Undermine Confederate history, undermine the American Civil Rights movement.
“For the Left, the Confederacy is just a small part of a much larger problem, which is the past. Iconoclasm of the kind we’ve seen this week is native to the Left, because the entire point is to liberate society from the strictures of tradition and history in order to secure a glorious new future. That’s why Mao’s Cultural Revolution in China torched temples and dug up ancient graves, why the Soviets sacked Orthodox churches and confiscated church property, and why various governments of France went about de-Christianizing the country during the French Revolution.”
Great article. That sums it up beautifully. He has a great quote from Edmund Burke, too.
History is history. You can try to rewrite it, ignore it, remove all memory of it but you can’t change it. Try all that and you’re doomed to repeat it.
I say F that.
Dear Dr. Scott:
Respecting your August 1 inquiry calling attention to my often expressed admiration for General Robert E. Lee, I would say, first, that we need to understand that at the time of the War between the States the issue of secession had remained unresolved for more than 70 years. Men of probity, character, public standing and unquestioned loyalty, both North and South, had disagreed over this issue as a matter of principle from the day our Constitution was adopted.
General Robert E. Lee was, in my estimation, one of the supremely gifted men produced by our Nation. He believed unswervingly in the Constitutional validity of his cause which until 1865 was still an arguable question in America; he was a poised and inspiring leader, true to the high trust reposed in him by millions of his fellow citizens; he was thoughtful yet demanding of his officers and men, forbearing with captured enemies but ingenious, unrelenting and personally courageous in battle, and never disheartened by a reverse or obstacle. Through all his many trials, he remained selfless almost to a fault and unfailing in his faith in God. Taken altogether, he was noble as a leader and as a man, and unsullied as I read the pages of our history.
From deep conviction, I simply say this: a nation of men of Lee’s calibre would be unconquerable in spirit and soul. Indeed, to the degree that present-day American youth will strive to emulate his rare qualities, including his devotion to this land as revealed in his painstaking efforts to help heal the Nation’s wounds once the bitter struggle was over, we, in our own time of danger in a divided world, will be strengthened and our love of freedom sustained.
Such are the reasons that I proudly display the picture of this great American on my office wall.
Sincerely,
Dwight D. Eisenhower
So what will be done about Hollywood’s depiction of our history in films like “Twelve Years A Slave”?
I viewed this film in Baltimore with a mostly black audience and actually feared for our safety.
Is Hollywood going to be called to task for such works of art about our history as a nation?
Only a matter of time before arson and bombings occur in the museums.
The monument issue is the same battle as the current free speech issue on our campuses. Anything that someone on the left don’t want to hear or see must be banned. Books, sidewalk chalk, conservative guests, all things that offend must be banned.
There was nothing noble about Sherman’s march to the sea.....burning homes and towns to the ground!
The South was brought to its knees....
.....but we rose to be stronger
Why do you think these Southern states are called the Bible Belt
That’s all we had left......our FAITH!
Some of these monuments torn down or in line to be torn down were representative of a son of the community who, like many, left their homes or farms in the hollows to protect what little they have......they had never owned a slave and never would.....but they died defending what little they had.
In the Bible,God himself told his people to build monuments to acknowledge and/ or honor what had happened.
In the Civil War there were imperfect people on both sides.
To desecrate the memory of these young men, of these noble generals like Robert E Lee ISN’T honoring America....
....call it what it is.....Fascism!!
In tearing down history, the acts themselves become history. Years from now our progeny will look back and wonder about this moment in history. Just as people of this time now look back and wonder about the witch hunts of Salem. “What were those people thinking, could they have been that uninformed and misled?” This ignorance is being recorded now as it happens. The broken and crumpled statue of Durham, viewed in a museum years from now, will be proof it really happened. That alone should guide future generations to avoid the mistake. But it won’t.
For later
Is it any surprise that those on whom history frowns should endeavor to erase it?
Please boycott and DO NOT use the $1.00, $20.00, $50.00, & $100.00 bills, as they depict pictures of slave owners. Gather all of these hideous forms of racism and send them to me. I will see to it that they are disposed of properly. You don’t have to thank me, I do this as a public service for my country.
They also are beautiful pieces of art. Soon the portraits will disappear from art galleries as the triggered fainthearts faint and foam at the mouth over seeing them on display.