RE: Regarding The Flap Over Confederate Statues
September 13, 2017 at 9:56 am
(This post was last modified: September 13, 2017 at 9:59 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(September 13, 2017 at 12:01 am)bennyboy Wrote: "Intentional fallacy" is a thing. Do you think the creator of the statue wanted to show "Lee, the great Champion of Slavery?" If so, why doesn't he have a manacled negro boy walking behind his horse?Yes, Benny, that's -exactly- what the creators of the statues wanted to remind the darkies of. Sure, the statues are part of american culture. That part that was super pissed that blacks were suddenly people and, later, that they had rights.
No. . . the guy was a great leader, and his men and the people in Southern communities admired him. You don't have to start talking about symbolism and intent.
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