1925 Half DollarThis is what Mao did in his cultural revolution, as a prelude to murdering 40,000,000 “hooligans” who would not conform.
There was no "Civil War"
Only a brief period in our History known as "unpeace"
1925 Half DollarI doubt Brooks knows the bio of Lee.
Interesting I do know some elderly blacks named after Lee. Bet their family knows more than Brooks!
Wait til they hit Stone Mtn GA.
This is what a very famous person thought about Robt. E. Lee
Dear Dr. Scott:
Respecting your August 1 inquiry calling attention to my often expressed admiration for General Robert E. Lee, I would say, first, that we need to understand that at the time of the War Between the States the issue of Secession had remained unresolved for more than 70 years. Men of probity, character, public standing and unquestioned loyalty, both North and South, had disagreed over this issue as a matter of principle from the day our Constitution was adopted.
General Robert E. Lee was, in my estimation, one of the supremely gifted men produced by our Nation. He believed unswervingly in the Constitutional validity of his cause which until 1865 was still an arguable question in America; he was thoughtful yet demanding of his officers and men, forbearing with captured enemies but ingenious, unrelenting and personally courageous in battle, and never disheartened by a reverse or obstacle. Through all his many trials, he remained selfless almost to a fault and unfailing in his belief in God. Taken altogether, he was noble as a leader and as a man, and unsullied as I read the pages of our history.
From deep conviction I simply say this: a nation of men of Lee’s caliber would be unconquerable in spirit and soul. Indeed, to the degree that present-day American youth will strive to emulate his rare qualities, including his devotion to this land as revealed in his painstaking efforts to help heal the nation’s wounds once the bitter struggle was over, we, in our own time of danger in a divided world, will be strengthened and our love of freedom sustained.
Such are the reasons that I proudly display the picture of this great American on my office wall.
Sincerely,
Dwight D. Eisenhower
“This is not about rewriting history. It’s about shaping the culture going forward.”
No, it’s about erasing it. How does one go about shaping a culture without a knowledge and understanding of its history?
Washington owned slaves. Is everything named after Washington a deliberate insult to blacks?
“The Robert E. Lee problem”
The problem has nothing to do with General Lee.
The problem is the continual lying and disinformation by the media.
If these media types told the truth there would be no problem.
A certain subset of the 'black' population (specifically, the NAACP, BlackPampers, Nation of Islam subset) have certainly woven an exceptionally vile racism into their culture.
But the NAACP/BlackPampers/NoI culture is not only un-American, it is explicitly and consciously ANTI-American.
Just ask "Calypso Louie" Farrakhan about tearing down the American flag ... and the AFRICAN Methodist Episcopal Church congregation that applauded him.
Factually incorrect. They were eventually freed, just not as quickly as they would have liked. Lee tracked down slaves who escaped before their formal emancipation and had them flogged in punishment.
Mayor Mitch Landrieu [NOL] yesterday, called for statues honoring the Confederacy to be removed from the city.
http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/06/robert_e_lee_statue_removal.html
Let’s just hide history, why don’t we?
I wonder if Brooks realizes how manipulative and totalitarian this really is. But that's the game plan. People are too stupid to make up their own minds on these topics, you see, they need guidance. And guess who is more than willing to provide it?
But if they “erase’ history, Lee, Flag, etc ... don’t they also erase slavery ... so if if “never happened” ... what is all the yelling and screaming about? I’m getting very tired of “we need to have a discussion on race!” ... that’s BS, we need to SHUT UP on race, I’m tired of it.
My middle name is Lee, my fathers middle name was Lee. And my fathers grandfather first name was Lee. My great grandfather was named Lee and he was from Iowa. Nothing to do with the south.
I gave my son my middle name. Is he going to be judged because he has the name of his great great grandfather from Iowa?
The PC police. It’s out of control.
Declaring them “non-persons” must go back farther! Many were US officers in the war with Mexico, and Jefferson Davis was Secretary of WAR before the late unpleasantness between the states.
He also experimented with the first US Cavalry Camel Core in the 1850s.
All this reminds me of the movie THIS LAND IS MINE(1943) in which school teacher Charles Laughton is forced to have his students tear certain pages out of text books.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036431/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_34
Brooks’ point of view is soft fascism. Under our late Constitutional system, the people were free to determine who they honored and who they did not. What Brooks’ wants is a consensus of elite cultural figures determining what the rest of us should think. Unfortunately I see no end in sight. In ten years time you will not be able to write or read a history book about the Civil War that does not meet the criteria set down by our so-called cultural betters.