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Question: Which of the following do you sanction?
#1
Removing the Confederate flag from public grounds and license plates		  
#2
Removing Confederate monuments from public grounds		  
#3
Removing Confederate names from roads, bridges, highways, schools, etc		  
#4
Getting rid of Confederate History Month		  
#5
Getting rid of Confederate holidays		  
#6
Forbidding private homeowners from flying the Confederate flag on their property		  
#7
Other (please specify, in case I missed anything)		  
#8
NOTA		  
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JerryArkansas
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« on: August 17, 2017, 12:23:16 PM »
Quote from: Grumpy Deplorable on August 17, 2017, 09:03:17 AM
History is history.......erasing it to pretend it didn't happen is silly.  So is taking down statues, which are not necessarily put up to honor, but to remember.
They were put up to honour them, to venerate them.  What evidence do you have to say otherwise?
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JerryArkansas
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« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2017, 04:51:12 PM »
Quote from: Grumpy Deplorable on August 17, 2017, 02:53:23 PM
Quote from: JerryArkansas on August 17, 2017, 12:23:16 PM
Quote from: Grumpy Deplorable on August 17, 2017, 09:03:17 AM
History is history.......erasing it to pretend it didn't happen is silly.  So is taking down statues, which are not necessarily put up to honor, but to remember.
They were put up to honour them, to venerate them.  What evidence do you have to say otherwise?

Well let's just take this recent story as an example........read it.

http://triblive.com/state/pennsylvania/12632146-74/confederate-monuments-to-stay-at-gettysburg
One example, out of 2000 or so.  Yeah great track record.
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