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I vehemently disagree with the removal of statue, and I believe southern soldiers were every bit as noble or wicked as northern officers and soldiers.
It hurts me that people I love and adore want to be part of the madness of removing statues of GREAT MEN like Robert E Lee.
Slavery was a normal thing in the past and condoned by the Christian bible, slave owners were not bad people and southern generals were not bad people.
They were part of a system that humanity grew out of.
The removal of the historical statues reminds me of the beginning of the slow death of America,
We might as well start the book burning.
I think this fabricated selective outrage is shameful.
It hurts me that people I love and adore want to be part of the madness of removing statues of GREAT MEN like Robert E Lee.
Slavery was a normal thing in the past and condoned by the Christian bible, slave owners were not bad people and southern generals were not bad people.
They were part of a system that humanity grew out of.
The removal of the historical statues reminds me of the beginning of the slow death of America,
We might as well start the book burning.
I think this fabricated selective outrage is shameful.
SW-User
@puck61 Slavery was a normal thing? Maybe so. However, it will NEVER be normal to me.
@SW-User Sometimes, in all honesty, and strictly out of frustration and anger, I think we should reinstate it. The truth is ugly, so people cover it with pretty lies, but if you objectively look around in the world and here in the United States, you would see how I feel.
NO! I AM NOT SAYING WE SHOULD BRING BACK SLAVERY.
I'm saying that the truth is so frustrating, and the 'pretty lies' that we cover the truth with, are so frustrating, that I consider South Africa before the end of apartheid and I consider the US before the civil war, and it makes me do a mental double take.
NO! I AM NOT SAYING WE SHOULD BRING BACK SLAVERY.
I'm saying that the truth is so frustrating, and the 'pretty lies' that we cover the truth with, are so frustrating, that I consider South Africa before the end of apartheid and I consider the US before the civil war, and it makes me do a mental double take.