Posted on 07/14/2015 11:09:04 AM PDT by barmag25
The Atlanta Chapter of the NAACP is calling for the removal of the Confederacy from Stone Mountain Park. Local chapter president Richard Rose says, “It is time for Georgia and other Southern states to end the glorification of slavery and white supremacy, paid for and maintained, with the taxes of all its citizens.” According to Rose, “all of this recognition of Confederate generals is upholding the white supremacy on which the Confederacy was founded and the war was fought.” He goes on to say, “all of this should have ended in 1865 when Lee surrendered to Appomattox.” He’s referring to, what historians refer to as, one of the last battles before Confederate Army General Robert Lee surrendered to Union Army Lt. Ulysses Grant on April 9, 1865. Recent debate about the emblems was sparked by the mass killings at Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston, South Carolina. Alleged gunman Dylann Roof was seen in photographs posing with the Confederate Flag. While some consider the flag as a commemoration of their heritage, others consider it a symbol of hate. On Friday, South Carolina removed the flag from its statehouse grounds.
Georgia removed the Confederate emblem from its flag in 2001, though the “Stars and Bars” from the First National Confederate Flag remain on the state flag. The Confederate Flag still flies at Stone Mountain Park, which is owned by and run by the State of Georgia. Many, like Congressman Hank Johnson, see the park as a museum for the Confederacy. According to Johnson, “where do we draw the line, do we blast the faces off of Stone Mountain?” Rose says “yes”. He adds, “they can sand blast Lee, Jefferson Davis, and Jackson off tomorrow. I’d be extremely elated.”
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Or better yet, head back to the Motherland.
It’s private I think isn’t it? Anyway..now they’re acting like ISIS.
GA FReeper ping.
You knew this was coming.
Gets crazier by the minute.
Unexpected. ..
Ethnic Cleansing.
Kind of a Taliban Buddha thing
This is absolutely going to get bloody, I fear.
Birds of a Feather.
Lets sandblast the MaoLK statue on the Mall.
Good Lord, they’re the Taliban!
But can they remove that communist sympathizer from the White House? He and his crew are big admirers of mass-murderer Mao tse-tung.
Exactly my thought...
How much sand will we need?
So, when will the NAACP call for the eradication all traces of the Grand Kleagle, Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia.
Also, Stone Mountain is not racist. It honors men who led the defense of their country. Honoring them was part of the national healing as Union and Confederate war vets met together in the time period from 1913 to 1938 to celebrate their service on the long settled Civil War, as brothers once again.
A commemorative coin was struck in 1925 by the US Mint to help raise funds to complete it.
Therefore the US government is complicit in Stone Mountain.
Shall we sandblast all of DC as well?
Let’s blow up those Buddhas.
And destroy the Sphinx.
They’re just reminding Southerners how proud we are of our forefathers. Yes, they made mistakes...but they are still blood relatives and they won’t be forgotten.
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