Regarding The Flap Over Confederate Statues

[Rev. Rye]

And I can't even think of a reply to that beyond "damn good point."

Really, in this issue, the racists fighting to the death for those monuments are their own worst enemy. History buffs like me who find the era interesting get lumped in with the extremists.

Just so we're clear, I don't think of you that way at all. In the few years we've been interacting you've struck me as a decent and well-informed man, and not given over to extremism of any sort.

If something I wrote in this thread caused you to think I hold that opinion of you, you have my sincere apologies. I assure you I do not. We simply disagree on how the topic at hand should be handled, and I'm fine with that.

Thanks, Thumpy. I do try to keep the nuances of the issue in mind, but evidently, that didn't exactly work out this time.

Personally, I'd like to write off the extremists and say "Why should  I change? They're the ones that suck." But, it seems people have made it impossible, especially the people who want to keep the statues.

I wish I could find the Archer clip where Malory says "This is why I can't have nice things?" and Sterling replies "Why? Because you shoot them?" on Youtube.