White supremacists and counter protesters clash in Charlottesville

[Minimalist]

So apparently we have people vandalizing lincoln statues now...

Pigeons had never stopped.....

[Anomalocaris]

So apparently we have people vandalizing lincoln statues now...

Lincoln has never been regarded with good will in the south or amongst the Nazis.

[Crossless2.0]

There might be a way around it, unless you're required to register as an imminent threat to the survival of the human species. If so, forget about it. Every nosy soccer mom in the neighborhood will rat you out at the merest rumor of a uranium delivery. Miserable, self-righteous busybodies!

it's yellow powder for mixing paint, yellow powder for mixing paint, not uranium. Damn it!

Shit, you're right!

*shrug* What do I know about preparing a nuclear holocaust? I'm a sniper in the tower sort of cat.

[Brian37]

So apparently we have people vandalizing lincoln statues now...

Lincoln has never been regarded with good will in the south or amongst the Nazis.

One of the more vile arguments to moral equivocation is that some argue Lincoln only freed the slaves to undermine the workforce of the South knowing the industrialization of the North was out pacing the South.

That is a common argument you get from the far right bigots.

[The Grand Nudger]

Emancipation -was- a military policy, Brian.  Vile people misuse historical facts for bigoted ends.  Even as Lincoln issued the proclamation - directly to rebel states, exemptions were granted for union controlled/allied slave states.  Lincoln didn't free a single slave with that proclamation, he was not an abolitionist, he vocally opposed racial equality, and thought that black people should leave the country. It wasn;t the only reason for him having made that decision - but it was a compelling one. He did legitimately hate the institution of slavery, and that was -before- it threatened to bust the country in half - so obviously that was in play as well, as he presided over a war to keep that from happening...not, as we like to retell the story, to free the slaves.

[Divinity]

My daughter sent me this, so I thought I'd share it: (Yeah it's from clergy, and apparently 1 atheist, but it pretty much speaks out to the fucker that is our Orange Enabler)


https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_f...1951417392

[Minimalist]

A major factor in the Emancipation Proclamation was to keep the British and French from butting in.  Less well-known is the fact that entire union regiments deserted in the aftermath of it.  They were not fighting for emancipation.

[downbeatplumb]

BOTH SIDES of the street that day was filled with bigots.

You know what, fucktard.  I'm PROUD to be bigoted against bigots.  Consider yourself on the top of the list.

I find what Trump said like this.

"The rapist had scratch marks on his face, so there was guilt on both sides"

[Minimalist]

Fantastic analogy, DBP.



This is interesting.  A letter from Stonewall Jackson's Great-great-grandsons to the Mayor of Richmond.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_p...st_go.html

The Monuments Must Go

An open letter from the great-great-grandsons of Stonewall Jackson.

Dear Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney and members of the Monument Avenue Commission,

We are native Richmonders and also the great-great-grandsons of Stonewall Jackson. As two of the closest living relatives to Stonewall, we are writing today to ask for the removal of his statue, as well as the removal of all Confederate statues from Monument Avenue. They are overt symbols of racism and white supremacy, and the time is long overdue for them to depart from public display. Overnight, Baltimore has seen fit to take this action. Richmond should, too.

[CapnAwesome]

You know what, fucktard.  I'm PROUD to be bigoted against bigots.  Consider yourself on the top of the list.

I find what Trump said like this.

"The rapist had scratch marks on his face, so there was guilt on both sides"

When those republican congressman were shot a few months ago, every single news outlet said the 'both sides' thing.