Posted on 06/25/2015 6:13:31 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
First the flag, now monuments honoring the Confederacy may be coming down.
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake is pushing for the name of a park in the city to be changed. The park is named after Robert E. Lee and it is the latest push to erase history related to the Confederacy in the wake of the deadly church shooting in Charleston, South Carolina last week.
A member of the Baltimore chapter of the Sons of the Confederate Veterans said the hatred of the flag is an attempt to hide history.
Elliot Cummings told WBAL, "We are becoming like the Taliban. They are going after monuments, they are going after parks, they are going after anything that has the Confederate name associated with it. The battle flag is the flag of our soldiers; the flag of our great-great-grandfathers."
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She has the time you know..not that there is anything going on in her city as we speak...
Oh, the irony...wasn’t Lee shot by one of his own men?
Oh...GTH, mayor
Didn’t Al qaeda destroy ancient buddhist statues?
(although that time it was accidental)
Still not sure how all this improves anyone's lot in life...
No, I think you’re confusing him with Stonewall Jackson.
And so the purge begins...
Ah, you are correct.
Right, lets get rid of all the monuments and reminders so we can jump up and repead history. Any black folks want to take part?
This is despicable. Many brave men went into battle to undo what the founders of country failed to do, ie stop slavery. Perhaps the leaders of the Southern armies, ie Jefferson Davis were corrupt and racist, but to dishonor these soldiers is despicable. Is there no one in this friggin county of ours willing to speak out?
Somehow I don’t think Lincoln ever had this in mind, nor did my family who fought for the freedom of the slaves.
Martin Luther King was a republican they should rename all the MLK Blvd’s, Streets, Ave’s, and Way’s, FairyKahn Lane!
That was Stonewall Jackson.
I seem to recall that it was a soldier from a North Carolina regiment who shot him as he approached their position on horseback in the night.
I have a feeling Glenn Beck’s current campaign is going to morph...
Never Again is Now
It doesn’t stop here, dear.
What goes next?
Taking your cues from the Mao’s Cultural Revolution is big mistake.
Those who began it got purged as not culturally correct enough.
We should probably burn any books that mention him too, right?
Google “Fahrenheit 451” you can download free copies
Why do these racists hate history?
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