test_article said:
BillyOcean said:
I also sympathize with blacks who have a problem with the statues
I think that is enough of a reason to take them down
Sanctimonious white northerners can get f'd though
The north is at least if not more racist than the south
Also
I should add
That for many, many southerners, these monuments are not racist
for example
My great great grandfather fought in the war
I knew my great grandfather as a child
I am only in my late 30s, so it is not that far removed
By the way, this is also why I sympathize with blacks about slavery
It is really not that long ago
Anyway, my great great grandfather was killed in the war
And the northerners destroyed their farm
So the confederate monuments are really about that for the people who have a connection to this stuff
Could you flesh out your use of the word 'that' in your last sentence? I'm trying to understand why any U.S. of American would care about those statues beyond their
Ripley's Believe It or Not value.
They care because the North totally f'd up the south
They didn't just do the minimum to correct the great evil of slavery
They completely terrorized the south
Destroying everything
Stealing, raping, burning to the ground
People don't forget that stuff super easy
My great grandfather wouldn't attend his son's wedding because the chick was from CT