Posted on 09/05/2017 12:10:53 PM PDT by kathsua
The world was appalled when fanatical members of the Taliban blew up ancient Buddhist statues carved into a mountain in Afghanistan. They destroyed the priceless artifacts as part of an effort to eliminate items they didn't considered politically correct. More recently ISIS members have been doing the same thing in Iraq. They have even been destroying historical artifacts other Muslims consider acceptable.
Unfortunately, this vandalism oriented mental condition has begun infecting people in the South. The southern vandals have begun destroying Civil War related art such as statues remembering the men who led the Southern states into the disaster known as the Civil War and in the process caused the end of slavery.
As the great grandson of a Yankee soldier I've never really understood why southern whites would want to honor such men. I presume they did not put up the statues because they knew the statues would be pigeon roosts.
It would have made more sense if the former slaves had erected the statues to thank the men who provoked northerners into ending slavery. In 1860 there was little prospect for ending slavery. Most northerners opposed slavery in their states because they hated the people held as slaves. The decision by southern states to leave the union and fight a lengthy war so angered northerners that they decided to get even with southerners by freeing southern slaves and granting the freed slaves rights that were denied in some northern states. Blacks couldn't even live in Illinois. The descendants of slaves shouldn't be destroying Civil War monuments. They should be protecting the monuments to those who inadvertently brought a end to slavery. Southerners should include signs with the monuments thanking the men who caused the north to end slavery.
The Muslim extremists who have been destroying historic art have been doing so to cover up the fact people in the region once had different religious beliefs. Are the people who are leading the effort to destroy historic art in the south trying to cover up the fact that southern slavery once caused a major war? The presence of Civil War monuments can lead to questions about what caused the war. Without the monuments, whites can avoid dealing with questions about the southern past.
No, they were not considered "Islamic". That is different.
“southern vandals”?
“southern whites”?
“Sothern men...led the country...to civil war”?
The author is an idiot.
They’ve always forgot it was their own African tribesmen who sold their ancestors into slavery. They’ve also hidden the fact that blacks in the US also owned them. There have been slaves and owners of all races throughout history but it’s only these who are complaining.
For the same reason Northern whites would want to honor leaders of the Yankee cause represented by statues in the cities and towns of Vermont and other Northern states.
1. Political Party of Confederate portrayed in Statue
2. Political party that created the statue, usually circa 1900-1940.
3. Political party of lunatics who now want to destroy statue.
Three of a kind.
I disagree. They should be proud of accomplishing progress in spite of the situation of their ancestors. My grandfather was the illiterate son of an illiterate Irish immigrant. But among his great-grandchildren are women and men with masters' and doctorate degrees and great jobs. Our family worked our way up. I'm proud of both ends of the struggle. My grandfather started working at age 7 when his father died, and retired at age 65 with a write-up in a large city newspaper. That's the America we want to Make Great Again for anyone who doesn't expect a handout on a platter, but is willing to work and achieve.
Good idea.
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