[Socon-Econ]

A case can indeed be made for removal of confederate statues from public squares (not to be confused with historical parks), where their presence can be construed as an endorsement of slavery. Unfortunstely, once you give the left an inch, they’ll take a mile, and soon they will be going after George Washington, who never fought for slavery and freed his slaves in his will.

[central_va]

where their presence can be construed as an endorsement of slavery.

Only an ignorant fool would construe that.

[samtheman]

Why suddenly are so many black Americans so hot to be identified as “former slaves”? If they just ignored all those statues and just went about the business of becoming doectors, lawyers, business people, military officers, entertainers... whatever... and just stopped obsessing about what everyone else forgot about ages ago (except as part of history class where it belongs), I certainly wouldn’t look at them as “former slaves”, and I believe almost nobody else would either.

But it seems they are AFRAID of losing their status as “former slaves”. Afraid of losing their long-cherished victimhood.

And BTW, something that NOBODY will ever mention publicly (although I am here):

Would they rather be living in Zambia right now? Or Zimbabwe? Or Burkina Faso? Seriously. Would they really rather their children be growing up there?

I am NOT saying slavery was a good thing, I am just asking a question. Would you rather — right now, today in 2017 — be a citizen of the United States or a citizen of Zimbabwe?

Seriously.

I mean it.

[libertylover]

“...soon they will be going after George Washington...”
The alt-left has 2 choices:
1-Go after:
-Vietnam War memorial. After Nixon became president, the left supported the communists in the Vietnam War, not America or Americans. They spit on American soldiers.
-Korean War memorial. At the time Democrats supported this effort against totalitarian government, but that changed during the Vietnam War.
-All statues and all references to Thomas Jefferson because he owned slaves.
-All statues and all references to George Washington because he owned slaves.
-Rename the capital of the U.S. to something else.
2-or be grossly hypocritical.

[libertylover]

A case can indeed be made for removal of confederate statues from public squares (not to be confused with historical parks), where their presence can be construed as an endorsement of slavery.

How can you tell the difference between those "construed as an endorsement of slavery" vs. those that simply honor the soldiers?