Posted on 06/24/2015 12:39:41 PM PDT by Pelham
Now is the time to talk about replacing the statue of Robert E. Lee, as iconic as it is controversial, from its perch at the center of Lee Circle, Mayor Mitch Landrieu announced Wednesday (June 24) during a gathering held to highlight his racial reconciliation initiative.
"Symbols really do matter," he said. "Symbols should reflect who we really are as a people.
"We have never been a culture, in essence, that revered war rather than peace, division rather than unity."
The slaying last week of nine black people in a historic Charleston, S.C., church at the hands of Dylann Roof, an avowed white supremacist, has sparked heated debate about whether the Confederate battle flag and other symbols associated with the country's racist past ought to be displayed in public places.
Just two days ago, Landrieu was noncommittal when asked whether the Lee statue should be removed, though he called for a larger discussion on it and other Confederate monuments in New Orleans. The 2018 Tricentennial Commission, whose tasks include addressing the city's complex racial history ahead of its 300th anniversary, would also examine the propriety of the monuments continued display on public property, the mayor's office said.
"These symbols say who we were in a particular time, but times change. Yet these symbols -- statues, monuments, street names, and more -- still influence who we are and how we are perceived by the world," a spokesman said in a statement.
"Mayor Landrieu believes it is time to look at the symbols in this city to see if they still have relevance to our future." ...
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This is disgusting.
What about the Confederate Museum, Mitch, you rat?
You going to remove that too?
To Hell with this damned people.
We used to mock them for it. Maybe our own nomenclatura need to think about that.
They did, and thought it was a great idea.
There were a lot of Blacks that owned slaves in and around NOLA!
LOL! Both sad and funny.
If one is going to start applying this test then Jackson Square needs to be renamed and the equestrian statue has to go.
After the war, Lee was an amazing peacemaker.
It was a horrible NY Congresscritter - the awful Elizabeth Holtzman who denied him his citizenship in the 1970s. Another hater and ignoramus of American history.
Inspect your guns, Gentlemen! Another civil war is being thrust upon us.
Same crap we go through with the Indians.
I don’t think any leftwingnut knows anything about Lee, but even if they did it would not matter because the left wing is not about reconciliation, forgiveness, or getting along. They want conflict and must insure that hate never dies, it is their only source of energy.
You're not still listening to them, are you?
“Wait until The Left wants us to go back and change books, photos and films to reflect The New History of America. The South will be gone with the wind.”
It won’t just be the South. Living in California during its transition from Leave It To Beaver to becoming a colony of the Third World I’ve seen what’s likely to come. A lot of the latino demographic has a grievance against America in general. They believe that Mexico’s problems are caused by the United States. Assimilating and embracing our culture isn’t a priority.
This isn’t confined to latinos. A lot of immigrants from the third world are attracted to the leftist critique of America and don’t celebrate our history.
+1
They’re going to have to demonize gray horses and Traveler’s Insurance company next...
“We have never been a culture, in essence, that revered war rather than peace, division rather than unity.”
`bombs bursting in air” OK, that song’s gonna need some work.
`Don’t worry, be happy’?
The mayor’s comment is itself divisive B.S.
Confederates are pretty much agreed that Lincoln was a war monger.
They were restored to full citizenship.
Is the Lincoln memorial next?
This is a slippery slope the Democrats want to attempt.
We should stay the hell off it.
Arlington used to be Gen. Lee’s estate. Will they move that too?
It’s like an honor roll of spineless, pandering Southerners being laid out for all to see.
Next!
Let’s go one step further, they all get free trips back to Africa and we will pretend they never were here.
Pray America is waking
The Left is just preparing the way for ISIS by removing strong American symbols about our history so that they can just focus on the Christian symbols when its their turn.
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