(August 18, 2017 at 3:32 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote:(August 18, 2017 at 2:47 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: I was answering LadyForCammus. She asked what it says about someone who was peacefully protesting against the statue removal and then stuck around after the nazis showed up. I thought she was implying that there were non nazis protesting there first.
Apologies, CL. I misread your post. I thought it said, "were protesting with those guys."
Oh. No, no one I know was protesting.
I have some friends who have voiced that they think it's stupid to take down those statues because they see it as part of history and they don't believe the civil war was motivated by slavery. I'm just saying, I don't think having that opinion necessarily makes these people racist.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh