[NEWS] Confederate monuments are being torn down in the South

[LeisureSuit912]

We should only keep the monuments up if the soldiers have diapers around them. That's the grand compromise, imo

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[PhantOS]

Hundreds of thousands of people didn't die under shia's flag

who cares how many people live or died under the flags? They're both symbols that people choose to side with, and therefore removing both of them is wrong. Of course one is a worse offense than the other, considering the history, but it doesn't loving matter

I personally dont agree with historical monuments being torn down or moved, but it hurts to see the same people be in almost full support of it when its a flag they dont agree with, and then flip flop and write an angry rant about how 'its history! It needs to stag! You're all liberal snowflakes!'

[Electrk.]

they're both removal of rightful property and therefore the removal of it is wrong

correct, but not all things are equal
like I said, there's a huge difference between removing historic monuments and some idiot's flag that he made for an art project

I understand if you're upset at shia's flag being stolen but holy forget have some perspective

[LeisureSuit912]

that implies shia's flag is worth something

If you really think the Confederacy means stuff anymore you're an idiot rube

[PhantOS]

correct, but not all things are equal
like I said, there's a huge difference between removing historic monuments and some idiot's flag that he made for an art project

I understand if you're upset at shia's flag being stolen but holy forget have some perspective

obviously there's a difference of magnitude between shia's flag and the confederates' flag, given that people have bled for one. However, the magnitude of the outcome is the same. Both should stay put, as they are either historical or intellectual/private property

You can't just be so hypocritical and inconsistent to cherry pick or justify which flags deserve removal or which flags deserve to stay. That's just prone to biased abuse from either people on the left or the right. The proper approach is to leave them both the forget alone

[King Tøny]

Didn't the confederates used to execute all enemy black soldiers on sight but keep white ones as prisoners?

Didn't Lincoln only free the slaves to effect the economy of the south and had absolutely no intention of freeing them because it was right thing to do?

[Electrk.]

obviously there's a difference of magnitude between shia's flag and the confederates' flag, given that people have bled for one. However, the magnitude of the outcome is the same. Both should stay put, as they are either historical or intellectual/private property

you were wishing him to be equally as upset at both and I think that's an absurd thing to expect

[LeisureSuit912]

Didn't Lincoln only free the slaves to effect the economy of the south and had absolutely no intention of freeing them because it was right thing to do?

Well the slaves were freed anyways so who gives a forget

[King Tøny]

Can I get a non-MSM news source?

I don't trust anything from CNN as they are fake news.

[Tactical Nuke]

Of course they matter, they're just representations of some of the worst people who have ever lived

This is like if Germans kept up national socialist monuments because "we gotta respect our history"

they do keep up national socialist monuments though

[LeisureSuit912]

they do keep up national socialist monuments though

Purpose being "let's remind people never to do the Holocaust again" vs. "we need to respect our heritage, it's about our Southern pride" I don't buy the comparison

[Trogtor]

the confederate did nothing wrong

[PhantOS]

they do keep up national socialist monuments though

"Visitors take tours through select German camps today to view the horror of the past, in the hope that the enlightened will never allow another Holocaust."

[King Tøny]

No one is questioning the heavy police presence being used to remove these statues?

With snipers on rooftops?

[PhantOS]

No one is questioning the heavy police presence being used to remove these statues?

With snipers on rooftops?

people threatened to attack the workers