emilynghiem
Constitutionalist / Universalist
Now here's an interesting take. The Confederate Monuments were part of the Southern Revisionist take on the war, rewriting it as reconciliation by the focus on "war heroes" instead of emancipation:
Confederate Monuments Were Built to Change History, Not Preserve It
I would say this is like how the narrative about Freed Slaves was changed to promote "Black dependence on Govt for Civil Rights" instead of the history of Freed Slaves building THEIR OWN churches and running businesses INDEPENDENT of government as Black Republicans promoted (like Booker T Washington), but are ignored or written out of history books by the liberal narrative of Democrats pushing the poor Black vote.
I still run into opponents arguing the Constitution is not designed to work for humanity equality and self-govt, but is for the benefit of the white racist property ownership that still enforces white privilege. So we are still arguing over the interpretation and meaning of laws and history.
I believe States Rights and Constitutional principles EMPOWER people to govern themselves. But this take on govt and history is completely "overwritten" by people who see it as an tool of oppression, and the slaves and now the millenial generations have to totally REJECT the past and Constitution in order to free people from oppression.
I don't think wiping out or removing history is going to heal or change things. But working with the ongoing process to bring it to fulfillment in everyone being educated, empowered and equal under law.
Confederate leaders' descendants want monuments pulled down
Here's another article where some descendants ARE calling to move the statues to museums where the entire history can be presented, instead of statues out of context which appear biased against blacks.
If this helps the country to heal.
Another person pointed out these statues were not an issue when Democrats had these states. But only when they switched to Republican, then they were used as pawns to bait and attack politically for points.
Disgusting. We should make decisions out of respect for history, not emotionally charged attacks.
Confederate Monuments Were Built to Change History, Not Preserve It
I would say this is like how the narrative about Freed Slaves was changed to promote "Black dependence on Govt for Civil Rights" instead of the history of Freed Slaves building THEIR OWN churches and running businesses INDEPENDENT of government as Black Republicans promoted (like Booker T Washington), but are ignored or written out of history books by the liberal narrative of Democrats pushing the poor Black vote.
I still run into opponents arguing the Constitution is not designed to work for humanity equality and self-govt, but is for the benefit of the white racist property ownership that still enforces white privilege. So we are still arguing over the interpretation and meaning of laws and history.
I believe States Rights and Constitutional principles EMPOWER people to govern themselves. But this take on govt and history is completely "overwritten" by people who see it as an tool of oppression, and the slaves and now the millenial generations have to totally REJECT the past and Constitution in order to free people from oppression.
I don't think wiping out or removing history is going to heal or change things. But working with the ongoing process to bring it to fulfillment in everyone being educated, empowered and equal under law.
Confederate leaders' descendants want monuments pulled down
Here's another article where some descendants ARE calling to move the statues to museums where the entire history can be presented, instead of statues out of context which appear biased against blacks.
If this helps the country to heal.
Another person pointed out these statues were not an issue when Democrats had these states. But only when they switched to Republican, then they were used as pawns to bait and attack politically for points.
Disgusting. We should make decisions out of respect for history, not emotionally charged attacks.