Unlimited confederate (or any other) war memorial

[jwgnc]

Their wealth was built on slavery. Now a new fortune lies underground.
In Virginia, the land still owned by the Coles family could yield billions from uranium.

Does any of that wealth belong to the descendants of the enslaved?

Or the Saponi Tribe?

[Woolly Bugger]

Charlottesville's Lee statue meets its end, in a 2,250-degree furnace
Melted down in secret, the divisive Confederate monument will be turned into a new piece of public art

SOMEWHERE IN THE U.S. SOUTH — It was a choice to melt down Robert E. Lee. But it would have been a choice to keep him intact, too.

So the statue of the Confederate general that once stood in Charlottesville — the one that prompted the deadly Unite the Right rally in 2017 — was now being cut into fragments and dropped into a furnace, dissolving into a sludge of glowing bronze.



https://wapo.st/3FEaVd3

[Woolly Bugger]

Lee's statue is gone. What it unleashed remains.
That statue in Charlottesville emboldened racists, prompted public displays of violence and led to private threats – and those don't melt down as easily as bronze



That it had to be done in secret says it all.

The Robert E. Lee statue that propelled white nationalists to wield torches and march through Charlottesville couldn't be destroyed in a known place at a known time. Of course not.

The foundry that agreed to melt down that oxidized metal — after others refused — couldn't be publicly revealed. Of course not.

The people who witnessed the melting of that statue couldn't keep the location trackers of their phones on. Of course not.

https://wapo.st/46PRN7G

[trout-r-us]

Lee's statue is gone. What it unleashed remains.
That statue in Charlottesville emboldened racists, prompted public displays of violence and led to private threats – and those don't melt down as easily as bronze




https://wapo.st/46PRN7G

Puts me in the mind of the old biblical story they teach the children, of when Moses came down from the mountain and found the people worshiping the golden calf.
Seems only proper in this land of christian nationalism that we make every attempt to rid ourselves of false idols.

[Woolly Bugger]

The Confederate Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery will be dismantled this week

A monument to Confederate soldiers is scheduled to be removed from Arlington National Cemetery by the end of the week.
The removal comes in response to legislation passed by Congress, and amidst efforts in recent years to take down symbols honoring slaveholders and Confederate leaders.
In 2021, Congress passed a law requiring the Department of Defense to look at removing "names, symbols, displays, monuments, or paraphernalia" commemorating the Confederacy.

https://apple.news/A6zt2DZ8kQ-qhUR7k8Qf0CA

[Woolly Bugger]

A federal judge on Monday issued a temporary injunction to stop the removal of a monument to Confederate soldiers on the grounds of Arlington National Cemetery.

Workers had began to remove the memorial on Monday before U.S. District Judge Rossie Alston Jr. issued his order, saying that the plaintiff's lawyer represented to the court that the project involved the disturbance of gravesites.

A group called Defend Arlington, affiliated with a group called Save Southern Heritage Florida, filed suit Sunday in federal court in Alexandria, Va. Alston set a hearing for Wednesday.

Judge halts removal of a Confederate memorial at Arlington National Cemetery

https://www.npr.org/2023/12/18/1219896375/confederate-memorial-arlington-national-cemetery-dismantled

[Woolly Bugger]

North Carolina appeals court upholds ruling that kept Confederate monument in place.

https://wr.al/1RWpb

[trout-r-us]

North Carolina appeals court upholds ruling that kept Confederate monument in place.

https://wr.al/1RWpb

All part of the effort to make America great again I guess. We can only hope that good people are able to continue to hold back the tide of hatred.

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[Onslow]

North Carolina appeals court upholds ruling that kept Confederate monument in place.

https://wr.al/1RWpb

All part of the effort to make America great again I guess. We can only hope that good people are able to continue to hold back the tide of hatred.

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Yankees are so fun to hate.  Trump and Joy Baher, archetypal Yankees, lol.

[Mudwall Gatewood 3.0]

North Carolina appeals court upholds ruling that kept Confederate monument in place.

https://wr.al/1RWpb

All part of the effort to make America great again I guess. We can only hope that good people are able to continue to hold back the tide of hatred.

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Yankees are so fun to hate.  Trump and Joy Baher, archetypal Yankees, lol.

The t shirt is hilarious, but I would not wear it here in my ridges and hollows.  It would definitely stir the natives.

Damn, I had to look up Joy B!  She was certainly unfamiliar.  Now that I know who she is, I would conclude that any dude that is aware of her should have his man card revoked for at least a year.  Who watches The View?  Or better yet, what man watches The View?

It is damned easy to hate.  I made a pact when I retired, I would not loathe or hate any individual or group ever again.  Indifference, yes, but hate, no.  In the last 8 years I've been tested often and even crossed the distaining line several times.  In this world's climate it ain't easy remaining upbeat and even keeled.

[Ronbo]

I don't frequent this thread, so I honestly did not know the content.  I was actually expecting to view an old cemetary or war artifact. History is and will always be ugly yet appealing at the same time.

[trout-r-us]

North Carolina appeals court upholds ruling that kept Confederate monument in place.

https://wr.al/1RWpb

All part of the effort to make America great again I guess. We can only hope that good people are able to continue to hold back the tide of hatred.

You cannot view this attachment.

Yankees are so fun to hate.  Trump and Joy Baher, archetypal Yankees, lol.

My oh my. Such hatred. So much for good ol' southern hospitality.🤣🤣
George Clooney born in Kentucky, therefore not technically a yankee.