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Tennessee House Republicans call for investigation after Memphis removes Confederate statues
Tennessean ^ | 12/21/17 | Joel Ebert,

Posted on 12/22/2017 2:58:17 AM PST by GailA

ON NO POST LIST, SO SEE LINK. STILL TYPING FINGER TYPING WITH LEFT HAND, RIGHT 1 HAS NOT REHABBED WELL AFTER SURGERY.

Under cover of darkness, surrounded by police, crime tape the city of memphis took ALL CONFEDERATE STATUES DOWN. THEY SOLD THOSE PARKS TO A AGENCY THAT OVER SEES DEVELOPMENT OF BEALE ST AND OTHER DOWN TOWN AREAS, THEY MUST REMAIN PUBLIC PARKS.

AS OF LAS NIGHT POLICE AND CRIME TAPE ARE STILL UP.

LOOK FOR BIG BLOW UP OF VIOLENCE LATER AS SON'S OF CONFEDERATW SOLDIERS STEW, AND GET MAD.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: confederate; dixie; memphis; purge; statues; tennessee
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To: carton253
Forrest stated that any man that would fight along side him he would consider as equal. The Cavalry he joined as a private, 7th Tennessee C.S.A., was 5% blacks. At Pillow there were many factors that led to the high number of casualties; the Unionists of the 6th Tenn and 13th Tenn had been killing POWs, even skinning them alive, they had been robbing the locals (many of the homes belonging to Forrest's men), the cavalrymen were armed with two .36 Navy revolvers and the Unionists with rifled muzzle loaders, and the Union troops, both black and white, were ordered to not surrender because a "trap" was set for the attackers that was foreseen by Forrest and resulted in mass casualties. The newspaper in Memphis, The Avalanche was ordered to report the incident as a "massacre" so that blacks would fight harder believing they would be mercilessly murdered if captured (resulting in a tenacious rear guard at Brice's Crossroads). I had a lengthy discussion with James McPherson about this in which he agreed that much of what is written in black history books is biased and incorrect.
41 posted on 12/22/2017 8:53:38 AM PST by vetvetdoug
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To: Telepathic Intruder

As a life long Memphian, I can say this:
December 20, 2017 - the night racism ended in Memphis. The biggest impedimen to progress and racial harmony, those statues, are gone. I don’t ever want to hear about racism in Memphis ever again. The cause for it has been erased from sight. One other thing, since they’ve been erased from memory, then slavery never existed. There are no reminders of that institution.


42 posted on 12/22/2017 10:19:27 AM PST by NCC-1701 ((You have your fear, which might become reality; and you have Godzilla, which IS reality.))
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To: NCC-1701

The black plague has descended on Memphis


43 posted on 12/22/2017 10:20:52 AM PST by Thibodeaux (2018 is looking good)
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To: vetvetdoug

I’ve written and spoken about Forrest on Ft. Pillow. Thank you for your post. Merry Christmas.


44 posted on 12/22/2017 10:28:33 AM PST by carton253 (Jesus is everything.)
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To: carton253
My GGGF was in the 6th Tennessee and lived in Rose Creek, Tennessee, along the route where the Unionists killed a Confederate and tortured them at every mile marker from Pocohontas to Purdy. Alex Haley and I were working on this incident when he died and the project died with him.
45 posted on 12/22/2017 10:36:33 AM PST by vetvetdoug
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To: GailA

I’m waiting for a logical organized and appropriate response with the SCV and patriots.


46 posted on 12/22/2017 10:51:44 AM PST by vetvetdoug
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To: TallahasseeConservative

“...you can’t feed your family sitting in a jail cell. ...”

True enough. But there are other ways.


47 posted on 12/22/2017 11:02:59 AM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: vetvetdoug

Our SCV leadership better finally take a stand here. The DAR, SAR,UDC and the SUVCW better stand up too, because if they think it ends with Confederate Memorials, monuments and symbols, they are sadly mistaken.


48 posted on 12/22/2017 11:19:59 AM PST by TallahasseeConservative
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To: GailA

How bout removing statues and street signs eulogizing a black preacher that was a sexual abuser and plagiarized his dissertation? Religious figures should not be on pubLic property.


49 posted on 12/22/2017 11:42:57 AM PST by Neoliberalnot (MSM is our greatest threat. Disney, Comcast, Hollywood, NYTimes, WaPo, CNN, NBC, CBS...)
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To: GailA

And that sir, is the way all our ancestors came here. God bless em.


50 posted on 12/22/2017 11:46:02 AM PST by Neoliberalnot (MSM is our greatest threat. Disney, Comcast, Hollywood, NYTimes, WaPo, CNN, NBC, CBS...)
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To: neverevergiveup

It is the African taliban in action. Take down the MLK statues and all street signs on public property. He was a religious leader, and a very corrupt one.


51 posted on 12/22/2017 11:48:10 AM PST by Neoliberalnot (MSM is our greatest threat. Disney, Comcast, Hollywood, NYTimes, WaPo, CNN, NBC, CBS...)
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To: SkyPilot

Fact of the matter is Muslims and non- Muslim Asian countries are not used to dealing with women who hold power in Western political parties and administrative posts. They consider it beneath them to have to be addressed to by such women. Tough beans for them, go Nikki!


52 posted on 12/22/2017 11:59:01 AM PST by jmacusa ("Made it Ma, top of the world!'')
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To: GailA

Some crooked goings-ons in Memphis. The city council and this shady private company need to be investigated.


53 posted on 12/22/2017 1:21:50 PM PST by Trump20162020
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To: Trump20162020

This is a quasi Private/City Government run Entity that works for the city, they sold the parks for $1,000 with stipulation that they were to remain PUBLIC parks. They are suppose to ‘maintain, police these parks.’ This Entity does not have the funds to maintain then parks, police them, etc. Their sole purpose is promotion of the City especially Beale St. It is DEM controlled to boot and receive funds from the City tax payers per the Memphis City Council, and the Shelby Co Commission.

I lived in Shelby CO for over 25 yrs, and all our news comes out of Memphis. Thankfully we moved into Tipton Co 4 yrs ago.

VERY SHADY DEALINGS GOING ON!


54 posted on 12/23/2017 6:56:50 AM PST by GailA (Ret. SCPO wife: suck it up buttercups it's President Donald Trump!)
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To: NFHale
white people are not going to grow a pair of balls....just like blacks are breeding themselves down, so are we...

too many looking for that skinny little Barbie caricature as a mate or an Alan Alda type....there is no way our society can remain strong since we're producing such wimps...

instead, WILL PEOPLE JUST STOP SUPPORTING THESE ANIMALS...stop going to the "inner harbor" and stop buying rap music for your grandchildren, etc...

stop doing anything in places like Memphis...

stop feeding the beast.

55 posted on 12/23/2017 7:59:08 AM PST by cherry
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To: NCC-1701

Tell us about the political leadership/situation in Memphis. I have been warned NOT to go there because of the crime. I’m getting older and more disabled but I wanted to see the historical music scenes.

Do I need to get a Concealed Weapons Permit and is it recognized by the state of Tennessee?


56 posted on 12/24/2017 10:43:03 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: GailA; fieldmarshaldj

Sorry about your hand, I hope it improves.


57 posted on 12/26/2017 6:08:37 AM PST by Impy (I have no virtue to signal.)
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To: GailA

Memphis, an african enclave, should be purged from Tennessee.

Memphis is de facto an enemy of the state.


58 posted on 12/26/2017 6:12:56 AM PST by Thibodeaux (2018 is looking good)
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