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Rejecting words and actions which perpetrate, support or encourage white supremacists

 
sailor is confused by this. Why would they kick out a fellow socialist?
 
PhDeac said:
sailor is confused by this. Why would they kick out a fellow socialist?
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Socialists kick each other out all the time. In fact, they spend so much time fighting with each other and killing each other over who is the better socialist that they have little time for anything else. Stalin kicked Trotsky out, just to name one example.
 
Lots of stories floating around that VA Gov. Northam is going to announce that the famous Robert E. Lee statue on Richmond's Monument Avenue will be removed from its pedestal and placed into storage. That's big news. The statue is arguably the most famous one of Robert E. Lee in the country, and is a cornerstone of Richmond's most famous street. It was erected in 1890, and was followed by other Confederate statues on the street honoring Stonewall Jackson, Jeb Stuart, and Jefferson Davis (according to Richmond's Mayor, there are plans to remove those statues as well.) It will be interesting to see if there are any protests, and what the state and national reaction will be. I visited Richmond in the 90s to tour the city's historic sites, and traveled down Monument Avenue. If you had told me then that the Lee statue would ever be removed I wouldn't have believed it, symbol of an ugly past though it surely is. I guess elections and protests do matter.

Link: https://apnews.com/75e6f0d57a896207551c1c0e8868cb27
 
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Statues celebrating losing, traitorous generals whose #1 issue was continuing slavery. Sounds reasonable to anyone who watches Fox News.
 
There’s a host of Civil War battlefields in Virginia where those statues could placed.
 
How many places have statues or the coach of the losing team?
 
I’m not celebrating anything. Just think moving them from the public square to the national battlefields is best way to dispose of them.
 
WakeForestRanger said:
I’m not celebrating anything. Just think moving them from the public square to the national battlefields is best way to dispose of them.
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We need to start treating confederate statues like Germany treats Nazi ruins.

Let them sit and rot and turn to ruinous dust.

And near each one, there should be a larger memorial or a museum dedicated to the memory of those lives needlessly lost and persecuted...and most importantly educating everyone on how it can happen anywhere or anytime...and even in a democracy.
 
WakeForestRanger said:
I’m not celebrating anything. Just think moving them from the public square to the national battlefields is best way to dispose of them.
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melt them down for scrap...Like NED said, they should be treated like WWII statues. These men were traitors to the USA. They killed hundreds of thousands of Americans to perpetuate owning slaves. There's no place for them in this country.
 
Well the governor of Virginia is unlikely to consult me for my opinion on the subject so if they decide to melt them down then I guess they went with another solution to the problem.
 
WakeForestRanger said:
Well the governor of Virginia is unlikely to consult me for my opinion on the subject so if they decide to melt them down then I guess they went with another solution to the problem.
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They may keep them in storage, but my guess is that all of the Confederate statues on Monument Avenue will eventually be moved to a Civil War battlefield park someplace, probably ones in Virginia.
 
Put them in a field park/museum, but tip them on their side (like they're dead), and leave all the current graffiti paint on them. Surround them with plaques explaining (accurately) what the confederacy was, why they statues (and others) were erected, and why they were taken down.
 
deactherunner said:
Put them in a field park/museum, but tip them on their side (like they're dead), and leave all the current graffiti paint on them. Surround them with plaques explaining (accurately) what the confederacy was, why they statues (and others) were erected, and why they were taken down.
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Sounds good to me.
 
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