1925 Half Dollar
Posted on 06/26/2015 12:41:56 PM PDT by C19fan
The debate about the Charleston Bible study shooting has morphed into a debate about the Confederate battle flag and other symbols of the Confederacy. This is not a trivial sideshow. Racism is not just a personal prejudice and an evolutionary byproduct. It resurfaces year after year because it’s been woven by historical events into the fabric of American culture.
That culture is transmitted through the generations by the things we honor or don’t honor, by the symbols and names we celebrate and don’t celebrate. If we want to reduce racism we have to elevate the symbols that signify the struggle against racism and devalue the symbols that signify its acceptance.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
This is what Mao did in his cultural revolution, as a prelude to murdering 40,000,000 “hooligans” who would not conform.
There was no "Civil War"
Only a brief period in our History known as "unpeace"
I love making liberals show their idiocy to the world.
I asked a liberal on twitter if Houston Texas should change its name since it was named after a confederate governor. The idiot liberal was all for removing that racist governor’s name.
I then pointed out that Sam Houston was opposed to the civil war and was removed from office because of it.
1925 Half Dollar
I doubt Brooks knows the bio of Lee.
Interesting I do know some elderly blacks named after Lee. Bet their family knows more than Brooks!
Wait til they hit Stone Mtn GA.
This is what a very famous person thought about Robt. E. Lee
Dear Dr. Scott:
Respecting your August 1 inquiry calling attention to my often expressed admiration for General Robert E. Lee, I would say, first, that we need to understand that at the time of the War Between the States the issue of Secession had remained unresolved for more than 70 years. Men of probity, character, public standing and unquestioned loyalty, both North and South, had disagreed over this issue as a matter of principle from the day our Constitution was adopted.
General Robert E. Lee was, in my estimation, one of the supremely gifted men produced by our Nation. He believed unswervingly in the Constitutional validity of his cause which until 1865 was still an arguable question in America; he was thoughtful yet demanding of his officers and men, forbearing with captured enemies but ingenious, unrelenting and personally courageous in battle, and never disheartened by a reverse or obstacle. Through all his many trials, he remained selfless almost to a fault and unfailing in his belief in God. Taken altogether, he was noble as a leader and as a man, and unsullied as I read the pages of our history.
From deep conviction I simply say this: a nation of men of Lee’s caliber would be unconquerable in spirit and soul. Indeed, to the degree that present-day American youth will strive to emulate his rare qualities, including his devotion to this land as revealed in his painstaking efforts to help heal the nation’s wounds once the bitter struggle was over, we, in our own time of danger in a divided world, will be strengthened and our love of freedom sustained.
Such are the reasons that I proudly display the picture of this great American on my office wall.
Sincerely,
Dwight D. Eisenhower
“This is not about rewriting history. It’s about shaping the culture going forward.”
No, it’s about erasing it. How does one go about shaping a culture without a knowledge and understanding of its history?
You are a cruel, cruel man.
Washington owned slaves. Is everything named after Washington a deliberate insult to blacks?
“The Robert E. Lee problem”
The problem has nothing to do with General Lee.
The problem is the continual lying and disinformation by the media.
If these media types told the truth there would be no problem.
Stone Mountain can be eradicated about as easily as the Taliban destroyed the Buddhas of Bamiyan.
No, America fell in a black hole from 1861-65. When it emerged it was all daisies and unicorns.
What a great letter.
It also reminds us that America once had intelligent and articulate presidents.
And that gentlemen once engaged in reasoned discussion of issues.
It makes Brookes and the current media and political elite look like the whiny, anti-American brats they are.
The crazy thing is that Robert E Lee has generally been seen in just as favorable a light in the north as he is in the south.
A certain subset of the 'black' population (specifically, the NAACP, BlackPampers, Nation of Islam subset) have certainly woven an exceptionally vile racism into their culture.
But the NAACP/BlackPampers/NoI culture is not only un-American, it is explicitly and consciously ANTI-American.
Just ask "Calypso Louie" Farrakhan about tearing down the American flag ... and the AFRICAN Methodist Episcopal Church congregation that applauded him.
Factually incorrect. They were eventually freed, just not as quickly as they would have liked. Lee tracked down slaves who escaped before their formal emancipation and had them flogged in punishment.
Mayor Mitch Landrieu [NOL] yesterday, called for statues honoring the Confederacy to be removed from the city.
http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/06/robert_e_lee_statue_removal.html
Let’s just hide history, why don’t we?
Seattle, Washington is in King county, originally named after William King who was a Vice President under Pierce. Not too many years ago, they changed the person who the county was named after to Martin Luther King, so it remained King County.
Look for them to do the same with Washington. My guess would be: Booker T. Washington.
Personally, Id' vote for this Washington (second from the right):
if you are going to do something stupid you may as well go all the way.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.