No wonder the girl is so little. You're not babying her enough. Oh the humanity !
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I think they should stop trying to eliminate our history. They should stay, the good and the bad, as a reminder for all of us !! Almost everything taught about our history was a big lie !! And now they want to tear down the evidence ?? It's all about politics !! I say enough !! My kids know the real truth !! Some folks still fighting the civil war !!Locally, we've been having a good bit of 'discussion' regarding the removal of Civil War Confederate statues.
I refuse to stick my nose into the affair... except maybe to point at the obvious.... ya know.... statues for the loosers and all.
Whatever your stance on the subject, a very interesting shot came out of it this today.
Jeff Davis
Some folks still fighting the civil war !!
Also Hi Tead! Been lurking... Haven't had much to say. Ummm... Your neem oil recipes are awesome
I didn't wanna do it... but I knew it was a risk. When one introduces political/religious ideas into a thread, one rolls some dice.
Perhaps you're unaware of the attitudes and ideas that are still floating around down here. I'll give you a real world example...
I have many of these tales in my back pocket, but this one sticks out a bit further than the others.
Tead had a friend locally here in NOLA. His buddy was ivy league educated... came from BIG family money (mansion on St. Charles money)... more than one local building named after family members... you get the idea. He was about 15 years younger than I. Up and coming young community leader kinda dude. Often in the social or business columns of the local newspaper. If you know the inner workings of Mardi Gras, he'll surely have his turn as King of Rex one year.... as did his dad and as will his son.
We were randomly chatting one day (at Lucy's Retired Surfer bar!). I was addressing the social shifts one makes when moving to NOLA from PDX. He dug a bit asking questions... and Tead's just too damn open and honest to employ the proper social lies needed to avoid the discussion. I spoke of the core issue... that being one set of humans using another set as farm implements. At that point, he told me of how his family was actually caring for their slaves.... like they were family... caring for them into their old age.
It took me a bit to get over the shock and say anything. I was very taken aback and could only respond with "Really.... you think any of them made it to old age... or even to 5yrs old?". Not the best response, and not one that could lead to further open minded exchanges in hopes of altering his ideas... but fuck man.... whattyado when that happens?!?!
Our friendship cooled to formal after that and I suspect his mind categorized me as "Carpet Bagger" after that. Shame. Smart guy. I wonder if his ideas on the subject remain after all these years... but that mystery will probably remain unanswered.
In the world Tead perceives about him, he recognizes the need to remove idols dedicated to those that supported slavery. We may speak of the need to preserve history, but isn't that much better done in writing rather than idols in our society? What historical facts do those statues convey?
Time to go. Shoulda never been erected.
Next up.... that Indian hater Jackson.... I suspect it will be a day or two before we're ready for that discussion.
They are trying to take down my Greatgrandfather, Nathan Forrest's monument from a park in Memphis. their family even donated the land to the city for the park and him and his wife are buried there. They want to move both their bodies and statute. If I was abit younger I'd be back there to help save our heritage. Matter a fact I still pay dues to the Son's of the Confederacy. If you read that article, they even want to move a battle site??? People should know that war was about states rights, anyway you look at it. Whatever the catalyst was. Look now,, we are STILL battling for states rights over marijuana. Confederate States of Cannabis... Look Away [><] Keepem Green
Word choices based on lies, like "War of Northern Aggression", have had a good long run already.
Confederate flag, monuments and statues, masonic idols that is the entire city of Washington DC. Keep them all for the blanket reason, or get rid of them all for the same blanket reason, the end result will be the same. Even if they all stay, the powers that be already lead us to forget our history, and not just the shit that smashed into our social studies books in schools, but the more grimy details that has changed our beloved nation from a thriving gold backed republic to a faltering fiat democracy. The end result is exactly the same and whether you see a confederate flag on your county courthouse or not, we have all been entered into another form of slavery. The civil war didn't free black people from slavery, but rather extended the boundaries of the plantation to encompass all of USA. Now whites and blacks and everyone between have equal standing which gives the appearance of freedom. The sad truth is that the same chattels that once described a slave is now extended to ALL citizens.