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<blockquote data-quote="donner" data-source="post: 3021872" data-attributes="member: 277"><p>People all over are having civil, free, discussions on the topic. Removing a statue and putting it in a museum does not stop that nor is it erasing history. Come to my town, drive down jefferson davis drive, pass three or four businesses with "Dixie" in the name. No, you can't drive down 'confederate way' on campus anymore, but you can still follow the road to the confederate cemetery on campus. Not counting the countless flags you still see flying all over this area (including one man who flies his battle flag above the American flag). No, the confederacy is in no danger of being erased or forgotten here. </p><p></p><p>and these people haven't just 'latched onto the confederacy as a banner', they've been here since the end of the war. They've wielded the flag as a weapon of fear, flown it at cross burnings and waived it the night they rioted to keep a black man out of ole miss. If the good people want to keep the battle flag as a symbol of their heritage, i saw more power to em. But that starts with taking ownership of the symbol and shouting down ones who have latched on. But that hasn't happened. </p><p></p><p>For some it is their 'heritage' but denying one doesn't make the other less true. Luckily, we're having the conversation at all.</p><p></p><p>And in terms of Stonewall, by 'positive' you do mean things aside from taking up arms against the united states, right?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donner, post: 3021872, member: 277"] People all over are having civil, free, discussions on the topic. Removing a statue and putting it in a museum does not stop that nor is it erasing history. Come to my town, drive down jefferson davis drive, pass three or four businesses with "Dixie" in the name. No, you can't drive down 'confederate way' on campus anymore, but you can still follow the road to the confederate cemetery on campus. Not counting the countless flags you still see flying all over this area (including one man who flies his battle flag above the American flag). No, the confederacy is in no danger of being erased or forgotten here. and these people haven't just 'latched onto the confederacy as a banner', they've been here since the end of the war. They've wielded the flag as a weapon of fear, flown it at cross burnings and waived it the night they rioted to keep a black man out of ole miss. If the good people want to keep the battle flag as a symbol of their heritage, i saw more power to em. But that starts with taking ownership of the symbol and shouting down ones who have latched on. But that hasn't happened. For some it is their 'heritage' but denying one doesn't make the other less true. Luckily, we're having the conversation at all. And in terms of Stonewall, by 'positive' you do mean things aside from taking up arms against the united states, right? [/QUOTE]
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