Hegseth defends returning Confederate monument to Arlington National Cemetery

[Hellbilly]

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.

 

[Marener]

Facing bad news, is part of being a man.

That’s ******* rich coming from MAGA.

 

[Correll]

That’s ******* rich coming from MAGA.

I gave examples. During the obama and biden years, I was honest about how bad it was, from our perspective. Especially with demographics, moving against us.


Your inability to...think about... the shit you read before you post, is not my concern.

 

[1srelluc]

Hoo Boy! The leftist's jimmies are sure rustled over this one.

 

[martybegan]

Fascinating, because you apparently think waging war against the United States isn’t a crime.

It was a rebellion, that ended and those that participated in it were forgiven and welcomed back into the Union.

 

[drudge X]

"We must honor those who fought to keep slavery legal"

Hegseth.

A wasted 10 millions dollars as the next (D) president (and there will be one) will have it removed.

Bullshit. Lincoln was no friend to blacks.

 

[Marener]

I gave examples. During the obama and biden years, I was honest about how bad it was, from our perspective. Especially with demographics, moving against us.


Your inability to...think about... the shit you read before you post, is not my concern.

It kind of sounds as though you think the other side is evil and must be destroyed.

I don’t even want to touch your accusations about demographics and western civilization. You sound very red pilled.

 

[Correll]

It was a rebellion, that ended and those that participated in it were forgiven and welcomed back into the Union.

Dems want to reopen old wounds and pit Americans agaisnt each other again, so that they can destroy America.

 

[Marener]

It was a rebellion, that ended and those that participated in it were forgiven and welcomed back into the Union.

And why do we have to describe them as heroes and justify their cause as righteous?

That’s not just forgiveness. That’s approval.

 

[martybegan]

And why do we have to describe them as heroes and justify their cause as righteous?

That’s not just forgiveness. That’s approval.

That's what the people at the time did.

 

[Nostra]

Dems want to reopen old wounds and pit Americans agaisnt each other again, so that they can destroy America.

Trump is deporting their brown slaves, so they want to go back to black slaves.

 

[Correll]

It kind of sounds as though you think the other side is evil and must be destroyed.

I very much do. I regulary discuss that and that I think we need to show your side no mercy.

I don’t even want to touch your accusations about demographics and western civilization. You sound very red pilled.

Asshole. The left has been gloating about the political implications of demographic shift for decades and yet if any republcian mentions it, it is "Racism".

You are having a hissy fit right now, to try to distract from the fact that I am right you leftards are Anti-American commie filth.

 

[Marener]

Dems want to reopen old wounds and pit Americans agaisnt each other again, so that they can destroy America.

If you don’t like pitting Americans against each other to destroy the nation, then honoring the Confederacy seems like an especially bizarre thing to do.

 

[Marener]

I very much do. I regulary discuss that and that I think we need to show your side no mercy.

Which is ironic because you were complaining about the left doing so.

 

[Marener]

That's what the people at the time did.

People did the same for the KKK at the time too.

The memorial asks not for forgiveness and implies none is needed for their righteous cause.

If the memorial were actually about forgiveness, that would be so much better.

 

[Correll]

If you don’t like pitting Americans against each other to destroy the nation, then honoring the Confederacy seems like an especially bizarre thing to do.

You say that like martybegan has not repeatedly made the point that the rebels lost and were forgiven and welcomed back into the fold.


That is you being a liar.

It is your side that wants to renege on past forgiveness and reopen old wounds and tear this country apart,


because you are anti-American filthy commies.

 

[Rawley]

Putting monuments to the enemies of the nation in the national cemetery.

What's next? Statues of hitler?

Don't go there if it inflames your TDS that much.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

It wasn't a monument to slavery or even to 5he confederacy. It was a monument to reconciliation.

 

[Marener]

You say that like martybegan has not repeatedly made the point that the rebels lost and were forgiven and welcomed back into the fold.


That is you being a liar.

It is your side that wants to renege on past forgiveness and reopen old wounds and tear this country apart,


because you are anti-American filthy commies.

The shrine glorifies the sin, it doesn’t provide forgiveness.

I’m fine with forgiveness, but this shrine does not demonstrate contrition.

 

[martybegan]

People did the same for the KKK at the time too.

The memorial asks not for forgiveness and implies none is needed for their righteous cause.

If the memorial were actually about forgiveness, that would be so much better.

The KKK came after, when some of the losers decided they didn't want to hold to the terms, kind of like what you are doing now.

Who cares?

You have no say in that, that's between the people that fought at the time.