Let me just start by
saying that this man is correct about the Dixiecrats & the racism that ran
rapid for the first 200 years of this country.
But I do feel that we have made great leaps in the betterment of our
civil rights – I feel that color now is something that everyone sees – but only
the angry or oppressed allow color to decide their opinion. I also feel that words – no matter how
hateful the intent or how degrading the tone – are just that, words – and as we
all learned as children – only sticks and stones hurt. So now to this video ---
In my personal opinion
- these monuments should be removed - and placed in museums teaching about the
Confederacy and slavery. But these monuments should not be destroyed or pulled
down by the mob – it should be removed by whomever owns them – be it private or
government. Mob rule is never the answer
– especially when we have elections going on where these could be put on the
ballot and voted on this November. And
yes – racism ran deep in the south and the Democrat Party located there in the
early to late 20th Century.
For quite a long time – there were in reality, there were essentially 2
Democrat Parties during that time – 1 in the north that pushed for social
change (i.e. FDR & Kennedy) and another in the south who didn’t want to
disrupt the status quo (i.e. Strom Thurgood & LBJ).
I personally have
ancestors – who never owned 1 slave – who fought for both sides in the Civil
War. My Southern ancestors wee fighting
to protect their homeland from, what they were told by their leaders &
politicians, the northerners taking their homes and giving it away to “the
darkies”. I know this to be a fact as
letters & journals from those ancestors are on record. My Northern ancestors fought to protect the
union as their President had asked – President Abraham Lincoln – who’s monument
was vandalized in the first “protests” in DC.
I have pride in both sides for fighting & dying for what they
believed in. So unlike what this gentleman stated – the Battle Flag is a sign
of heritage to me – as it flies over the graves of people who fought for their
rights and land.
The president that
this gentleman confused with Cleveland was actually Ulysses S. Grant – the
Second elected President of the Republican Party, the President who oversaw the
proper Reconstruction – the man who won the Civil War & made it possible to
enact the Emancipation Proclamation I the entire US – And who’s statue they
just destroyed in San Francisco. And
according to his charts – the first spike In Confederate Monument building was
in 1910ish. At that time – the Democrats
were gaining momentum and took control of Congress in 1910 & the Presidency
in 1912. Also according to this chart –
Confederate Monument building dropped considerately in the 1920s – about the
same time the Republicans retook the Presidency. Feel free to check these facts – I did. FDR, in the 1930’s, started the welfare
programs, that now so many people are trapped in that they don’t realize that
they have just been put into another form of oppression.
So now we have
“protests”, that in most cases are justified, that have gone way beyond
peaceful. We have people who are angry
because they are being told “Trump is racist”, “White Privilege”, “Republicans
will put you back in chains” – Really??????
Republicans freed the slaves. Republicans did the Reconstruction. Since
the Great Depression, Republicans have been in office over 3 of the 4 best
economic periods. Black unemployment at
an all time low, Hispanic at an all time low, Middle class income at an all
time high, Federal taxes low --- But because Celebrities & Democrat
politicians – who are all rich – tell us that Republicans & “Old White
Guys” are bad & hate people of color & the poor – and they wouldn’t lie to us –
Right??????
So – instead of
destroying things to make “everything better” – how about we talk – Instead of
erasing history – how about we learn from those mistakes – and instead of
assuming everyone who doesn’t look like you hates you – how about we look at
what they like about you. I think Life
would be so much easier then………
