visionary Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 (edited) Edited August 14, 2017 by visionary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadySkinsFan Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 (edited) What about all those Southern states? Alexandria has one facing South at the intersection of King and Prince streets. Edited August 14, 2017 by LadySkinsFan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llevron Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 Oh take them all down I can get with that. Would be a good move and goes a long way to telling these monsters that they are not welcome here. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scruffylookin Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 Wait we Marylanders have a traitor statue in the state house? Now that is embarrassing. We are better than that. Take all that garbage out. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FanboyOf91 Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 (edited) Edited August 14, 2017 by FanboyOf91 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsburySkinsFan Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 Here's one point where I disagreed with Lincoln, the flame of the Confederacy needed to be extinguished not allowed to smolder or be celebrated. The anti-Unionists lost, that's the price of losing. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The 12th Commandment Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 1 minute ago, AsburySkinsFan said: Here's one point where I disagreed with Lincoln, the flame of the Confederacy needed to be extinguished not allowed to smolder or be celebrated. The anti-Unionists lost, that's the price of losing. The only difference? We would today be tearing down statues of northerners who perpetrated heinous crimes against southerners ( guilty and innocent). And a whole lot more people would've died. There would be a sense of justice to it, but that's not enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boss_Hogg Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 I wonder if the UK has statues and streets named after of George Washington? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spjunkies Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 3 minutes ago, Boss_Hogg said: I wonder if the UK has statues and streets named after of George Washington? To be fair I know that Ben Franklin's UK house is a tourist attraction. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 38 minutes ago, LadySkinsFan said: What about all those Southern states? Alexandria has one facing South at the intersection of King and Prince streets. The City of Alexandria has already unanimously voted to remove that statue (and rename Jefferson Davis highway) but the state assembly blocked it. Perhaps that will change after Charlottesville. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 1 hour ago, Destino said: Trumps latest statement was better. Reminds me of the "disavow" situation during the campaign. Dog whistle first, say the minimum acceptable thing later when forced to. Nothing you say counts after you've already winked. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bozo the kKklown Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 56 minutes ago, scruffylookin said: Wait we Marylanders have a traitor statue in the state house? Now that is embarrassing. We are better than that. Take all that garbage out. we have to change our flag too: http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/baltimore-insider-blog/bs-fe-maryland-flag-confederate-20170803-story.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 1 hour ago, visionary said: 51 minutes ago, FanboyOf91 said: 11 minutes ago, visionary said: 1 minute ago, visionary said: My faith in humanity is slowly getting up off the mat. It's clearly staggered, not quite TKOd. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sticksboi05 Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 3 hours ago, SkinsHokieFan said: Difference between Lee and Washington was Washington was not fighting for the institution of slavery. Yes he had slaves, yes he was flawed, but his cause wasn't slavery Lee, by choosing to lead the army of Northern Virginia, made his cause slavery and treason Agreed. As much as we shouldn't accept it, we're far more rational today than at any time in the history of modern humanity and we can't completely judge people born in the 17th century with 21st century morals. Instead we can be disappointed it took so long for us to get to where we are today (which in some cases, still isn't very far). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General NSJ Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 What is the endgame as far as removing all signs that the Confederacy ever existed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Reaper Skins Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 (edited) 10 minutes ago, General NSJ said: What is the endgame as far as removing all signs that the Confederacy ever existed? What confederacy? Edited August 14, 2017 by Reaper Skins 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman Spiff Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 14 minutes ago, BenningRoadSkin said: we have to change our flag too: http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/baltimore-insider-blog/bs-fe-maryland-flag-confederate-20170803-story.html I'd love to get rid of the MD flag, that'd be awesome. But that would incite a big riot, I bet. Marylanders love that flag more than anything and put it on anything they damn well can. 5 minutes ago, General NSJ said: What is the endgame as far as removing all signs that the Confederacy ever existed? Making people feel better. I'm sure we've all driven or walked past a statue of a Confederate before and not known who it is or what they did and not bothered to learn about them. All of a sudden, it's a big deal. My guess is that cities are doing away with these things quickly in a response to the White Nationalists before they can organize and move on from Charlottesville and on to another target. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General NSJ Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 2 minutes ago, Reaper Skins said: What confederacy? My sarcasm detector is at the shop so I don't know if you're being serious or not, but it was an honest question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggo-toni Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 21 minutes ago, BenningRoadSkin said: we have to change our flag too: http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/baltimore-insider-blog/bs-fe-maryland-flag-confederate-20170803-story.html However, the Maryland Historical Society states that the design combining the Calvert and Crossland families actually predates the Civil War by two centuries. "Whether or not the Confederacy adopted the symbol for their cause has nothing to do with the design’s original intent," Maryland Historical Society’s President and CEO Mark Letzer wrote in a statement. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsHokieFan Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 11 minutes ago, General NSJ said: What is the endgame as far as removing all signs that the Confederacy ever existed? Removing monuments honoring the Confederacy. Most were built decades after the Civil War and served no purpose but to antagonize those who were pushing for Civil Rights during the movement. Robert E. Lee and Jeb Stuart High Schools in Fairfax county weren't built and named in 1863 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney B Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 9 minutes ago, General NSJ said: What is the endgame as far as removing all signs that the Confederacy ever existed? Is anybody really asking for that? Personally, I'd settle for not having my tax dollars subsidizing statues that glorify Confederates. I'd rather see statues of guys who fought for righteous causes. Like the guys who crushed Hitler, for instance. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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