And that’s relevant, how?
How, exactly, does whether or not someone surrendered, have to do with whether they are good or bad?
That’s right. It doesn’t.
Author: Marissa
bookmark_border“Midland Legacy did last longer than the confederacy…”
So? And this is relevant, how?
Also, take this similar comment: “The Crunchwrap supreme lasted longer than the confederacy so we should name it after that”
And what exactly is the connection between how long something lasted, and how deserving it is of having a school named after it?
How exactly are these things related?
What exactly is the relationship between how long something lasted, and its goodness or badness?
If a child dies, say of cancer, or an accident, does that mean that the child wasn’t important, and doesn’t deserve to be memorialized, merely because their life didn’t last very long?
Or, if someone is raped, or has their limbs blown off in a terrorist attack, does that mean that these experiences weren’t important, and didn’t actually harm the person significantly, merely because they didn’t last very long?
I’m confused about the connection between how long something lasted, and it’s goodness or badness.
I’m confused about why people think that there is one.
Because logically, it doesn’t seem like there should be.
bookmark_borderA new batch of statues arrives…
Yet another bit of positive news regarding statues: a new batch of Confederate statues has arrived in the United States, thanks to the organization Monuments Across Dixie.
They posted a reel of going to pick up the new monuments here, and a picture of the crates containing them here.
The new statues include one of Admiral Raphael Semmes, a heartwarming picture of which can be seen in this post from the SCV camp named after him.
More details to come on the rest of the statues…
bookmark_borderGood news on Robert E. Lee highway marker in Charleston, SC
Another piece of positive news: after being removed by intolerant bullies, the Robert E. Lee highway marker is set to go back in display in downtown Charleston, South Carolina.
Source: Robert E. Lee Camp 1640 SCV, Corey Allen
bookmark_borderGood news on Frank Rizzo statue
Another piece of good news relating to statues: the statue of Frank Rizzo, the first Italian American mayor of Philadelphia, will be reappearing in some capacity.
The statue, one of many murdered in 2020 in an effort by intolerant bullies to eradicate all public art depicting people who differ from the norm, used to stand outside the city’s municipal service building. He was damaged by racist vandals before being removed overnight by the cowardly city government in June of 2020. Disgustingly, the acts of vandalism included throwing noodles and gravy at the statue, attempting to set him on fire, and spray-painting the word “fascist,” which is ironic given that the people who did this were the people engaged in a campaign to obliterate from existence all people who differ from the norm.
But I digress.
Yesterday, the city agreed to return the statue to the Frank Rizzo Monument Committee, the organization that had originally created and donated it to the city. Unfortunately, under the terms of the agreement, the committee can only display the statue behind a fence on private property. However, this resolution is at least better than the statue being kept out of sight in storage, and it’s a good thing that Rizzo will be owned and displayed by people who actually like and respect him. Plus, the city will cover the cost of the repairs necessitated by their own cowardice.
A spokesperson for the committee said that they are “delighted with the Art Commission’s approval of the litigation settlement reached with the City’s lawyers. We get the Statue back, immediately, and the City will pay for all repairs. We will determine where it will be placed once repaired, and we are in active negotiations with the Parker Administration on its future location and hope to have an announcement soon.”
Sources: Italian Sons & Daughters of America, We The Italians, CBS News
bookmark_borderRobert E. Lee’s name restored to a high school in Texas
Despite the attempts of cruel, vicious, and brainless bullies to destroy this happy occasion, a high school in Texas has restored Robert E. Lee’s name.
Midland Lee High School had its name changed to Midland Legacy High School in 2020 as part of the campaign by intolerant bullies to eradicate the existence of all people who are different from the norm. But this past Tuesday night, the school committee voted to change the name back!
The school board meeting took over 3 hours, involved what was described as “a loud, woke opposition,” and ended with a 4-3 vote. This means that unfortunately, a large number of people, including 3 members of the school board, are intolerant bullies who believe that people who are different from the norm should be excluded, bullied, hurt, and ultimately obliterated from the earth.
