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Posted by tecwrg on 8/17/2017 5:38:00 PM (view original):
Can I suggest that we replace all statues and monuments for CSA people with this:

That, undoubtedly, would offend someone and would be torn down or removed. In today's PC world, everyone, black/white, north/south, citizen/illegal, gets one of these:


8/18/2017 8:59 AM
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Why are you posting the picture of a disabled child?

OH WAIT! NEVERMIND!
8/18/2017 3:15 PM
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Posted by MikeT23 on 8/17/2017 4:51:00 PM (view original):
Posted by laramiebob on 8/17/2017 4:31:00 PM (view original):
What about them?? It should be up to the local populace/area that erected the statue. Do they like it? Take pride in it?? Or not?? State's rights, or more precisely local "district/area" rights. I maybe should have a say so about Poncho Villa's statue (in Tucson) but the statues in Baltimore???? Clearly not my business.
The problem, in my mind, is that we're becoming a society that removes ANYTHING that ANYONE MIGHT find offensive.

As I said, Sherman was a terrible human being. I've never considered statues monuments of honor. Just historical figures. We know my distaste for Lincoln. Sherman is on the same level. I get the statue for Lincoln. But no way in hell should Sherman have a statue honoring him.

Should I start a petition demanding it's removal? It seems, if I got a few signatures, it could happen.
Yawkey Way is next. Yawkey was a RACIST!!!! Boston was last MLB team to integrate. Can't have a road that runs by the stadium named after a RACIST!!! Way too offensive.
8/18/2017 7:39 PM
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Posted by MikeT23 on 8/18/2017 7:39:00 PM (view original):
Posted by MikeT23 on 8/17/2017 4:51:00 PM (view original):
Posted by laramiebob on 8/17/2017 4:31:00 PM (view original):
What about them?? It should be up to the local populace/area that erected the statue. Do they like it? Take pride in it?? Or not?? State's rights, or more precisely local "district/area" rights. I maybe should have a say so about Poncho Villa's statue (in Tucson) but the statues in Baltimore???? Clearly not my business.
The problem, in my mind, is that we're becoming a society that removes ANYTHING that ANYONE MIGHT find offensive.

As I said, Sherman was a terrible human being. I've never considered statues monuments of honor. Just historical figures. We know my distaste for Lincoln. Sherman is on the same level. I get the statue for Lincoln. But no way in hell should Sherman have a statue honoring him.

Should I start a petition demanding it's removal? It seems, if I got a few signatures, it could happen.
Yawkey Way is next. Yawkey was a RACIST!!!! Boston was last MLB team to integrate. Can't have a road that runs by the stadium named after a RACIST!!! Way too offensive.
PUMPSIE GREEN WAY!!!
8/18/2017 9:14 PM
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I suppose Whitey Bulger Way is out of the question?
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