RE: Regarding The Flap Over Confederate Statues
September 14, 2017 at 10:17 am
(This post was last modified: September 14, 2017 at 11:07 am by The Grand Nudger.)
-as an addendum. That Lee has been turned into an anti-hero, in and of itself is the product of whitewashing..so, let;s conider those statues that exist and for which such whitewashing has not been so broadly floated beyond the confines of modern day confederate sympathizers. Lee has been whittled into a great man, but how about Quantrill, Mosby, and McNeill?
The "guerillas" of Kansas and Missouri (and Virginia as well). Those confederate leaders who actually did achieve something of military significance. Those who understood the tactics required of the south in opposition to the north. Terrorists. They also have statues and memorials, describing their valiant fight for freedom in defense of the constitution in the war of northern aggression. Strangely, there's no mention of terrorism. Perhaps even more strange..is that they had a union analog in a man named Jennison and his Redlegs. His existence, however, isn't the strange bit - it's that his legacy is not diluted or occluded. He is openly acknowledged as a union terrorist who employed barbaric tactics in order to reduce both the western forces and support for the same.
I mention all of this to explain why, for the set of "statue enthusiasts" and "history buffs", the solution of shelving these things in a museum won;t work. They will be shelved in a museum that treats them as Jennison has been treated. This is anathema to the lost cause interpretation of the civil war, and flatly unacceptable to any overt neo-confederate. The mayor of Lexington, a blue city in a sea of red, announced plans to move such statues to a more proper setting. To a museum. Totally Not Racist™ people objected. The person whom the statue purportedly honors? John Hunt Morgan. A man who, with no orders...invaded Kentucky, gained no advantage, lost his entire unit, and in so doing fatally wounded the confederacy.
None of this is mentioned on the monument...either. You'd think he was the Hero of Lexington, and many Totally Not Racist™ Statue Enthusiasts and History Buffs seem to be under the impression that he was. OFC, purportedly, the residents cheered when he first rolled into town...so there's that.
The "guerillas" of Kansas and Missouri (and Virginia as well). Those confederate leaders who actually did achieve something of military significance. Those who understood the tactics required of the south in opposition to the north. Terrorists. They also have statues and memorials, describing their valiant fight for freedom in defense of the constitution in the war of northern aggression. Strangely, there's no mention of terrorism. Perhaps even more strange..is that they had a union analog in a man named Jennison and his Redlegs. His existence, however, isn't the strange bit - it's that his legacy is not diluted or occluded. He is openly acknowledged as a union terrorist who employed barbaric tactics in order to reduce both the western forces and support for the same.
I mention all of this to explain why, for the set of "statue enthusiasts" and "history buffs", the solution of shelving these things in a museum won;t work. They will be shelved in a museum that treats them as Jennison has been treated. This is anathema to the lost cause interpretation of the civil war, and flatly unacceptable to any overt neo-confederate. The mayor of Lexington, a blue city in a sea of red, announced plans to move such statues to a more proper setting. To a museum. Totally Not Racist™ people objected. The person whom the statue purportedly honors? John Hunt Morgan. A man who, with no orders...invaded Kentucky, gained no advantage, lost his entire unit, and in so doing fatally wounded the confederacy.
None of this is mentioned on the monument...either. You'd think he was the Hero of Lexington, and many Totally Not Racist™ Statue Enthusiasts and History Buffs seem to be under the impression that he was. OFC, purportedly, the residents cheered when he first rolled into town...so there's that.
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