However, the bullies lost. This high school once again has a name which sends the message that people who are different from the norm have a right to exist. Kids who are different, who have trouble making friends, who don’t fit in, will receive the message that they are just as good as anyone else and have a right to exist just as they are. This school name sends the message: Robert E. Lee was different from the norm, and he is being respected and honored, so you have the right to be respected and honored, too.
What a revolutionary concept.
The Alamo City Guards SCV Camp made an excellent post in which they noted, “Renaming LEE to its original name, Robert E. Lee, is a step towards embracing our diverse cultural backgrounds.” I could not agree more strongly. Without honoring Confederate historical figures in our public spaces, there is no meaningful diversity at all.
Posts and further info:
bookmark_border“honoring white Supremacist Traitors is now diversity, ROFLMAO”
Yes, actual diversity is now diversity.
How hilarious!
Diversity that only includes people whom everyone likes, diversity that only encompasses non-controversial attributes, diversity that only includes people who conform to norms… is not diversity in any meaningful sense. It is not diversity at all.
God forbid that anyone who is different from you be allowed to exist in the world, Donald Nichols. Can’t have that.
P.S. You might want to learn proper punctuation. It would make you look like slightly less of an idiot.
bookmark_border“Traitors”
In other words… people who are different.
People who don’t fit in.
People who think for themselves rather than mindlessly following norms.
People who rebel, who resist, who stand up to authority.
Yes, we are all of these things.
We don’t value conformity, and we don’t value compliance.
We value what is right, and we recognize that this is not the same as what is popular.
Why do you use this word as if it’s a bad thing?
By using this word as an insult, you reveal yourself to be a bully and a bigot with no mind, no soul, and no capacity for independent thought.
And that is actually a bad thing.
bookmark_border“The ‘woke lemmings’ won the Civil War”
… and that’s relevant, how?
How exactly does which side won and which side lost, have to do with which side was good and which side was bad? How exactly does winning and losing have to do with which side was right and which side was wrong?
It doesn’t.
Winning and losing have nothing to do with good and bad.
Winning and losing have nothing to do with right and wrong.
Winning and losing are determined by things like strength, power, strategy, and numbers. They have nothing to do with the moral goodness or badness of the people involved, or of the causes for which they fought.
Yes, the Union side won the Civil War.
The Union side used their larger population, their more industrialized economy, and their greater wealth to harm, hurt, and oppress the Confederates, and to violate their rights.
How, exactly, does this reflect badly on the Confederates?
When people harm, hurt, and oppress others and violate their rights, that reflects badly on the people doing the harming, hurting, oppressing, and violating. It does not reflect badly on the victims.
This is such a basic and obvious moral truth that it’s hard to believe it even needs to be stated. But if the comment sections of social media posts are any indication, it most definitely does, time and time again.
Yes, the woke lemmings won the Civil War.
So?
That doesn’t make them not woke lemmings. That doesn’t give them, or you, the moral high ground. And pointing that out, as if it somehow has moral significance, just makes you a mindless bully.
bookmark_borderPete Hegseth on statues…
“We recognize our history; we don’t erase it. We don’t follow the woke lemmings off the cliff that want to tear down statues. We look at and learn from our history, all aspects of it, and so Arlington deserves to have, and we’re grateful to the state of Virginia for partnering with us, it wasn’t easy, we fought to make it happen, and the Reconciliation Monument will return to Arlington, where it belongs, to recognize the service of Americans of all chapters. We’re not tearing stuff down; we’re done with that. We’re putting statues back, we’re putting paintings back, we’re recognizing our history, we’re restoring the names of bases, as we’ve done across the country, because we’re proud of our history, as difficult as it may have been in some chapters. We’re gonna teach it, we’re gonna live it, and we’re gonna fight for it.”
– Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth
Amen to that. Let’s hope that the Arlington monument and the Albert Pike statue are not the last statues to make a comeback, but rather just the beginning of a dramatic reversal.
Source: Fox News