Walter Isaacson is a very fine writer and I hearti
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Walter Isaacson is a very fine writer and I heartily recommend that everyone should put "BENJAMIN FRANKLIN-An American Life" on their lists of books to read but when he says something like,
then I have to think that he is letting his librul Moo Poo flow* instead of giving us a "fair and balanced account" of how these monuments came into being.
Sure, it was in the 1880's and 1890's when these statues and monuments first began appearing but there was absolutely no way they could have been erected in 1866 or shortly thereafter. The reason for this is very simple, the people of the South were dead broke at that time. Before things like monuments are even be considered, a man or a woman are first going to make sure that they and their children are eating on a regular basis.
Now I will grant that there were some that saw these monuments as a way to assert white supremacy to some degree, poke the Yankees in the eye etc., but I think, for the most part, these monuments were put up to honor the memory of sons, brothers, and fathers who took up arms to defend "right" as they saw it and died defending what they considered to be "right". And what they considered "right" had nothing to do with slavery for the "average" soldier. Let's remember that the vast majority of confederate soldiers were no more slave owners than you, I, or anyone else that posts on this board.
I think Isaacson should have explained how these monuments were financed but I guess that might have weakened his argument. To a very large degree, the money for these monuments came out of the pockets of common every day citizens who didn't want anything more than to honor the memory of Uncle John or Cousin George. I just don't see that as evil or sinister as some apparently do. Bryan Stevenson said,
To compare Hitler to Confederate soldiers is what I consider to be a classic example of false equivalence.
Yes, I do understand how a black person can be offended by anything Confederate and their thoughts and feelings need to be respected but what about the millions who have nothing more sinister in mind than to preserve and honor and memory of old great, Great, Great, Great, Grandpa Jones? I think they also are deserving of consideration and respect.
My favorite Confederate memorial is in Edenton NC, the colonial capital of NC. It reads,
Yes I know it sounds hokie but I have always liked that one for whatever reason.
* If you're reading this leo I said moo poo instead of BS just for you. I know how you want us all to speak with a civil tongue.
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As you say, these Confederate monument statues were put up not to honor the nobility of any of these people. It was put up in the 1880s, 1890s as a way to try to reassert white supremacy.
then I have to think that he is letting his librul Moo Poo flow* instead of giving us a "fair and balanced account" of how these monuments came into being.
Sure, it was in the 1880's and 1890's when these statues and monuments first began appearing but there was absolutely no way they could have been erected in 1866 or shortly thereafter. The reason for this is very simple, the people of the South were dead broke at that time. Before things like monuments are even be considered, a man or a woman are first going to make sure that they and their children are eating on a regular basis.
Now I will grant that there were some that saw these monuments as a way to assert white supremacy to some degree, poke the Yankees in the eye etc., but I think, for the most part, these monuments were put up to honor the memory of sons, brothers, and fathers who took up arms to defend "right" as they saw it and died defending what they considered to be "right". And what they considered "right" had nothing to do with slavery for the "average" soldier. Let's remember that the vast majority of confederate soldiers were no more slave owners than you, I, or anyone else that posts on this board.
I think Isaacson should have explained how these monuments were financed but I guess that might have weakened his argument. To a very large degree, the money for these monuments came out of the pockets of common every day citizens who didn't want anything more than to honor the memory of Uncle John or Cousin George. I just don't see that as evil or sinister as some apparently do. Bryan Stevenson said,
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And so there is a way to think about what we honor that reflects who we are, what we think is significant. The greatest person, the most influential person of the 20th century was arguably Adolf Hitler. That doesn’t mean that there should be statues of him in Germany. We would be very provoked by that.
To compare Hitler to Confederate soldiers is what I consider to be a classic example of false equivalence.
Yes, I do understand how a black person can be offended by anything Confederate and their thoughts and feelings need to be respected but what about the millions who have nothing more sinister in mind than to preserve and honor and memory of old great, Great, Great, Great, Grandpa Jones? I think they also are deserving of consideration and respect.
My favorite Confederate memorial is in Edenton NC, the colonial capital of NC. It reads,
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Gashed with honorable scars,
Low in Glorys lap they lie,
Though they fell, they fell like stars,
Streaming splendour through the sky.
Yes I know it sounds hokie but I have always liked that one for whatever reason.
* If you're reading this leo I said moo poo instead of BS just for you. I know how you want us all to speak with a civil tongue.
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