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Within the next several days, barring intervention from Congress, the Biden Regime, in violation of the law, will remove the Confederate Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery
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| December 15, 2023
| Jeremy Carl @jeremycarl4
Posted on 12/16/2023 9:27:14 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
1/ Within the next several days, barring intervention from Congress, the Biden Regime, in violation of the law, will remove the Confederate Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery, commissioned to celebrate the reconciliation of North and South.
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2/ The memorial is considered the masterwork of the renowned Jewish-American sculptor Sir Moses Ezekiel (a former Confederate soldier who was described by his biographer as “adamantly opposed to slavery") who is buried at its base.
3/ Ezekiel, knighted by the King of Italy, was so dedicated to North-South reconciliation that he would later host commanding Union General Ulysses S. Grant at his studio.
4/ Yet in the wake of the George Floyd moral panic, this memorial was scheduled for removal, though its removal is being done in violation of several federal laws and the clear text of the legislation, which excludes graves.
5/ As former Democrat Senator and Navy Secretary Jim Webb said:
“What was it that Union Army veteran McKinley understood about the Confederate soldiers who opposed him on the battlefield that eludes today’s monument smashers and ad hominem destroyers of historical reputations?”
6/ In fact, at the time it was constructed, some major Confederate groups opposed it because they opposed the reconciliation it symbolized.
7/ Webb, a Vietnam Veteran, has spoken about taking groups of North and South Vietnamese to the monument to show how the U.S. reconciled successfully after a bitter civil war
8/ 44 House Republicans have signed a letter opposing the removal but every Republican should be on record as opposing this lawless action
9/ But of course, this is never *really* about the Confederacy or “Confederate Statues”. The same spirit animated the recent removal of the statue of Thomas Jefferson from the New York City Council, where it had stood for 187 years.
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To: PerConPat
“What I know is only my belief that to argue for states rights on the basis of “consent of the governed”, whilst owning slaves, is hypocritical.”
That is an interesting comment.
“Consent of the governed” is a concept found in the Declaration of Independence - but not until the third sentence. The DOI was signed by representatives of the original 13 states, 13 of which were slave states.
Is it your belief that the original 13 states were disqualified from seeking independence and freedom from Britain because of their involvement with slavery before, during, and after the Revolutionary War?
To: cowboyusa
The beauty of secession is you dont have to leave and form a new country. Your state leaves that artificial construct called the USA. The USA needs the states, the states don’t need the USA.
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posted on
12/16/2023 6:39:24 PM PST
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
To: cowboyusa
but those soldiers were fighting to
rip apart The United States. to creat a new nation called the CSA in the same fashion their forefathers did in 1776.
Fixed it for ya.
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posted on
12/16/2023 6:41:12 PM PST
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
To: central_va
We don't agree. The United States is a nation and was from it's founding. You don't believe that, I know. The left are the Secessionists. They have seceded themselves from th3 US, and should not be considered Americans at all.
124
posted on
12/16/2023 6:41:59 PM PST
by
cowboyusa
(YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA! DEATH TO MARXISM AND LEFTISM! AMERICA, COWBOY UP!)
To: cowboyusa
Appomattox was amazing. Saddest day in US history The day the republic died.
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posted on
12/16/2023 6:42:19 PM PST
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
To: cowboyusa
What a bootlicker you are.
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posted on
12/16/2023 6:43:15 PM PST
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
To: central_va
Then you should join them and set up a Confederacy on an Island somewhere. Meanwhile, we are trying to save and restore THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Oh, and, Thomas and Farragut were also Virginia's, and Southerners and so were those who fought for The Union.
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posted on
12/16/2023 6:44:58 PM PST
by
cowboyusa
(YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA! DEATH TO MARXISM AND LEFTISM! AMERICA, COWBOY UP!)
To: central_va
Lol, bo[liker because I stand for the US, and want to protect, and save it?
128
posted on
12/16/2023 6:45:57 PM PST
by
cowboyusa
(YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA! DEATH TO MARXISM AND LEFTISM! AMERICA, COWBOY UP!)
To: cowboyusa
Remember, we are both on the same side nowYeah, right bootlicker.
129
posted on
12/16/2023 6:45:58 PM PST
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
To: central_va
Got anything besides name calling?
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posted on
12/16/2023 6:46:51 PM PST
by
cowboyusa
(YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA! DEATH TO MARXISM AND LEFTISM! AMERICA, COWBOY UP!)
To: cowboyusa
You obviously don’t love a United United StatesI dont know what state you disgrace but do you call yourself a "United Stateser"?
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posted on
12/16/2023 6:48:35 PM PST
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
To: central_va
PA. Yes, I’m always one of the US. I was concived on July. 4th , 1976.
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posted on
12/16/2023 6:50:57 PM PST
by
cowboyusa
(YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA! DEATH TO MARXISM AND LEFTISM! AMERICA, COWBOY UP!)
To: cowboyusa
So you’d kill your fellow Americans that wanted to secede from this great and noble Federal Government circa 2023? You’d stick bayonette in those “rebels”? Really?
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posted on
12/16/2023 6:52:09 PM PST
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
To: cowboyusa
Got anything besides name calling?Common sense, balls and a spine.
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posted on
12/16/2023 6:52:58 PM PST
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
To: cowboyusa
I was concived[sic] on July. 4th , 1976.So your momma took care of the sailors on that patriotic day...
135
posted on
12/16/2023 6:54:45 PM PST
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
To: central_va
Nice. I’ll be nice and ignore that. No, my Dad was working for Frank Rizzo, and came home early that day.
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posted on
12/16/2023 6:59:26 PM PST
by
cowboyusa
(YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA! DEATH TO MARXISM AND LEFTISM! AMERICA, COWBOY UP!)
To: central_va
It is THE LEFT that is secedingand trying to destroy the US, and YES, they MUST be stopped.
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posted on
12/16/2023 7:01:14 PM PST
by
cowboyusa
(YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA! DEATH TO MARXISM AND LEFTISM! AMERICA, COWBOY UP!)
To: jeffersondem
Is it your belief that the original 13 states were disqualified from seeking independence and freedom... Certainly not...nor would I have disqualified any slave from seeking independence from Jefferson. People and nations are not perfect. I expect them to improve; if not, I avoid them. The genius of America is it's ability to improve. The civil war was in my view an attempt at improvement. I have not yet given up hope.
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posted on
12/16/2023 7:10:23 PM PST
by
PerConPat
(ThA politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground.- Mencken)
To: cowboyusa
Has anyone visited Monument Avenue in Richmond lately? A black tennis player is all that remains.
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posted on
12/16/2023 7:13:26 PM PST
by
gathersnomoss
(End This Attack On Justice.)
To: gathersnomoss
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posted on
12/16/2023 7:14:33 PM PST
by
cowboyusa
(YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA! DEATH TO MARXISM AND LEFTISM! AMERICA, COWBOY UP!)
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