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Atlanta NAACP Says “They Can Sand Blast Lee, Jefferson Davis, And Jackson” Off Stone Mountain
CBS Atlanta ^ | 7/13/15 | Maria Boynton

Posted on 07/14/2015 11:09:04 AM PDT by barmag25

The Atlanta Chapter of the NAACP is calling for the removal of the Confederacy from Stone Mountain Park. Local chapter president Richard Rose says, “It is time for Georgia and other Southern states to end the glorification of slavery and white supremacy, paid for and maintained, with the taxes of all its citizens.” According to Rose, “all of this recognition of Confederate generals is upholding the white supremacy on which the Confederacy was founded and the war was fought.” He goes on to say, “all of this should have ended in 1865 when Lee surrendered to Appomattox.” He’s referring to, what historians refer to as, one of the last battles before Confederate Army General Robert Lee surrendered to Union Army Lt. Ulysses Grant on April 9, 1865. Recent debate about the emblems was sparked by the mass killings at Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston, South Carolina. Alleged gunman Dylann Roof was seen in photographs posing with the Confederate Flag. While some consider the flag as a commemoration of their heritage, others consider it a symbol of hate. On Friday, South Carolina removed the flag from its statehouse grounds.

Georgia removed the Confederate emblem from its flag in 2001, though the “Stars and Bars” from the First National Confederate Flag remain on the state flag. The Confederate Flag still flies at Stone Mountain Park, which is owned by and run by the State of Georgia. Many, like Congressman Hank Johnson, see the park as a museum for the Confederacy. According to Johnson, “where do we draw the line, do we blast the faces off of Stone Mountain?” Rose says “yes”. He adds, “they can sand blast Lee, Jefferson Davis, and Jackson off tomorrow. I’d be extremely elated.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: atlanta; georgia; jeffersondavis; naacp; newspeak; robertelee; staceyabrams; stonemountain; stonewalljackson
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1 posted on 07/14/2015 11:09:04 AM PDT by barmag25
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To: barmag25

Or better yet, head back to the Motherland.


2 posted on 07/14/2015 11:10:16 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: barmag25

It’s private I think isn’t it? Anyway..now they’re acting like ISIS.


3 posted on 07/14/2015 11:10:19 AM PDT by bkepley
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To: AnAmericanMother; Apple Pan Dowdy; bfh333; Blueflag; Broker; clee1; ctdonath2; Dacula; dansangel; ..

GA FReeper ping.

You knew this was coming.


4 posted on 07/14/2015 11:10:55 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: barmag25

Gets crazier by the minute.


5 posted on 07/14/2015 11:11:03 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: barmag25

Unexpected. ..


6 posted on 07/14/2015 11:11:17 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: barmag25

Ethnic Cleansing.


7 posted on 07/14/2015 11:11:40 AM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: barmag25
And the Taliban can artillery Buddha off the hillside in Afghanistan. Allah Akbar, baby.
Stone Mountain is a cultural thing. This would be a VERY bad thing. We cannot deny history. I imagine there could be nastiness over this.
8 posted on 07/14/2015 11:11:44 AM PDT by BigEdLB (They need to target the 'Ministry of Virtue' which has nothing to do with virtue.)
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Kind of a Taliban Buddha thing


9 posted on 07/14/2015 11:12:00 AM PDT by tophat9000 (SCOTUS=Newspeak)
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To: barmag25

This is absolutely going to get bloody, I fear.


10 posted on 07/14/2015 11:12:18 AM PDT by WENDLE
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To: barmag25
It was only a matter of time before we got to this one.


11 posted on 07/14/2015 11:12:39 AM PDT by alancarp
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Kind of a Taliban Buddha thing

Birds of a Feather.

12 posted on 07/14/2015 11:12:53 AM PDT by KC_Lion (PLEASE SUPPORT FR. Donate Monthly or Join Club 300! G-d bless you all!)
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Lets sandblast the MaoLK statue on the Mall.


13 posted on 07/14/2015 11:13:04 AM PDT by Old Yeller (Civil rights are for civilized people.)
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To: barmag25

Good Lord, they’re the Taliban!


14 posted on 07/14/2015 11:13:21 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Conservatism: Now home to liars too. And we'll support them. Yea... GOPe)
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To: barmag25

But can they remove that communist sympathizer from the White House? He and his crew are big admirers of mass-murderer Mao tse-tung.


15 posted on 07/14/2015 11:14:02 AM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: KC_Lion

Exactly my thought...


16 posted on 07/14/2015 11:14:02 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Conservatism: Now home to liars too. And we'll support them. Yea... GOPe)
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To: barmag25
Jefferson and Washington had slaves...lots of them.

How much sand will we need?

17 posted on 07/14/2015 11:14:06 AM PDT by Sacajaweau (s)
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So, when will the NAACP call for the eradication all traces of the Grand Kleagle, Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia.

Also, Stone Mountain is not racist. It honors men who led the defense of their country. Honoring them was part of the national healing as Union and Confederate war vets met together in the time period from 1913 to 1938 to celebrate their service on the long settled Civil War, as brothers once again.

A commemorative coin was struck in 1925 by the US Mint to help raise funds to complete it.

Therefore the US government is complicit in Stone Mountain.

Shall we sandblast all of DC as well?


18 posted on 07/14/2015 11:14:24 AM PDT by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: barmag25

Let’s blow up those Buddhas.

And destroy the Sphinx.


19 posted on 07/14/2015 11:14:30 AM PDT by ifinnegan
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To: barmag25

They’re just reminding Southerners how proud we are of our forefathers. Yes, they made mistakes...but they are still blood relatives and they won’t be forgotten.


20 posted on 07/14/2015 11:14:31 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (WSC: The truth is incontrovertible; malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end...)
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