protected by state

Snowflakes crushed.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- A judge has ruled that statues of Confederate generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas Stonewall Jackson are war monuments and cannot be removed by the city without approval from the state.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/30/us/charlottesville-confederate-monuments-ruling/index.html
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So now the argument shifts from the city to the state.

While the circuit judge's opinion gets appealed to the next court. And the next court.

This isn't nearly over
sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M
@SensibleJulie Hey, they save caterpillars in Virginia, why not statues?
OggggO · 36-40, M
@sunsporter1649 Caterpillars didn’t start a war to own people.
@OggggO Slavery was not the main issue of the civil war. The slavery issue was actually very convenient for the north because it is the only thing that lent nobility to their part in the war between the states. The civil war was about economics and political control, and "Freeing the slaves" was a politically expedient spin for northern historians. It was a horrible war that had to happen, and social evolution is the best result of that war, but most of those blue coats didn't give a rat's ass about slavery, and the north's general treatment of southern civilians was every bit as deplorable as the behavior of southern soldiers. If we want be all emotional about everything then statues of Grant and especially Custer need to be removed every bit as much as statues of Lee or Jackson.
OggggO · 36-40, M
@puck61 I didn’t say the North went to war to free the slaves, I said the South started it to keep them. So take your revisionist BS and cram it.
@SensibleJulie Very true- eventually a liberal judge will give them what they want.
sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M
@OggggO Gee, and all this time I thought the South started the war to get the Federal Government off their backs. Kinda like what California is doing right now
OggggO · 36-40, M
@sunsporter1649 It’s good you are learning something, then.
sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M
@OggggO Yes, California needs to be invaded and brought back into the Union
OggggO · 36-40, M
@sunsporter1649 Well, that’s the most nonsensical thing I’ve heard all week.
sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M
@OggggO Actually, the goddamndemocrats attempts to refute the mueller report and impeach the Attorney General is the most nonsensical thing I have heard all week.