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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.”
(Excerpt) Read more at atlanta.cbslocal.com ...
Fair trade.
Let me know when the NAALCP actually does something about the rampant black on black inner city violence. Then I might care about their feelings on a flag or statue.
Let’s get rid of The Bureau of Indian Affairs!
They kept slaves and fought against us when we were trying to make them like us!
Get rid of the Indian Reservations!
It must be fundraising season.
lets blast the naacp off the face of the earth
The NAACP can pound sand, along with ALL OTHER “human rights” NGOs!!!!
Now you're talking! Do that first.
“”Roughly 2% of the population, an estimated 620,000 men, lost their lives in the line of duty. Taken as a percentage of today’s population, the toll would have risen as high as 6 million souls.””
What’s a few deaths to these people? Has all sanity left this country? History begins when they were born? On a day like today all we have are questions. Well, we have some solutions also but we don’t want to OFFEND anyone.
These people just aren’t satisfied with the bad publicity they get, are they? BLACK COMMUNITY - CRIME STATISTICS!
NAACP is a communist group that should be banned. I don’t give a flip what those clowns have to say.
If these boys don’t like American history, then maybe they should just leave and take their unAmerican heritage with them.
Lets sandblast the MaoLK statue on the Mall.
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Yep. He was a philandering commie.
NAACP=Taliban/ISIS
GFYS.
And go home....
And don’t forget the next thing would be the Washington Monument being torn down because “In God We Trust” is carved on the top. What about Washington and
Lee University? Gonna tear that down too? How about Monticello? AND the Capitol and the White House where slaves once served?
The FACT is these people are using the IGNORANCE of the people to drive their points through Americanism. This is a HATE AMERICA tactic! FACT IS Lee FREED HIS SLAVES BEFORE THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION! SLAVERY was NOT the issue until Lincoln made it so, and the NORTH was not forced to free their slaves, only the South!
YES, I’m going to fly my Confederate Battle Flag no matter what!
State owned with a lot of private concessionaires.
Blacks need to realize that the Confederacy was about much more than slavery. The world does not revolve around black people. They need to realize and deal with that.
...Therefore the US government is complicit in Stone Mountain...
Heck, VP of the United States Spiro Agnew attended the grand opening!
This is the result that the Romney, the gloating Nikki Haley, and others fueled with their inflammatory rants and hatred of a Civil War battle flag.
Some bodies asking for a beating.
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