Confederate statue removed from prominent spot at Ole Miss

[GreatGnat]

Originally Posted by thetalady

It is a shame that the people that demanded the removal of this memorial had no idea why it was placed there. Or maybe they knew and didn't give a shit. That is certainly possible, too.

That memorial was placed there to glorify an effort to keep people enslaved and further intimidate and oppress descendants of those enslaved peoples. The people who demanded that it be removed did know, and did give a shit.

[Cheerio]

Originally Posted by GreatGnat

That memorial was placed there to glorify an effort to keep people enslaved and further intimidate and oppress descendants of those enslaved peoples. The people who demanded that it be removed did know, and did give a shit.

I fail to note how honoring the dead intimidates and/or oppresses anyone, let alone descendants of slaves. The memorial didn't and doesn't enslave anyone.

You may believe the THOUGHTS these soldiers fought for are wrong, but THOUGHTS only enslave when they are thought to the exclusion of the memorial to the dead simply being a memorial to the dead and nothing else.

ETA: IDK who added the winking icon at the top of my original post, but am removing it. Twice.