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Stacey Abrams calls for removal of Confederate faces off Stone Mountain
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ^ | 08-15-2017 | Greg Bluestein

Posted on 05/22/2018 6:02:49 PM PDT by Trump20162020

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams called for the removal of the giant carving that depicts three Confederate war leaders on the face of state-owned Stone Mountain, saying it "remains a blight on our state and should be removed."

"We must never celebrate those who defended slavery and tried to destroy the union," Abrams said in a series of tweets posted early Tuesday, a response to the deadly violence sparked by white supremacist groups in Charlottesville, Va.

(Excerpt) Read more at politics.myajc.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: abrams; atlanta; civilwar; confederacy; confederate; dixie; georgia; jeffersondavis; naacp; robertelee; staceyabrams; stonemountain; stonewalljackson
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Never mind, Bing is my friend, I looked it up.


81 posted on 05/22/2018 8:31:02 PM PDT by Graybeard58 (The Lord hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.)
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To: Graybeard58

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82 posted on 05/22/2018 8:37:22 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks ( The US Constitution ....... Invented by geniuses and God .... Administered by morons ......)
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To: frank ballenger

I made this observation in the 1980s, while attending college classes at night. Most all of the history instructors I had....leaned to the right, and were conservatives. I don’t think I had a single left-wing history professor.


83 posted on 05/22/2018 9:05:01 PM PDT by pepsionice
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To: Trump20162020

someone wrote this- not sure who:

“Isn’t it great to live in the 21st century? Where deleting history has become more important than making it “


84 posted on 05/22/2018 9:06:09 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

or with Nikki Haley


85 posted on 05/22/2018 9:06:39 PM PDT by Pelham (California, a subsidiary of Mexico, Inc.)
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To: jyo19

“Bury the past because it offends someone today.”

Exactly. The Demoncrat past is most offensive of all and they complain of the evil past of others.


86 posted on 05/22/2018 11:32:21 PM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek; roadcat
It's not quite like the Taliban destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas -- those were 2000 year old monuments.

The Stone mountain carvings are less than 50 years old

It's more akin to the tearing down of Lenin monuments.

Destruction of Davis' tomb. Remember that Lee opposed the construction of public memorials to Confederate rebellion on the grounds that they would prevent the healing of wounds inflicted during the war.

I think this requires a lot more thinking -- I'm against destroying it as it is far more complex and costly than tearing down or replacing a statue.

A better aim would be to put both the sides of the argument near the monument. The two sides were not completely evil or complete saints.

87 posted on 05/22/2018 11:34:04 PM PDT by Cronos (Obama's dislike of Assad is not based on his brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
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To: Trump20162020

Not one whit different from many posters here

List on my homepage


88 posted on 05/22/2018 11:42:00 PM PDT by wardaddy (Reward for young runaway goes by Kanye fancies hisself a poet...if seen contact his overseer@DNC.org)
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To: Bob434

That’s been true throughout history, right from Thotmose III erasing the monuments to Hatshepsut in around 2000 BC to the eternal Damnation of various emperors in Rome to now


89 posted on 05/22/2018 11:42:37 PM PDT by Cronos (Obama's dislike of Assad is not based on his brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
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To: Rebelbase
And you had to give those sh!t-heads that idea!
90 posted on 05/23/2018 1:22:42 AM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: vetvetdoug

Southerners forget that the Morrill Tariff law would have never passed in the Senate, had the Senators from the seven seceding states remained in Congress to vote against the law.


91 posted on 05/23/2018 2:37:25 AM PDT by Bull Snipe
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To: Trump20162020

This is thinking worthy of Mao’s Red Guard and al-Qaeda/ISIS.


92 posted on 05/23/2018 2:53:11 AM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: wardaddy
Whoever is dumbest last, loses. - Todd Erzen

Not a comment on your post but about the candidaten, the midterms and maybe that war.

If Jackson had his way, he would have marched toward New York years before Sherman even dreamed about Atlanta.

93 posted on 05/23/2018 3:17:06 AM PDT by Theophilus (Repent)
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To: Trump20162020

Someone correct me if I’m wrong but I don’t believe the state owns the Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial. Didn’t they turn it over to a private organization to maintain?


94 posted on 05/23/2018 3:45:02 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: Trump20162020

Yeh that will help. LOL!


95 posted on 05/23/2018 5:30:36 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Theophilus

Jackson didn’t have his way. He was subordinate to General Lee. As the Army commander, Lee would never have authorized that.


96 posted on 05/23/2018 5:46:19 AM PDT by Bull Snipe
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To: Bull Snipe
It's true Jackson was subordinate to Lee after he was subordinate to Johnston.

It's also true that Lee invaded the North twice but too late and with too little reckless abandon.

97 posted on 05/23/2018 6:20:25 AM PDT by Theophilus (Repent)
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To: Theophilus

Both invasions of the North, demonstrate a shortcoming in General Lee’s abilities.


98 posted on 05/23/2018 6:30:22 AM PDT by Bull Snipe
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To: Bull Snipe

I’d say “resources”.


99 posted on 05/23/2018 6:35:05 AM PDT by Theophilus (Repent)
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To: Theophilus

Lee planned both operations. Resources, sufficient to support the campaign, is the responsibility of the Army Commander. He was checked at Antietam by one other than George McClellan. He was soundly defeated at Gettysburg by George Meade.


100 posted on 05/23/2018 6:42:13 AM PDT by Bull Snipe
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