DyanCB wrote:
The statue removal is not about slave ownership. It is about promoting racist attitudes and fear in people of color. Most of the statues were placed during the era of Jim Crow by groups that wanted to keep people of color "in their place" when more equal rights were being won. In case you don't know when the US practiced Jim Crow, we are talking about 1896-1953. These laws promoted racial segregation. These statues were placed to celebrate racial segregation and oppression. In a country as diverse as ours why celebrate racial oppression?
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You are pretty stupid. Go and study history before you run your mouth again.
WayneT wrote:
Term limits, think term limits. 4 terms for representatives and 2 terms for senators. That will keep any single person from getting to powerful. I think our forefathers would agree as they hadn't planed for professional politicians.
Our Fore Fathers had term limits, 12 years and go home to live with your neighbors, so if you didn't do a good job for "WE THE PEOPLE" you had a miserable life! They also had no benefits, no retirement, and with all this, THEY REALLY DID OUT THEIR LIFE ON THE LINE! Unlike our Snowflakes and retards in Congress today! Not only that but there no real taxes on the people, the rich paid to keep the Country safe and solvent, my question is folks, "WHERE THE HELL DID WE GO WRONG!
Just like the NAZIS of WW1 and WW2 burn the books and all educational stuff! Freaking fools!
Just like the NAZIS of WW1 and WW2 burn the books and all educational stuff! Freaking fools! These monuments were a reminder of what not to allow to ever happen again, not promote hate, but to prevent it! Fools, all fools! Then we'll have to erase your heritage and hate filled stuff! After all, fair is fair!
I thank you all for your replies. If we could get the people in Washington and the rest of the nation to talk wouldn't it be great. Also we do not have to agree with everything but work together to make things better. I was born in Ohio, my dads' side of the family was from North Carolina and I have lived in Georgia for over 55 years. My last two years of high school here had only white students. In Ohio some of the people I admired alot were of color. We are all the same inside! Except for the "idiots". I love that word.
DyanCB wrote:
The statue removal is not about slave ownership. It is about promoting racist attitudes and fear in people of color. Most of the statues were placed during the era of Jim Crow by groups that wanted to keep people of color "in their place" when more equal rights were being won. In case you don't know when the US practiced Jim Crow, we are talking about 1896-1953. These laws promoted racial segregation. These statues were placed to celebrate racial segregation and oppression. In a country as diverse as ours why celebrate racial oppression?
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right on... apparently, Trump doesn't realize this when he talks about very nice marchers wanting to protect their heritage...
and even weirder, apparently a lot of people still believe the words that come out of his mouth!
OlinBost wrote:
I thank you all for your replies. If we could get the people in Washington and the rest of the nation to talk wouldn't it be great. Also we do not have to agree with everything but work together to make things better. I was born in Ohio, my dads' side of the family was from North Carolina and I have lived in Georgia for over 55 years. My last two years of high school here had only white students. In Ohio some of the people I admired alot were of color. We are all the same inside! Except for the "idiots". I love that word.
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I learned in Viet Nam Combat, everyone is pink on the inside and bleed red!
WayneT wrote:
I agree, the Jim Crow laws were the worst laws ever passed in this country and were dead wrong. I think a good way to handle these monuments is to either move them into museums or place them in confederate cemeteries. The men and women that fought and died on the Confederate side were still American's and we need to remember why they died and why it was a waste of lives. We cannot forget our past or we will repeat it. Slavery, as bad as it was, was unfortunately a fact of life in the past and we really are beating a dead horse blaming those for practicing it in a time where they never even thought about it being wrong. The idea now is to be sure it never happens again and there are places in the world that it does happen even today.
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These statues, are protected by Feeders laws, so destroying them is a Federal crine and punishable by inorisonment, so where are the Feds? Then again where are the Cops?
user47602 wrote:
right on... apparently, Trump doesn't realize this when he talks about very nice marchers wanting to protect their heritage...
and even weirder, apparently a lot of people still believe the words that come out of his mouth!
Much easier to believe than the shit that comes out of your mouth plagiarizer! LOL
You are a liar and a thief greenie.
OlinBost wrote:
Here are two letters I have submitted to our local newspapers. The first will appear next week in the AJC:
“National History Crisis”
Both sides are at fault with what is happening today and the cities and states are letting it happen. When out-of-state people can go wherever they are “Paid” to go to protest stupid things and “create a riotous” situation this will continue to happen. Look up how many US Presidents owed slaves. Are we going to tear down all of our national monuments and tear up all of our currency? Give me a break! For once one of our politicians spoke the truth and the news media can’t handle it. We all need to take a lesson from our pets. You treat them with love a respect and they don’t care who or what you are they love you back. If all of us did this there would be a lot fewer problems in our lives.
Effect of the Civil War
Stop and think what if the Civil War did not take place? How long would slavery have continued? Has anyone done some research on the number of our first Presidents owned slaves? Depending on the article you read the number is 18 to 19 of our first Presidents. Are we now going to protest removing the history of them also? This would include destroying all of our paper currency and most of our coins. Next let’s move on to Washington and remove the Washington Monument, the Jefferson Monument, and while we are at it lets change the name of our nations’ capital. Stop Ford Motor from making Lincoln cars and destroy all existing ones. If the protesters would spend as much time volunteering in their community to help the poor and needy the country would be much better off. We have to stop giving in to nonsense and selfishness.
I am really frustrated!
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Thats what Communists do Olin. They rewrite history, stifle free speech and every one gets to live in darkness like North Korea. They think community help should be provided by "the government"!
user47602 wrote:
right on... apparently, Trump doesn't realize this when he talks about very nice marchers wanting to protect their heritage...
and even weirder, apparently a lot of people still believe the words that come out of his mouth!
Great parsing job. He never said that and you know it and know better.
Tet68survivor wrote:
These statues, are protected by Feeders laws, so destroying them is a Federal crine and punishable by inorisonment, so where are the Feds? Then again where are the Cops?
What's a feeders laws? When I Google that all I get is information on using bate in hunting.
DaveC1 wrote:
What's a feeders laws? When I Google that all I get is information on using bate in hunting.
Spell correct on this damn phone! I hate this Verizon Turbo Moto it sucks
Tet68survivor wrote:
Spell correct on this damn phone! I hate this Verizon Turbo Moto it sucks
But seriously, what are you trying to say?
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