Hegseth defends returning Confederate monument to Arlington National Cemetery

[Mac-7]

it was those elderly dudes mourning the friends they lost before they died as well.

The point of winning was to return them to the Union and make them all citizens again, with all the rights and privileges that entails.

Stop trying to apply 2025 morality onto 1860-1865.

Modern libs live in a bubble with very little historical context

The rift between the crazies on both sides goes all the way back to the Civil War itself

Lincoln was in conflict with his own party - the republican radicals - over how to treat the southern states after the war was ended

The crazy lib democrat trump haters today were the crazy lib republican lincoln haters of 1865

The main difference being the old libs didnt promote cross dressing ****** story telling to young children and modern libs do

 

[rightwinger]

The South is part of America. The South's rebellion and reintegration into the greater American Identity is a huge part of America's story.

The South rebelled because they were afraid they would lose their right to own other human beings

Not something to be honored

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Over 30 women have come forward and he was found liable for sexual assault by a Jury of his peers

A NYC kangaroo court on one case and he was not convicted of a crime
STFU with your ies!

You have no honor.

 

[rightwinger]

A NYC kangaroo court on one case and he was not convicted of a crime
STFU with your ies!

You have no honor.

A jury of his peers

If Trump wanted a jury of Red Neck MAGAtards, he should assault women in Alabama

 

[Correll]

The South rebelled because they were afraid they would lose their right to own other human beings

Not something to be honored

The way that the men of the south, fought to protect their homes from an invading army,

is.

 

[Mac-7]

The South rebelled because they were afraid they would lose their right to own other human beings

Not something to be honored

You must know that most Confederate soldiers did not own slaves

And many Union soldiers did

 

[rightwinger]

You must know that most Confederate solfiers did not own slaves

And many Union soldiers did

40 percent of the Confederacy was slave
Where are the monuments honoring them?

 

[Mac-7]

40 percent of the Confederacy was slave
Where are the monuments honoring them?

Try 15-20%

Most confederates did not own slaves

And many northerners did

See post 281

 

[rightwinger]

Try 15-20%

Most confederates did not own slaves

And many northerners did

4 million slaves out of a population of 9 million

The southern economy was built on the free labor provided by slaves. Even if you didn’t own slaves, you benefitted from that economy

 

[Mac-7]

4 million slaves out of a population of 9 million

The southern economy was built on the free labor provided by slaves. Even if you didn’t own slaves, you benefitted from that economy

Owned by a few wealthy elites

Most Confederate soldiers did not own slaves

 

[rightwinger]

Owned by a few wealthy elites

Most Confederate soldiers did not own slaves

They fought to preserve slavery

They also fought to ensure that no negro would ever have the same status as they do

After the war, they fought to enshrine Jim Crow throughout the south

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

A jury of his peers

If Trump wanted a jury of Red Neck MAGAtards, he should assault women in Alabama

You don't know the definition of peer apparently. Hint: it's not the same thing as a wharf or dock.

How many billionaire real estate tycoons and reality TV stars does NYC have?

 

[Mac-7]

They fought to preserve slavery

They also fought to ensure that no negro would ever have the same status as they do

After the war, they fought to enshrine Jim Crow throughout the south

They fought for the South because they were southeners

Just as northern slave owners fought for the North

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

They fought to preserve slavery

They also fought to ensure that no negro would ever have the same status as they do

After the war, they fought to enshrine Jim Crow throughout the south

If that is true, why was the war known in the south as the War of the Northern Aggression? Remember, Union troops invaded the south first! Had Lincoln not invaded Virginia, the war might have started much differently and at a later date.

You must have attended a Yankee school.

 

[rightwinger]

If that is true, why was the war known in the south as the War of the Northern Aggression? Remember, Union troops invaded the south first! Had Lincoln not invaded Virginia, the war might have started much differently and at a later date.

You must have attended a Yankee school.

Lost Cause propaganda to pretend the war was not about slavery

And you buy into it

 

[rightwinger]

You don't know the definition of peer apparently. Hint: it's not the same thing as a wharf or dock.

How many billionaire real estate tycoons and reality TV stars does NYC have?

Trumps peers are those who reside in the community where the alleged crime was committed.

I would think someone who claims to be a teacher would know that

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Lost Cause propaganda to pretend the war was not about slavery

And you buy into it

To the average southern soldier, he did not give a rat's ass about slavery. Their homes were being invaded by Yankees. Why are almost all of the battlefields in the south? The south invaded western Maryland and southern Pennsylvania early in the war and lost at Gettysburg.

You have absolutely no sense of history. Go back to school!

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Trumps peers are those who reside in the community where the alleged crime was committed.

I would think someone who claims to be a teacher would know that

I am poking fun at your idea of justice. You would not fare well if you were on trail anywhere in the south because you are Yankee that would be seen as invader if you committed even an alleged crime.

 

[struth]

Hegseth defends returning Confederate monument removed by ‘woke lemmings’ to Arlington National Cemetery

The Reconciliation Monument was removed from Arlington National Cemetery in 2023.

www.al.com

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth backed up his decision to return a Confederate monument to Arlington National Cemetery removed by “the woke lemmings” who have erased Confederate symbols from American culture.

The Reconciliation Monument, a memorial to the Confederacy, was removed from Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia in 2023.

Hegseth explained his decision to bring back the monument to Arlington during a Fox News appearance Thursday afternoon.

“Because we recognize our history, we don’t erase it. We don’t follow the woke lemmings off the cliff that want to tear down statues,” the secretary said.

Good. That's American history. Sadly the dems made it into a political/ethnic issue.

Whether you agree or disagree with the government in charge, the soldiers fought for their states.

Union or confederate they should be honored. And hopefully remembered so similar events won’t repeat themselves.

Why would anyone want to remove a monument to reconciliation? People that would oppose reconciliation are people that just are filled with hate

 

[rightwinger]

To the average southern soldier, he did not give a rat's ass about slavery. Their homes were being invaded by Yankees. Why are almost all of the battlefields in the south? The south invaded western Maryland and southern Pennsylvania early in the war and lost at Gettysburg.

You have absolutely no sense of history. Go back to school!

More Lost Cause rhetoric

Yes, they did care
They cared that the institution of slavery continued
They cared that slaves were not running free raping white women
They cared that negroes would always be socially inferior
They were outraged that negroes were fighting against them

I have been to most of the major Civil War Battlefields and many minor ones