tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post2503674295806174649..comments2024-03-28T18:32:05.933-04:00Comments on bensozia: Again on Confederate MonumentsJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-43192715729151336492017-08-15T22:09:50.669-04:002017-08-15T22:09:50.669-04:00@Anon
It is vital to note that this was, of cours...@Anon<br /><br />It is vital to note that this was, of course, a mob action in response to other mob actions.<br /><br />When the city government decided to remove the statue officially, a mob of white supremacists came out marching with fiery torches in a display of racial intimidation. When ordinary people stood up to protest against such intimidation, the mob of white supremacists turned to physical violence.<br /><br />While one mob was busy beating living breathing people in the name of making plaing their abhorant racial hatreds, another was merely tearing down an unfeeling old hunk of metal dedicated to a soldier who is long dead.<br /><br />A great lie keeps getting repeated by one side of this issue - that their position is about honoring the sacrifices of the common southerners of the war, and putting aside the politics of the conflict they took part in.<br /><br />Funny - you don't see many Southerners erecting statues of figures like Newton Knight, who led Jones County in rebellion against the Confederacy over being forced into a conflict they did not support, being taxed unjustly, and being forcibly conscripted to serve an army and a government they viewed as illegitimate. In fact, Knight is flat out demonized by most southerners. What happened to honoring the sacrifices of the common Southerner, and putting aside the politics of the war?G. Verlorennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-33261425826779177012017-08-15T15:45:46.589-04:002017-08-15T15:45:46.589-04:00A mob did in Durham. It was a soldier statue, not ...A mob did in Durham. It was a soldier statue, not a leader. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com