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Carolina prof: "'Silent Sam' should topple exactly like Hussein statues"
Daily Tar Heel ^
| April 23, 2003
| Prof. Gerald C. Horne
Posted on 04/23/2003 9:31:00 AM PDT by Constitution Day
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WRAL.com article:
'Silent Sam' Sparks Conversation At UNC
POSTED: 7:42 a.m. EDT April 23, 2003
UPDATED: 10:22 a.m. EDT April 23, 2003
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- A silent soldier is causing a ruckus on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Silent Sam, is a tribute to Carolina alumni who fought in the Civil War. Now, the nearly century-old statue is the site of controversy. |
Silent Sam, is a tribute to Carolina alumni who fought in the Civil War. Now, the nearly century-old statue is the site of controversy.
"This statue was put up to keep people like them in slavery," said UNC Professor Gerald Horne.
Horne calls the monument to Confederate soldiers a monstrosity.
In a letter to the Daily Tar Heel, the university's student newspaper, Horne suggests Silent Sam should be toppled just like the statue of Saddam Hussein.
"It's very interesting that people were celebrating the toppling of the statue of Saddam a few days ago, because, of course, in Chapel Hill, people say you can't take down statues. That's history," he said.
Horne's history lesson surprised students who stopped to take pictures in front of the statue Tuesday. What he calls a lightning rod, others simply call a landmark.
"We didn't know the significance, but now we know. We were just taking pictures to give to friends," said a visitor.
And where some see black and white, others see shades of gray. Axel Ruprecht said to take down the statue is to sanitize history.
"My ancestors fought for the North and I think they were right, but it's part of our history. Those who fought, fought for a number of reasons," he said.
UNC leaders said the statue is part of the university's history and it has no plans to remove it. They said UNC embraces diversity and has several buildings named after prominent African-Americans.
Reporter: Stephanie Hawco
Photographer: David McCorkle
OnLine Producer: Michelle Singer
Copyright 2003 by WRAL.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
To: billbears; stainlessbanner; GOPcapitalist; okchemyst; aomagrat; wardaddy; TomServo; stand watie; ...
The
Axis of Wlat bleats!
Sorry, okchemyst; I had to "borrow" your tagline. It was too good.
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posted on
04/23/2003 9:35:05 AM PDT
by
Constitution Day
(Be copy/paste now to men of better wordsmanship and teach them how to bore!)
To: LonePalm; Overtaxed; Tom D.; southernnorthcarolina
UNC ping.
To: Constitution Day
Please tell me this isn't for real.
Please.
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posted on
04/23/2003 9:38:08 AM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Nox aeternus en pax.)
To: Constitution Day
I don't support this, because this is the depiction of a soldier, not a political leader.
I would agree with pulling down statues of (for example) Jeff Davis, etc., but not an anonymous soldier.
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posted on
04/23/2003 9:38:19 AM PDT
by
Illbay
To: Darksheare
A cursory search of Google shows that Horne's works are reviewed on socialist websites.
It IS for real, but at least UNC is not caving... so far, anyway.
To: Constitution Day
To: Illbay
"I would agree with pulling down statues of (for example) Jeff Davis, etc., but not an anonymous soldier."That even goes too far. The first step in revisionist history creation is to eliminate any reminders of the facts. The American Civil War was a crucible that formed the strength that is America. Until recently, when the pampered offspring of the former slaves started their efforts to open old wounds and settle imagined scores, we all looked back on the war with a sense of shared history and purpose. Now these pampered members of the Jesse Jackson Extortion and Shakedown Mob are trying to get everyone else fighting or feeling guilty.
To all of you shakedown artist wannabes...STFU and get over it! If you want to get your piece of the pie, get off your dead asses, get off of the RAT Party teat, get a job, get a useful trade (that doesn't mean a degree in "Black Studies") and earn it!
And by the way...stop trying to rewrite history. Remember...YOUR OWN KIND SOLD YOUR ANCESTORS TO THE SLAVERS! YOUR OWN KIND DIDN'T FIT IN BACK IN THEIR HOMELAND!
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posted on
04/23/2003 9:48:05 AM PDT
by
Redleg Duke
(Stir the pot...don't let anything settle to the bottom where the lawyers can feed off of it!)
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NC ping!
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To: Illbay; Constitution Day
They will come for everything....and when (if) they finish with us, then they will come for your icons as well.
There is no American History pure enough for them.
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posted on
04/23/2003 9:51:02 AM PDT
by
wardaddy
(Hootie to head EEOC...)
To: All
Can I just say: What an ASS! arrogant pompous ASS!
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posted on
04/23/2003 9:51:10 AM PDT
by
labowski
To: Constitution Day
If Silent Sam comes down, I will make sure that UNC
NEVER gets a penny from me and that I will be the fifth and last generation to attend the University.
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
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posted on
04/23/2003 9:51:20 AM PDT
by
LonePalm
(Commander and Chef)
To: LonePalm
You may be interested in the link on post #7.
Personally, I do not think that UNC will cave in.
Hope you, Mrs. Palm & the fronds are doing well!
CD
To: Constitution Day
We are well. My best to you and yours.
I am in the last three weeks of my run for the town council.
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
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posted on
04/23/2003 10:01:47 AM PDT
by
LonePalm
(Commander and Chef)
To: LonePalm
Let's see if I can get these things straight. UNC assigns a pro-Muslim text for in-coming freshmen to read. When protests arise, free speech is seen as in danger. UNC should remove and prohibit all reminders of the Confederacy because they are treasonous and non-inclusive.
Of course it is not just UNC. Vanderbilt "cleansed" a building of the name "Confederate" Memorial Hall in the name of diversity.
When Hollywood types (or Dixie Chicks) promote hatred against the US (or President Bush) it's free speech, but calls to boycott the products of these "speakers" is "McCarthyism" etc etc.
To: Constitution Day
Obviously, with idiots like this professor causeing a ruckus, there still are slaves in the south....
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posted on
04/23/2003 10:07:25 AM PDT
by
hnorris
(Deserve Victory!)
To: Constitution Day
You think this is something of importance when that campus is as left as they get. And you worry about a statue? Why not the anti-Americanism which is rampant?
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posted on
04/23/2003 10:10:47 AM PDT
by
justshutupandtakeit
(RATS will use any means to denigrate George Bush's Victory.)
To: Martin Tell
You are just scratching the surface of my unhappiness with the University. They seem to be in favor of diversity for everyone except conservatives.
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
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posted on
04/23/2003 10:14:56 AM PDT
by
LonePalm
(Commander and Chef)
To: Constitution Day
There is quite a difference between a soldier fighting for a revolution or whatever the south considers the Civil War, and a brutal torturous regime that slaughter innocent women and children if it got tired of raping them. What a sick idea, comparing the confederacy to the Ba'ath party. sheesh.
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posted on
04/23/2003 10:20:24 AM PDT
by
CaptainJustice
(Dangerous Jesus Lover)
To: Constitution Day
*Slaps forehead*
D'oh!
I was hoping you'd lie ot me and say, "No."
Horne sounds like Iraqi propaganda statues are more important than American history.
The guy is rabidly Anti-American in some of his writ, isn't he?
(I've never run into his 'work' before, thankfully.)
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posted on
04/23/2003 10:21:57 AM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Nox aeternus en pax.)
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