I fully agree with this post by Dixie Forever stating that the financial cost of restoring the Confederate Monument at Arlington National Cemetery – estimated at $10 million according to an article by the Associated Press – will be worth it. Dixie Forever suggests using the money to fully clean and restore the memorial itself, as well as adding flag poles, historically accurate explanatory plaques, and perhaps even improvements to the surrounding street and its sign.
I also agree with the following sentiments expressed in the post, which I believe are a quote from Virginia Lt. Governor candidate John Reid:
“No matter how one feels about the north or the south or the civil war- we all used to leave dead people and cemeteries alone. The fact that Democrats couldn’t control their hate for dead people and their inclination to be dictators in the modern era is gross and telling.”
Exactly.
Before the past few years, the continued existence of statues and monuments – and particularly ones located in cemeteries – was not a political issue. It was not up for debate. It was unanimously accepted, regardless of one’s political beliefs and regardless of one’s opinions about the historical figure(s) in question. Removing statues was simply not a thing. It was not a thing that anyone did; it was not a thing that anyone proposed or supported or advocated or argued in favor of; it was not a thing that anyone even considered doing. It was simply accepted that if a statue or monument was put up, then it is up. It exists. Permanently. Period. Full stop. And that is the way it should be. The phenomenon of removing statues is a recent invention. And I am not exaggerating when I say that it is an abomination. Statues are not supposed to be removed. It is simply not the way the world is supposed to work.
Indeed, we all used to leave dead people and cemeteries alone. And the fact that we stopped doing so is the most atrocious, the most reprehensible, the most despicable, the most horrifying, and the most immoral thing that has ever happened in the history of the world.
To hate dead people demonstrates complete moral bankruptcy. Dead people pose no threat. They are powerless. They cannot hurt you in any way. To destroy their statues and monuments is the epitome of cruelty. It is the epitome of punching down. It is the epitome of a bully beating up on an underdog. To call this behavior gross is an understatement.
