After taking down Confederate statues, moving the tombstones of Confederate war dead may be next

[Fishrrman]

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/08/after_taking_down_confederate_statues_lets_remove_the_tombstones_of_confederate_war_dead.html

After taking down Confederate statues, moving the tombstones of Confederate war dead may be next
By Rick Moran
August 16, 2017

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There's a massive amount of commentary today on the drive to remove monuments related to the Confederacy.  Statues of generals, political leaders, and prominent citizens during that period in history are coming down all over the South following the violence in Charlottesville.  Monuments that remind local citizens of their ancestors who died in the Civil War are also being removed.

In truth, Charlottesville is an excuse to do what activists have wanted to do for decades: remove every last reminder that there was, at one time, an independent nation on the American continent based on the idea that humans could be bought and sold like animals.  President Trump said as much yesterday:

[W]ill you tear down George Washington's statue next? Do you like Jefferson? He was a slave owner. Will you tear down his statue, too? You are changing the history and changing the culture.
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North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper is ordering the removal of all Confederate monuments on state property.  But this will not satisfy those seeking to scrub American history of all references to the racist government of the Confederacy.

The next logical step is to put pressure on cemetery owners to remove the headstones of Confederate soldiers who died during the Civil War.  The sentiments expressed on most of those headstones glorifies the South and honors the memory of someone who gave his life for the Confederacy.  If they can go after T.R.'s statue, they can devastate families by screaming for the removal of 150-year-old headstones.

What about books that take a less than critical approach to the Confederacy?  There are plenty of those.  Expect a bonfire in front of your local library soon.

To those who belittle these predictions, I would say only that these people will not stop until there's no history to tell.

[dfwgator]

It's not going to end until "Washington, DC" is renamed to "Obama, DC"

[driftdiver]

I see the statues as a way of respecting fellow Americans.   Removal is disrespect and no different then the northern carpetbaggers who did so much damage after the war was over.

It will inflame tens of thousands of people and further divide this country. 

I also think that is why they are doing it.

[driftdiver]

It's not going to end until "Washington, DC" is renamed to "Obama, DC"

In Chicago there are already calls to remove the name Washington from city property.

[XenaLee]

I see the statues as a way of respecting fellow Americans.   Removal is disrespect and no different then the northern carpetbaggers who did so much damage after the war was over.

It will inflame tens of thousands of people and further divide this country. 

I also think that is why they are doing it.

Which is.... exactly the intention and goal of the radical left...ie Soros & Co.  Divide and conquer.

[dfwgator]

I see the statues as a way of respecting fellow Americans.   Removal is disrespect and no different then the northern carpetbaggers who did so much damage after the war was over.

It will inflame tens of thousands of people and further divide this country. 

I also think that is why they are doing it.

When I went to Normandy, and visited the American Cemetery,  I was surprised to learn that nearby was a separate Cemetery for the German soldiers who perished there that is maintained by the German War Graves Commission, and it is very well maintained, and I have absolutely no problem with that.

[driftdiver]

When I went to Normandy, and visited the American Cemetery,  I was surprised to learn that nearby was a separate Cemetery for the German soldiers who perished there that is maintained by the German War Graves Commission, and it is very well maintained, and I have absolutely no problem with that.

@dfwgator
If you want the war to be over then it needs to be over.   Respect each other and remember how things degenerated to the point where war was the best option.

[dfwgator]

@dfwgator
If you want the war to be over then it needs to be over.   Respect each other and remember how things degenerated to the point where war was the best option.

Of course there are some out there, who might call me a "Nazi" for expressing that sentiment.

[driftdiver]

Of course there are some out there, who might call me a "Nazi" for expressing that sentiment.

@dfwgator
Notice my new tagline - Fools mock, tongues wag, babies cry and goats bleat.

[Wingnut]

In Chicago there are already calls to remove the name Washington from city property.

Just the Whitey George.  Black Harold can stay and be renamed....

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

I read the article and I could not find a single sentence where anybody proposed that.

[Right_in_Virginia]

In Chicago there are already calls to remove the name Washington from city property.

Here's the link to more information on this:  http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,277071.0.html

[dfwgator]

I now know how Poles must have felt during WWII,    Nazis on one side, Communists on the other.   

[Night Hides Not]

So what's going to be the new name for our 42nd state?

[Wingnut]

So what's going to be the new name for our 42nd state?

New California

[GtHawk]

New California

Not Texas Minor?