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Confederate monuments in Gettysburg are staying put, park officials say
Circa ^ | 8-16-2017 | Sinclair Broadcast Group

Posted on 08/16/2017 7:35:20 AM PDT by BAW

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To: BAW

I had a dream. In it, Donald Trump was throwing Rachel MadCow off of little round top.


21 posted on 08/16/2017 8:01:00 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: BAW

What monuments were erected almost 200 years after the fact?


22 posted on 08/16/2017 8:01:35 AM PDT by subterfuge (Save the monuments!!)
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To: Biggirl

The work of the Ministry of Truth was difficult because they had to destroy old paper books, rewrite them, and republish the new, “correct” versions at printing plants. In a paper book and paper newspaper world, that was very hard to do.

How hard do you think this will be when everything is stored digitally, advanced AI can automate the rewriting (just look at the new “fake news” AI tools being deployed today for a glimpse), and all the server farms are run by insane leftists?

Sorry, but the Internet is going to make it easier than ever to completely wipe out or alter history.


23 posted on 08/16/2017 8:03:55 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Savage Beast

The answer is yes, the libs are stupid enough to take down Union monuments.


24 posted on 08/16/2017 8:04:03 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: BAW

Katie Lawton: “hey! Over here!”


25 posted on 08/16/2017 8:04:19 AM PDT by subterfuge (Save the monuments!!)
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To: Rebelbase

They won’t need a blitz. Just ONE complainant and down come the statues. If 0.01% complain about anything, it must be properly dealt with. It’s the 21st century way.


26 posted on 08/16/2017 8:05:50 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: rktman

In this day and age, they’ll be lauded.


27 posted on 08/16/2017 8:11:46 AM PDT by Daveinyork
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To: Biggirl

If the Dems control Congress and the POTUS, then all it takes is a bill to pass and they are, well, history.................


28 posted on 08/16/2017 8:12:04 AM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: txrefugee

Yup!

Upon the fall of Richmond, President and Mrs. Lincoln, General and Mrs. Grant went by boat down the Potomac River and up the James River to Richmond.
On that date, April 4, 1865, there was only one slave in Richmond, Mrs. Grant’s personal servant.


29 posted on 08/16/2017 8:16:34 AM PDT by Original Lurker
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To: Red Badger

I really doubt though. For one thing, the Dems are in trouble and losing support by the day.Second, people have smartphones and record videos that can go viral.


30 posted on 08/16/2017 8:21:44 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: BAW

No Civil War = No Reason for It
No Reason For It = No Slavery
No Slavery = No Subsequent Racism
No Subsequent Racism = No Inequality
No Inequality = No Reparations
No Reparations = No White Guilt
No White Guilt = No Welfare State
No Welfare State = You Gotta work to eat

...One thought just leads to another...

PS...I LOVE Gettysburg just the way it is. The only thing that should have been torn down was the “observation tower”, which it was.


31 posted on 08/16/2017 8:24:15 AM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Frankly I do not believe you at all. I found online info about the ANTIFA that was not too kind.


32 posted on 08/16/2017 8:27:11 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: Daveinyork

So no admonishment letter but a gold star instead huh? Nice! LOL! We can see where this is going.


33 posted on 08/16/2017 8:28:30 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: left that other site

Second it.


34 posted on 08/16/2017 8:28:57 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: Biggirl

Today, that is true. But you must look down the road five, ten or twenty years.

There is a huge amount of concern expressed today about AI and robots taking over and wiping out mankind because they don’t find us useful. I think a far greater concern will be bots scouring the web 24/7 to find articles such as you cite and automatically rewriting them to be “correct.” Stories that don’t comport with the currently fashionable view will be either completely erased from all servers everywhere or rewritten by AI. True history will be wiped out and be replaced be what MiniTrue says is correct on any given day.

Don’t underestimate the pace of technological change and how quickly it will be adapted to nefarious ends. It is coming. Maybe not in our lifetimes, but it is coming.


35 posted on 08/16/2017 8:34:26 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

I do second it there. Maybe not in our lifetimes, but in those who will come after us.


36 posted on 08/16/2017 8:38:26 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: Boojum

Actually, no it didn’t. At the death of Lee’s father-in-law, the Arlington house passed to Lee’s oldest son - George Washington Curtis Lee. Robert E. Lee was the executor of the will.


37 posted on 08/16/2017 8:40:23 AM PDT by carton253 (Jesus is everything.)
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To: BAW
"These memorials, erected predominantly in the early and mid-20th century, are an important part of the cultural landscape," Lawhon said in an email to USA Today.

According to the liberal elite haters at MSNBC this choice makes Lawhon a KKK sympathizer or maybe... wait for it... a Nazi....

38 posted on 08/16/2017 8:46:11 AM PDT by GOPJ (Shaming into silence is the antithesis of psychological safety-James Damore-fired for speaking truth)
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To: central_va

‘I had a dream. In it, Donald Trump was throwing Rachel MadCow off’...the overpass on MLK Blvd.


39 posted on 08/16/2017 8:49:34 AM PDT by Beagle8U (Wake up and smell the Covfefe.)
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To: Sasparilla

wait till they try to burn down Lee’s house at Arlington


40 posted on 08/16/2017 9:25:31 AM PDT by tophat9000 (Tophat9000)
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