JonFreeman #racist #wingnut

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a few years ago I warned people that tearing down these "vile confederate statues" was basically a step removed from ISIS destroying ancient relics in name only.

I was reprimanded for that because "OH THAT COULD NEVER GO THAT FAR AS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING" by the leftists with their heads up their asses.

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And here we are: the same dumbfucks are aiming to tear down statues of Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S Grant - two people responsible for dismantling the Confederacy.

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Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Everyone knows that.

Likewise, those who destroy history are desperately seeking to repeat it.

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Jon, understanding and appreciating history doesn’t mean ‘erect god-like statues of the figures concerned’.

...so those statues of Saddam Insane should be replaced in Iraq?

(*Crickets chirp*)

We need to teach history better. The Confederates have done nothing to be worthy of having statues while Lincoln and Grant were both presidents, even if they weren't 100% perfect. Grant was a pretty awesome general though his presidency was something else entirely.

I warned people that tearing down these "vile confederate statues" was basically a step removed from ISIS destroying ancient relics

From this article: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/lovejoyfeminism/2020/06/pulling-down-statues-is-not-the-same-as-blasting-sacred-sites.html

I thought I’d take a moment to explain the difference between what’s happening here and what the Taliban did when they blew up ancient statues of Buddha in Afghanistan.
I’ll tell you what the equivalent would be: defacing a sacred mountain with dynamite. Oh wait, the United States already did that. We call it Mount Rushmore and visit it as a tourist attraction. That mountain was named Six Grandfathers, and it was sacred to the Lakota Sioux. White America has never cared about sacred sites. Instead, we have shown utter disregard, destroying or defacing them at will.

The supporters of every Confederate monument has already attempted to destroy history by claiming a lie as history. I guess that makes destroying your statues just tit-for-tat, doesn’t it?

Jon, those statues devoted to a bunch of 19th century spoiled white slave owners are not in any way the same as 6th and 7th century Buddhas. They just aren’t.

Malingspan’s comparison is much more apt.

Ahh, you do realise that people who lose wars don’t usually have statues made of them? Grant and Lincoln did, which says a lot about them.

Mt. Rushmore doesn't bother me because it was built on “sacred land,” because I don't believe in the concept. It bothers me because we did it after we said we wouldn't.

JonFreeman #racist #wingnut deviantart.com

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