Hegseth defends returning Confederate monument to Arlington National Cemetery

[BS Filter]

You have it backwards don’t ya?

It is REPUBLICANS honoring the legacy of the Confederacy

Wrong. No one is honoring slavery.

 

[BS Filter]

Nobody is denying the Civil War
What they are denying is that Confederate leaders are worth honoring

I don't believe George Floyd is worth honoring, but there are statues all over the place. Tear them down.

 

[rightwinger]

I don't believe George Floyd is worth honoring, but there are statues all over the place. Tear them down.

As a citizen, go to your city council and request that George Floyd monuments come down
That is your right

Just as it is right to request Confederate monuments come down

 

[Zincwarrior]

Alternatively, a nice change:

U.S. Capitol replaces statue of Robert E. Lee with teen civil rights icon Barbara Rose Johns

The U.S. Capitol has begun displaying a statue of a teenaged Barbara Rose Johns as she protested poor conditions at her segregated Virginia high school.

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U.S. Capitol replaces statue of Robert E. Lee with teen civil rights icon Barbara Rose Johns​

December 16, 2025 / 11:21 PM EST / CBS/AP
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The U.S. Capitol on Tuesday began displaying a statue of a teenaged Barbara Rose Johns as she protested poor conditions at her segregated Virginia high school, a pointed replacement for a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that was removed several years ago.

An unveiling ceremony of the statue representing Virginia in the Capitol took place in Emancipation Hall, featuring Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, Virginia's congressional delegation and Democratic Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger.

Johnson said more than 200 members of Johns' family were on hand, listening on as the ceremony included renditions of "How Great Thou Art," "Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'Round" and "Total Praise" performed by the Eastern Senior High School choir from Washington.

"We are here to honor one of America's true trailblazers, a woman who embodied the essence of the American spirit in her fight for liberty and justice and equal treatment under the law, the indomitable Barbara Rose Johns," Johnson said.

Johns was 16 years old in 1951 when she led a student strike for equal education at the segregated R.R. Moton High School in Farmville, Virginia. The protest, led by Johns and hundreds of her classmates, sought to draw attention to the crowded, rundown conditions of their school — especially when compared to all-White schools in the same area.

 

[BS Filter]

As a citizen, go to your city council and request that George Floyd monuments come down
That is your right

Just as it is right to request Confederate monuments come down

Go ahead and request. The point is some people believe they have the right to bring them down.

 

[rightwinger]

Go ahead and request. The point is some people believe they have the right to bring them down.

They do

Just like people had a right to put them up

 

[BS Filter]

They do

Just like people had a right to put them up

What law gives someone the right to tear down a statue?

 

[rightwinger]

What law gives someone the right to tear down a statue?

The law of local governance deciding on what to put on municipal property

 

[BrokeLoser]

Nobody is denying the Civil War
What they are denying is that Confederate leaders are worth honoring

You have it backwards don’t ya?

It is REPUBLICANS honoring the legacy of the Confederacy

It’s no surprise, libs hate our founders and framers and they hate the confederates for doing exactly what our founder/framers did.

 

[Correll]

Unless you are a black American who rightfully looks at it as an insult

That is his choice to have a hissy fit. Nothing about him, is more important than the rights of other Americans to celebrate their history.

It is ok to be white.

 

[Correll]

It's unfortunate those ignorant people would latch onto that failed and notorious symbol. It doesn't reflect anything anymore. A reminder of hatred and injustice.

No, it's not. It's a reminder of the service of a generation of southern men.

That other people choose to have a hissy fit, in any effort to "cancel" souther white culture/heritage,

is them choosing to be ignorant and divisive.

 

[BS Filter]

The law of local governance deciding on what to put on municipal property

Right, yet the mob ignores legal authority and just takes statues down.

 

[rightwinger]

That is his choice to have a hissy fit. Nothing about him, is more important than the rights of other Americans to celebrate their history.

It is ok to be white.

Just like those having hissy fits when their beloved Confederate statues come down.

It is OK to support slavery….right?

 

[Correll]

Just like those having hissy fits when their beloved Confederate statues come down.

It is OK to support slavery….right?

You seem to be unable to distinguish between action and reaction.

A person celebrating their heritage by enjoying a statue or a flag, is minding their own business.

When other people use force to stop them, they are the ones violating the rights of their targets.

'You are an asshole.

 

[rightwinger]

You seem to be unable to distinguish between action and reaction.

A person celebrating their heritage by enjoying a statue or a flag, is minding their own business.

When other people use force to stop them, they are the ones violating the rights of their targets.

'You are an asshole.

They are celebrating a heritage of slavery

That is why the Confederacy was formed

 

[Correll]

They are celebrating a heritage of slavery

That is why the Confederacy was formed

Your excuse for your bullying is dismissed.

You are the bad guy here.

 

[rightwinger]

Your excuse for your bullying is dismissed.

You are the bad guy here.

Not bullying


Democracy

 

[Correll]

Not bullying


Democracy

Correct. YOu wish to use majority rule to violate the rights of souther whites.

That is why democracy was considered a bad idea by the founding fathers, who instituted many restrictions on the will of the majority and wanted to protect the rights of individuals from the tryanny of the majority.

Real Americans of all stripes, should condemn your desire to discriminate against and oppress southern whites.


You are a racist asshole.

 

[rightwinger]

Correct. YOu wish to use majority rule to violate the rights of souther whites.

Southern whites who enslaved millions, violated basic civil rights of blacks for a hundred years, engaged in terrorism

Not a heritage to be celebrated

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Right, yet the mob ignores legal authority and just takes statues down.

Like the thin skinned baby president.