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Majority of Americans oppose removing Confederate Monuments.
WTVR ^ | 08/16/17

Posted on 08/17/2017 10:39:25 PM PDT by Merrittk

"A majority of Americans polled in an NPR/PBS News Hours/Marist poll believe that statues of honoring leaders of the Confederacy should remain as a historical symbol."

(Excerpt) Read more at wtvr.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections; US: Virginia; Unclassified
KEYWORDS: 2017polls; confederatestatues; dixie; marist; monuments; poll; polls; purge; statues; trump
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1 posted on 08/17/2017 10:39:25 PM PDT by Merrittk
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To: Merrittk

As a Republican, I have no objection to keeping around old statues of Democrats. If you tear down all the confederate (Democrat) statutes, where will the pigeons poop?


2 posted on 08/17/2017 10:42:06 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (Freep mail me if you want to be on my Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Ping list.)
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To: Merrittk

If CS monuments and statuary cannot be respected where they stand , let the Sons of Confederate Veterans take them on , for re-placement where they are loved and respected .

Let no these statues be as pearls before swine


3 posted on 08/17/2017 10:44:21 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse (America First !)
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To: Merrittk

Hannity had a guest on tonight who said it best. If you must remove anything that supported and promoted slavery, you’d have to dispense with the Democrat party.


4 posted on 08/17/2017 10:44:26 PM PDT by JudyinCanada
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To: Merrittk

How long are we going to let the tail wag the dog? Why does the majority have to yield to a few?

If you want to be different, go your way; the majority will not bother you.


5 posted on 08/17/2017 10:49:29 PM PDT by Joe Bfstplk (A Texas Deplorable.)
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To: Merrittk

The statues and monuments seem safe in towns, rural areas and at the state level. It’s only in Democrat-infested cities where they suddenly became a problem in 2015, after a century of no one, Left, Right or anywhere in-between, minding.


6 posted on 08/17/2017 10:51:13 PM PDT by Trump20162020
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To: Merrittk
Who cares what the majority of Americans want?

Who cares about a legal election with standard processes?

The important thing is Snowflake Liberals have feelings about nonsensical things.

Can't we just grant them their every wish and immediately?
7 posted on 08/17/2017 10:53:38 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ....)
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To: Merrittk

This is what we have to remember.....the news is playing up this tiny fraction of yobs that acting insane. Commies are like dogs returning to their own vomit. They ain’t got nothing new. Stand in the gap. Pray like you mean it. Don’t let the bastards get you down


8 posted on 08/17/2017 10:57:23 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Merrittk

9 posted on 08/17/2017 11:08:17 PM PDT by Slyfox (Where's Reagan when we need him? Look in the mirror - the spirit of The Gipper lives within you.)
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To: Merrittk

ok, so this is a defining moment for Lefties, who have becried that Pres. Trump didn’t get the ‘majority vote’ and the Electoral College should be disbanded because ‘majority vote’ should matter.

The majority just said ‘back off’. Whatever will the Lefties do?


10 posted on 08/17/2017 11:08:23 PM PDT by blueplum ( ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017))
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To: Joe Bfstplk

Because we’re acting like bitches!!

They are actively destroying our country, the police dont gie a ####, the GOP WANTS it, and we sit here and type.

If there are any NYC folks on here who want to take shifts protecting the monument they plan to take down in Broklyn, let me know.

I’ll take my turn.

We might get arrested. Spend overnight in jail. Still beats the sh## out of what the revolutionary war soldiers had to go through at Valley Forge.

#### this talking bull####.

The time for words has gone!!!

The time for action has come.


11 posted on 08/17/2017 11:19:08 PM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know that if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: Merrittk

Good, almost 2/3 of americans are against liberal bookburning.


12 posted on 08/17/2017 11:23:29 PM PDT by Cubs Fan (The only thing standing in the way of full blown leftist totalitarianism in America is Donald Trump)
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It’s more than 62% anyway. This is a leftist polling firm and they over sampled Democrats 10%. And even with their cooked numbers of oversampling Democrats by 10% the majority still agree with us.


13 posted on 08/17/2017 11:26:28 PM PDT by snarkytart
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To: Trump20162020

Maybe Trump should just cut the cities loose. Is this possible?


14 posted on 08/17/2017 11:30:34 PM PDT by dr_lew (I)
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To: snarkytart

Exactly.


15 posted on 08/17/2017 11:30:51 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: Merrittk
Of the 1,125 adults surveyed, 62% believe they should remain, 27% believe they should be removed because they are offensive and 11% are unsure.

And this is a national poll too. Imagine what the numbers are like among just Southerners, as it's really irrelevant what people in California think about a statue in Tennessee.

Shows you how out-of-touch the hysterical mainstream media, social media and Democratic Party politicians have been these past few days.

16 posted on 08/17/2017 11:41:32 PM PDT by Trump20162020
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To: Merrittk
Majority of Americans oppose removing Confederate Monuments.

The radicals trying to erase history couldn't care less what the majority of Americans want - they'll let us know what we need to think.
17 posted on 08/17/2017 11:50:33 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: P-Marlowe

So you do have an objection. :)


18 posted on 08/18/2017 12:06:54 AM PDT by Crucial
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Of course we do. But the petulant children from our irresponsible neighbors disagree.


19 posted on 08/18/2017 12:08:01 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: SaveFerris

They think they can rig an election and the Russians will let them get away with it?


20 posted on 08/18/2017 12:08:45 AM PDT by Bogie
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