Breitbart has published a two-sided debate regarding the dismantling of Confederate monuments across the South, and columnist Jarrett Stepman is arguing that the monuments should be protected, not destroyed.
The issue is a sensitive one for many in the south. While current supporters for the Confederacy have largely clung to the idea because of family lineage or southern pride, many have tried to hijack symbols of the Confederacy for purposes of racism and violence.
Those people have largely won, as Confederate symbols across America have fallen in a stunningly quick fashion.
But now that time has passed from the shooting in Charleston, many are looking back at what may have been an altogether too-quick knee-jerk reaction by the country and the south, and wondering if the erasure of the Confederacy from our history was wise.
Stepman argues that America doesn’t need to fundamentally change and transform our history, but rather transform out future. Read his thoughts on the next page:
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The Democrats have been working overtime to try and drop this albatross from around their neck. Just like the blacks whose ancestors sold them into slavery in the first place. Without th
My dear friend Mike, Everyone is racist, everyone, greed can be considered racism, everyone looks out for themselvez…. I would be racist if i wasnt racist because my disdain & disapproval of someone racist would make me racist…..!!!!!
I see what you did there…any disapproval is racist. People suck.
These people are clueless who keep demolishing history.
Get ready for the whining to begin
The rewriting of history continues! Google the Battle of Athens Tenn. It is not taught in schools and has a direct bearing on the second amendment and the liberal desire to limit gun ownership. THIS IS A MUST READ !
Does it not seem strange that attacks on confederate history began after Dumbocrats started their war on Americans? Also the rhetoric from bigots like Sharpton and Michelle just add fuel to the fire. They are so hateful they will stop at nothing to destroy this country and its history.
Yes the Republicans voted to end slavery; Democrats voted against it. Republicans voted for the Civil Rights act; Democrats voted against it. The Democrats were the Klu Klux Klan and they killed a large number of black Republicans in Louisiana. So they don’t want to remind everyone about their past. But history is history. We need to preserve it so we don’t repeat it.
This destruction sounds so familiar. Oh, yes, that’s right: $#%&!@* did the same thing. Progressives must be so proud.