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Confederate flag = bad, but what about statues in the Capitol? -- (link)

Posted by znufrii Jun 25 '15, 09:54

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http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/06/26/us/politics/search-for-confederate-symbols-finds-them-aplenty-in-washington.html (mobile.nytimes.com)

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For that matter, what about Woodrow Wilson? - ML Jun 25, 10:08 8
- It's not about individuals, it's about the most pronounced institution. - Mel Profit Jun 25, 10:35 1
  - The "Stars and Bars" is not the same as the flag being discussed. There was no "Southern Cross" on the "Stars and Bars" - TWuG Jun 25, 10:40 [Image]
- What about the slave-owning Presidents? -- nm - Roger More Jun 25, 10:20 2
  - Presidents get a pass, not because the deserve it, but because they held the office. - TWuG Jun 25, 10:36 1
    - Don't worry about me, my tongue is further in cheek than ML's - Roger More Jun 25, 10:42
- He took up arms and fought against our country? - znufrii Jun 25, 10:13 1
  - he would have, but he was only 5 at the time -- nm - ML Jun 25, 10:18
- He needs to be dug up and flogged. -- nm - Loyola Jun 25, 10:11
there's already something happening in Nashville . . . talk concerning removing a bust of a confederate general from the state building -- nm - call me Ishmael Jun 25, 09:57
Also bad. -- nm - TWuG Jun 25, 09:57 2
- So, stick them in a broom closet somewhere, and call it the "Hall of Traitors", perhaps? -- nm - znufrii Jun 25, 10:05 1
  - I'm not sure why Jeff Davis is in the Capitol building in the first place. Crate them or send them to a museum focused on the Civil War. -- nm - TWuG Jun 25, 10:15

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