A Mississippi Town Moves a Confederate Monument That Became a Shrouded Eyesore

News4JAX ^ | September 18, 2024 | Emily Wagster Pettus

[nickcarraway]

A Mississippi town has taken down a Confederate monument that stood on the courthouse square since 1910 — a figure that was tightly wrapped in tarps the past four years, symbolizing the community's enduring division over how to commemorate the past.

Grenada’s first Black mayor in two decades seems determined to follow through on the city’s plans to relocate the monument to other public land. A concrete slab has already been poured behind a fire station about 3.5 miles (5.6 kilometers) from the square.

But a new fight might be developing. A Republican lawmaker from another part of Mississippi wrote to Grenada officials saying she believes the city is violating a state law that restricts the relocation of war memorials or monuments.

[Beowulf9]

Meanwhile the black community is all enthralled with hoods like P Diddy.

[vetvetdoug]

So you think these people wish to just for everyone to get along? Maybe the statue will be replaced by George Floyd with a doobie or MLK,Jr. humping a prostitute? Whatever the result it will come at the great expense of the taxpayer.

[ansel12]

If there are any statues to Indians who fought against us anywhere within our borders, I hope they are all being removed by the same people removing these of Americans who fought against the union states.

[takebackaustin]

Fantastic comment! Never thought of that!

If the woke legislators believed their own propaganda they would demand to rename all the weapons system named in our former enemies’ honor.

[jmacusa]

Democrats removing their history.

[bk1000]

“ Meanwhile the black community is all enthralled with hoods like P Diddy.”

And the giant George Floyd mural.

[Semper Vigilantis]

By 2030 there will have been no civil war and slavery never happened and nobody owes anyone anything.

[jmacusa]

‘’and nobody owes anybody anything’’.

Whew. Load off my mind.

I’m flat broke.

[TokarevM57]

...oh,f**k these people anyway.....who gives a rat’s a** what they think or whose feelings are hurt....don’t like living in present day America...? move to Haiti....

[armourenthusiast]

I have no problem at all with our Native American brethren. I hope that them casinos help you all a little bit, cause them Yankees ain’t helping nobody.

[Retain Mike]

This controversy is another popular expression of Cultural Marxism, which intends to replace what little remains of our Republic. Karl Marx said, “The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggle”. This view is limited to what can be observed, measured, or computed. Everything exists within the bounds of infinity. Humanity exists as swarms of creatures identified to be irradicated or dominated. In this country people resolve the principles of Cultural Marxism to support the creation of White Privilege, Black Lives Matter, and Critical Race Theory.

The Declaration of Independence says, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness”. In this expression, the Creator residing beyond infinity reaches into our world from eternity to endow individuals with inestimable value despite the human condition, and therefore remind those holding governing positions of their central duty and own fallibility.

This country needs “a new birth of freedom” to keep faith with the Declaration of Independence and Constitution as the embodiment of the American ideal. Ronald Reagan said, “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the blood stream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same”.

Now it is our turn