Hegseth defends returning Confederate monument to Arlington National Cemetery

[Fort Fun Indiana]

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

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

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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.

Arlington is for US soldiers. Not traitor slavers who killed US soldiers.

 

[Marener]

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

The old generation fought tooth and nail. It was the younger generation that did it.

The end of segregation was hardly peaceful. Jesus, do you ever stop revising history?

 

[martybegan]

The old generation fought tooth and nail. It was the younger generation that did it.

The end of segregation was hardly peaceful. Jesus, do you ever stop revising history?

I was more peaceful than in could have been. Mass violence was the exception, not the rule.

In the end they bent the knee.

 

[Mac-7]

The old generation fought tooth and nail. It was the younger generation that did it.

The end of segregation was hardly peaceful. Jesus, do you ever stop revising history?

There was some violence by minority white segregationists which the white majority put a stop to

Now you are trashing the Greatest Generation that overcame the Great Depression and defeated both the fascists in WWII and the communists during the Cold War

Shame on you

 

[Marener]

I was more peaceful than in could have been. Mass violence was the exception, not the rule.

In the end they bent the knee.

Next thing you know, you freaks will want to honor the segregationists because they weren’t as violent as “they could have been”.

Wonder why we don’t have statues honoring George Wallace?

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

There was some violence by minority white segregationists which the white majority put a stop to

Using the National Guard, 100 years later.

You forgot to mention it.

 

[martybegan]

Next thing you know, you freaks will want to honor the segregationists because they weren’t as violent as “they could have been”.

Wonder why we don’t have statues honoring George Wallace?

Did we jail every single segregationist after it was all over?

Do you think they should have been jailed?

 

[Marener]

Did we jail every single segregationist after it was all over?

Do you think they should have been jailed?

Of course not.

There’s a pretty big gap between jailing someone and honoring them.

 

[Marener]

There was some violence by minority white segregationists which the white majority put a stop to

Now you are trashing the Greatest Generation that overcame the Great Depression and defeated both the fascists in WWII and the communists during the Cold War

Shame on you

Shame on me? You’re the one who demands we honor racists, segregationists and minimize their evil purposes.

 

[martybegan]

Of course not.

There’s a pretty big gap between jailing someone and honoring them.

Where are there statues for guys like Bull Connor or the KKK morons?

Who deserves more respect, someone who is inherently not racist, or someone who starts off that way and overcomes it?

 

[martybegan]

Shame on me? You’re the one who demands we honor racists, segregationists and minimize their evil purposes.

you throw around the word evil too much.

People can be wrong and not be evil.

Evil should be reserved for the Hilters, Stalins, Maos, and Pol Pots of the world.

 

[Marener]

Where are there statues for guys like Bull Connor or the KKK morons?

Who deserves more respect, someone who is inherently not racist, or someone who starts off that way and overcomes it?

The statute shows the south didn’t get over their racism.

 

[martybegan]

The statute shows the south didn’t get over their racism.

The only statue that meets your accusation is the LIberty Square one in New Orleans, and most people agree that one should be taken down.

The rest from the civil war were part of the peace process.

 

[Marener]

you throw around the word evil too much.

People can be wrong and not be evil.

Evil should be reserved for the Hilters, Stalins, Maos, and Pol Pots of the world.

**** man, the right uses the word evil all the time. Don’t lecture me.

Chattel slavery is evil. Period.

 

[whitehall]

So much for reconciliation.

 

[Marener]

The only statue that meets your accusation is the LIberty Square one in New Orleans, and most people agree that one should be taken down.

The rest from the civil war were part of the peace process.

Nah. This statue in Arlington espouses the lost cause ideology, indicating they never admitted they were wrong.

 

[AntonToo]

You can make the argument it is glorifying the Confederacy, or you can simply say it is a historical monument that is indicative of another time and attitudes that do not correspond to those found today.

You don't need to freak out and demand it be melted for scrap, you can view it all objectively without having to attach your personal opinion/feelings to anything inscribed on it.

Now tell me how that is different for Nazi statues?

"you can simply say it is a historical monument [to Nazi regime] that is indicative of another time and attitudes that do not correspond to those found today"

right?

 

[martybegan]

**** man, the right uses the word evil all the time. Don’t lecture me.

Chattel slavery is evil. Period.

Actually we use the term stupid most of the time for your viewpoints.

Stalin was evil, most of the idiots following him were morons.

 

[martybegan]

Nah. This statue in Arlington espouses the lost cause ideology, indicating they never admitted they were wrong.

A poseur like you doesn't get to make that decision, considering the ones that did were the ones that beat them.

They were the ones that won the war, and they allowed it as part of the healing process.

 

[Marener]

A poseur like you doesn't get to make that decision, considering the ones that did were the ones that beat them.

They were the ones that won the war, and they allowed it as part of the healing process.

Of course I do because I get to think for myself. I can see why you don't see that as an option.

There's nothing "healing" about the Lost Cause narrative and pretending the confederacy was heroic.