The reason the South was worried about Congress is because they knew the Missouri Compromise meant that there would likely be no more slave states, and that with abolitionist sentiments growing, slavery would one day be outlawed.

That is why they fought, and in that sense it damned sure was about the right for a state to legalize chattel slavery.

So you're okay with statues of men who committed treason in order to defend a state's right to legalize slavery. Got it.

(September 9, 2017 at 11:23 pm)Court Jester Wrote:

(September 9, 2017 at 11:04 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: "The sad part is" people think that the people protesting the maintenance of monuments to Jim Crow and the white supremacy ethos are ignorant. 

Have a theme part dedicated to bigotry and arrogance, buy don't ask the tax payers to support it. Put it right next to the Ark Park. It belongs there. Our tax dollars don't belong there.

So now the argument is the maintenance and tax dollars based on Jim Crow? Really??? You're really sticking with the support of the uneducated aren't ya?

What about all the other statues out there for people alive when standards were acceptable?  The Lincoln memorial? Washington monument? Mount Rushmore?  Jefferson monument? All of the dollar bills and coins? The American Constitution. The original Bill of Rights.  

It was acceptable to argue against gay rights back then like Marten Luther King Jr. did. Are you willing to rip down his statues? The whole argument is about equality isn't it? Was Jim Crow about black rights or all rights? Start a movement for removing statues against gay rights too. I would love to see you on CNN arguing removing his statues along with Malcom X. We'll see narrow minds get bellow one lane then.

You're quite the special thinker there buddy.

You have trouble reading, I see. Statues on public property are maintained by tax dollars along with everything else on the property. What's so hard about that?

(September 8, 2017 at 9:26 pm)Tiberius Wrote: Then we'd just have the same racists complaining about "that statue of the n***** kidnapping two white kids".

Hmmm...really? Natural disasters and acts of heroism are racial issues now?

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(September 10, 2017 at 7:17 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:

(September 9, 2017 at 11:23 pm)Court Jester Wrote: So now the argument is the maintenance and tax dollars based on Jim Crow? Really??? You're really sticking with the support of the uneducated aren't ya?

What about all the other statues out there for people alive when standards were acceptable?  The Lincoln memorial? Washington monument? Mount Rushmore?  Jefferson monument? All of the dollar bills and coins? The American Constitution. The original Bill of Rights.  

It was acceptable to argue against gay rights back then like Marten Luther King Jr. did. Are you willing to rip down his statues? The whole argument is about equality isn't it? Was Jim Crow about black rights or all rights? Start a movement for removing statues against gay rights too. I would love to see you on CNN arguing removing his statues along with Malcom X. We'll see narrow minds get bellow one lane then.

You're quite the special thinker there buddy.

You have trouble reading, I see. Statues on public property are maintained by tax dollars along with everything else on the property. What's so hard about that?

So maybe we should remove all statues and all monuments of every kind from all public funded properties, then? Is that what you're suggesting?

(September 10, 2017 at 5:12 pm)A Theist Wrote:

(September 8, 2017 at 9:26 pm)Tiberius Wrote: Then we'd just have the same racists complaining about "that statue of the n***** kidnapping two white kids".

Hmmm...really? Natural disasters and acts of heroism are racial issues now?

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(September 10, 2017 at 7:17 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: You have trouble reading, I see. Statues on public property are maintained by tax dollars along with everything else on the property. What's so hard about that?

So maybe we should remove all statues and all monuments of every kind from all public funded properties, then?  Is that what you're suggesting?

How about we remove statues of strawmen from your posts, dickhead.

Quote:So maybe we should remove all statues and all monuments of every kind from all public funded properties, then? Is that what you're suggesting?

Good idea.  Start with all those fucking crosses littering the landscape.

(September 10, 2017 at 6:01 pm)Minimalist Wrote:

Quote:So maybe we should remove all statues and all monuments of every kind from all public funded properties, then? Is that what you're suggesting?

Good idea.  Start with all those fucking crosses littering the landscape.

The way things are going, those crosses might come in handy someday.

(September 10, 2017 at 6:08 pm)Crossless2.0 Wrote:

(September 10, 2017 at 6:01 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Good idea.  Start with all those fucking crosses littering the landscape.

The way things are going, those crosses might come in handy someday.

They should wrap them in burlap and soak it in gasoline, so we know for sure who we're dealing with.

(September 10, 2017 at 6:16 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:

(September 10, 2017 at 6:08 pm)Crossless2.0 Wrote: The way things are going, those crosses might come in handy someday.

They should wrap them in burlap and soak it in gasoline, so we know for sure who we're dealing with.

I'm old school. Nail 'em up and leave them for the birds.

But to each his own.

All Ahole has are straw men Gawd. As for the removing statue idea why not .Invest the money used to make them into fixing America's infrastructure or education system.

(September 10, 2017 at 6:59 pm)Tizheruk Wrote: All Ahole has are straw men Gawd. As for the removing statue idea why not .Invest the money used to make them into fixing America's infrastructure or education system.

Yeah. I've stated right along that I'm only concerned with those on property maintained by taxpayer money. "Confederate Bigotry Park" can have all the statues, I don't care.