Hegseth defends returning Confederate monument to Arlington National Cemetery

[Marener]

Poor white farmers were just as proud of their state, to which they gave first allegiance - as the rich slave owners were

True. All the whites were quite happy with chattel slavery whether they were slave owners or not.

 

[Mac-7]

So proud the CSA had to initiate a draft of them (NOT the RICH) in April 1862. Rich slave owners were sPECIfically EXCLUDED: Twenty Negro Law - Wikipedia

No matter how you shave this the CSA was shitty.

The draft happened in both the North and the South

As well as WWII, Korea and Vietnam

 

[Mac-7]

True. All the whites were quite happy with chattel slavery whether they were slave owners or not.

Slavey was a big issue

But not the only one

 

[Zincwarrior]

The draft happened in both the North and the South

As well as WWII, Korea and Vietnam

And excluded major slave owners. This is what you are defending.

 

[Mac-7]

And excluded major slave owners. This is what you are defending.

I dont know how many slave owners didn't serve

But most did

 

[Zincwarrior]

I dont know how many slave owners didn't serve

But most did

doubtful, and if they did it was because they had to. Like current draft dodgers in Washington DC now, they used their wealth and privilege to avoid it. So the poort fought for them to keep rich by the systemmatic torture and abuse of 4mm people. Thats your CSA.

 

[Fang]

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.

Good. It should be put back. The monument is just honoring the men and women who died. It's part of our history.

 

[Marener]

Slavey was a big issue

But not the only one

Downplaying

Good. It should be put back. The monument is just honoring the men and women who died. It's part of our history.

Why should they be honored?

 

[Fang]

Downplaying

Why should they be honored?

I'll let you read up on history for that answer.

 

[Marener]

I'll let you read up on history for that answer.

I’ve read a lot of history. They don’t deserve to be honored. Their cause was unjust.

 

[Mac-7]

Downplaying

Why should they be honored?

If you think slavery was the only issue then you learned nothng about the Civil War in school

 

[Marener]

If you think slavery was the only issue then you learned nothng about the Civil War in school

Never said it was the only issue.

But it clearly was the most overwhelmingly important issue.

They still don’t deserve to be honored. Certainly not by a bunch of segregationist racists.

 

[Mac-7]

First libs insist that all the Co

doubtful, and if they did it was because they had to. Like current draft dodgers in Washington DC now, they used their wealth and privilege to avoid it. So the poort fought for them to keep rich by the systemmatic torture and abuse of 4mm people. Thats your CSA.

First libs insist that all the Confederate hero’s were dirty insufferable slave owners and now you tell us they werent

Stop talking out both sides of your mouth because everyone is on to you

 

[Zincwarrior]

First libs insist that all the Confederate hero’s were dirty insufferable slave owners and now you tell us they werent

nowhere did I say wealthy slaveowners weren't dirty and insufferable. I implied they were also cowards who avoided the draft purely because they owned human beings.

 

[rightwinger]

First libs insist that all the Confederate hero’s were dirty insufferable slave owners and now you tell us they werent

They fought for dirty insufferable slave owners

 

[Mac-7]

Never said it was the only issue.

But it clearly was the most overwhelmingly important issue.

They still don’t deserve to be honored. Certainly not by a bunch of segregationist racists.

And I never said it wasnt a big issue

See post 343

The old timers, back before hippies, aka libs, started taking drugs and running naked through the woods, knew both sides of the story and honored both for how they fought

John Ford understood when he directed “She Wore A Yellow Ribbon”

But sadly that generation is gone now

 

[Mac-7]

nowhere did I say wealthy slaveowners weren't dirty and insufferable. I implied they were also cowards who avoided the draft purely because they owned human beings.

And you were dead wrong as usual

 

[Marener]

And I never said it wasnt a big issue

See post 343

The old timers, back before hippies, aka libs, started taking drugs and running naked through the woods, knew both sides of the story and honored both for how they fought

John Ford understood when he directed “She Wore A Yellow Ribbon”

But sadly that generation is gone now

Funny. That’s the same generation that wouldn’t give up segregation, Jim Crow and the Klan.

I think they knew the story better than you and chose to honor those who agreed with them.

 

[Zincwarrior]

And you were dead wrong as usual

Not at all. They exempted themselves from the draft, as already noted.

 

[Mac-7]

Funny. That’s the same generation that wouldn’t give up segregation, Jim Crow and the Klan.

I think they knew the story better than you and chose to honor those who agreed with them.

But they did give up all those things when whites were 85% of the US population

Even the die-hard Southern segregationists gave way peacefully

Unfortunately no good deed ever gets recognized in conservative-hating lib la la land