RE: White supremacists and counter protesters clash in Charlottesville
August 13, 2017 at 9:37 am
This entire situation in Virginia, which started because of a city's decision to remove Confederate monuments, is a turning point for me. I'm a Southerner with A LOT of Confederate ancestors. Actually, all my ancestors are Southern, no Northern branch at all. And I've often raised my voice in defense of the Confederate side of the debate as too many people today have reduced the American Civil War into a comic book with super heroes on one side and super villains on the other. Humans and their actions rarely match those characteristics.
However, after this, all I can do is throw my hands in the air and exclaim, "This is why we can't have nice things!"
I reject all white supremacist groups, I reject... well Trump all together, but also his pathetic response to what the white supremacists have done. At this point, I'm of the opinion that not only should Confederate monuments start coming down, but maybe even the National Guard should start coming out to do it. One by one. And that hurts for me to say. But these assholes have now given us a required reason to do so. One that I can't, in good conscience, argue against.
However, after this, all I can do is throw my hands in the air and exclaim, "This is why we can't have nice things!"
I reject all white supremacist groups, I reject... well Trump all together, but also his pathetic response to what the white supremacists have done. At this point, I'm of the opinion that not only should Confederate monuments start coming down, but maybe even the National Guard should start coming out to do it. One by one. And that hurts for me to say. But these assholes have now given us a required reason to do so. One that I can't, in good conscience, argue against.
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