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

ThreadReaderApp.com ^ | December 15, 2023 | Jeremy Carl @jeremycarl4

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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.

[jeffersondem]

“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?

[central_va]

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.

[central_va]

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.

[cowboyusa]

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.

[central_va]

Appomattox was amazing.

Saddest day in US history The day the republic died.

[central_va]

What a bootlicker you are.

[cowboyusa]

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.

[cowboyusa]

Lol, bo[liker because I stand for the US, and want to protect, and save it?

[central_va]

Remember, we are both on the same side now

Yeah, right bootlicker.

[cowboyusa]

Got anything besides name calling?

[central_va]

You obviously don’t love a United United States

I dont know what state you disgrace but do you call yourself a "United Stateser"?

[cowboyusa]

PA. Yes, I’m always one of the US. I was concived on July. 4th , 1976.

[central_va]

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?

[central_va]

Got anything besides name calling?

Common sense, balls and a spine.

[central_va]

I was concived[sic] on July. 4th , 1976.

So your momma took care of the sailors on that patriotic day...

[cowboyusa]

Nice. I’ll be nice and ignore that. No, my Dad was working for Frank Rizzo, and came home early that day.

[cowboyusa]

It is THE LEFT that is secedingand trying to destroy the US, and YES, they MUST be stopped.

[PerConPat]

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.

[gathersnomoss]

Has anyone visited Monument Avenue in Richmond lately? A black tennis player is all that remains.

[cowboyusa]

No, was that Lee’s?