SHAME sprayed on Robert E. Lee statue.

[TESLAMotors]

So it begins.....little bubbling of a race war? Who knows.
http://cityhallblog.dallasnews.com/...s-lee-park-was-spray-painted-with-shame.html/

In reading some other posts on a forum, it was pointed out that Robert E. Lee helped setup public schools for former slaves.

 

[red]

Racewar? Vandalism with a political tone. Gosh it's almost as bad cops shooting black people

 

[Aardvark154]

The idiot who did this likely knows about as much about Robert Edward Lee as some teenager in Novosibirsk knows about Chief Justice Ritchie!

 

[TESLAMotors]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...ears-on-confederate-memorials-across-the-u-s/

http://www.richmond.com/news/local/...cle_251992bb-cf9a-58e6-9bcd-ec4d50dede87.html

 

[TESLAMotors]

Racewar? Vandalism with a political tone. Gosh it's almost as bad cops shooting black people

If there were more black cops, things would be better right? No innocent lives taken.
I'm sure there are other cities and towns with the same problem -> http://www.businessinsider.com/nypd...ld-be-recruits-have-spent-time-in-jail-2015-6


Ya you're right here we go, more cops killing a black man intentionally for no reason. (actually he was wanted on a strangulation charge, so the cops were protecting the victim, who may have been black in this case)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ies-police-custody-pepper-sprayed-arrest.html

 

[red]

If there were more black cops, things would be better right? No innocent lives taken.
I'm sure there are other cities and towns with the same problem -> http://www.businessinsider.com/nypd...ld-be-recruits-have-spent-time-in-jail-2015-6


Ya you're right here we go, more cops killing a black man intentionally for no reason. (actually he was wanted on a strangulation charge, so the cops were protecting the victim, who may have been black in this case)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ies-police-custody-pepper-sprayed-arrest.html

Sorry weren't you the guy calling this vandalism a racewar

 

[TESLAMotors]

Sorry weren't you the guy calling this vandalism a racewar

I'm not sorry why are you?

 

[frankcastle]

Any symbol of the south in the civil war is going to be a target.

Maybe lee did some good but that is not the point of the vandalism.

Not saying it is right. Just saying thatt this is to be expected.

Now that i think about it this is more than just random vandalism. The person was making a point and honestly i think if my people had been oppressed, seeing daily reminders of that oppression would be pretty upsetting.

 

[scouser1]

The statue of a dude who lead a group of racist traitors who committed treason and were losers was vandalised, how bad are we supposed to feel?

 

[anon1]

The real question is who [which side] is doing the vandalising?

 

[oldjones]

The idiot who did this likely knows about as much about Robert Edward Lee as some teenager in Novosibirsk knows about Chief Justice Ritchie!

That's the trouble with pushing things to an extreme — or stubbornly resisting every tiny change. You give the idiots a cause to latch onto as an excuse for vicious stupidity and a pretext of advancing a cause.

Lee was many things, including first pick to command the US Armies, but never extreme about the idiots' cause he defended with more than a little regret and reluctance.

 

[oldjones]

The statue of a dude who lead a group of racist traitors who committed treason and were losers was vandalised, how bad are we supposed to feel?

Not at all, if you're in favour of barbarous vandalism. Quite a bit if you think we should live peaceably together and solve our problems ourselves without superstitiously invoking the dead. Or using them to pick fights.

The morons who did this are the un-evolved equivalent of those who vowed the Stars and Bars would never come down.

 

[Insidious Von]

General Lee made the most of what he had but he was still defending a slave economy. I do not condone the vandalism but I understand the motive.

The Confederacy started the Civil War banking on Britain upholding the lucrative cotton trade - what a bunch of ultra maroons! Britain decided not to repeat France's mistake ( the French gave the American rebels financial, military and food support during the Revolutionary War and ended up with a mountain of debt) and switched their allegiance. Cotton was no match for the Union's oil, coal and iron.

 

[Smallcock]

In what country other than the United States, do governments erect monuments and fly flags of terrorists/traitors to their own country - as symbols of pride?

 

[oil&gas]

Southerners remain the bad guys to this day because
they were defenders of slavery or because they were
fighting for independence? Personally I see southerners
who gave their lives being no more or less admirable
than the defenders of Alamo fighting at a time when
Mexico had abolished slavery.

 

[SkyRider]

In what country other than the United States, do governments erect monuments and fly flags of terrorists/traitors to their own country - as symbols of pride?

We have statues of Louis Riel. Anyway, a civilized country allows its states to secede without resorting to killing people (e.g. Quebec, Scotland, etc.).

 

[oil&gas]

It is time for people to see the difference
between the Union and confederate soldiers in a
light-hearted way rather than as either good
or bad guys.

 

[Toke]

The idiot who did this likely knows about as much about Robert Edward Lee as some teenager in Novosibirsk knows about Chief Justice Ritchie!

Most have little understanding about what the Civil War was actually about. Was it over slavery?? Nope. It just makes it sound 'more romantic' to say it was, but that was just a by-product of a bigger dispute. If most bothered to actually read the history (not history textbooks or what they hear on TV) this would be very clear.

 

[canada-man]

Blacks Should Boycott The Christian Bible Before The Confederate Flag and statues

 

[basketcase]

Most have little understanding about what the Civil War was actually about. Was it over slavery?? Nope. It just makes it sound 'more romantic' to say it was, but that was just a by-product of a bigger dispute. If most bothered to actually read the history (not history textbooks or what they hear on TV) this would be very clear.

Since someone mentioned comedy...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8VCbvMoCV8


Fact is in the modern interpretation, anything to do with the Civil War is seen as a commentary on slavery (or is it State Rights :rollseyes: and therefore needs to be examined in that light. Fact is that any symbol of the Civil War is seen as a race issue (even if Lee considered slavery evil).


A similar example is http://gawker.com/swastika-rehabilitation-day-celebrated-all-over-the-wor-1717352810. No matter what people want to say about it's history, that's not what it means to the vast majority of people.