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youre heritage is hate
7 years ago
A bunch of zealous college youth in North Carolina just tore down a confederate statue built in 1915 on their campus at UNC.
As a former resident of north carolina id like to say that the romoval of the statue was applauded by me. They say that the statue was history that honors the war dead, that removing it was denying history. But keep in mind, the statue was erected 50 years after the civil war and the dedication speech of the statue inculded a call to purify the south to a white ethnostate and praised civil was veterans who were going out and terrorizing former slaves around the state.
You say that this is an act of denying history. What history is being denied? There are plenty of historical writtings that speak of the horrors of slavery and the civil war. thats not being erased by the statue removal. Again what history is being denied? What is being erased is a protrayal of a heroic and honorable confederacy that fought on the side of right, ignoring or condemning humanist values against slavery and racism.
If you dont believe in racism, then you should accept that the confederacy fought to keep slaves as part of their entire economic system. The states rights they were protecting was their right to own slaves. To make your heritage stronger, like any ones own personal character, you must accept the wrongdoings you have done and endeavor to be better than that. For a long time this was not the case these monuments and flags were used by people who saw no wrong in any of their past actions as a culture. When you say heritage not hate, you yourself are actually are participating in a re-envision of history that covers up what looks bad and portrays only what seems honorable and just. You have to find a different way to identify yourself as a southerner than the symbols of the confederacy. It would be wrong to cover up the fact they terrorized black people and enslaved them.
As a former resident of north carolina id like to say that the romoval of the statue was applauded by me. They say that the statue was history that honors the war dead, that removing it was denying history. But keep in mind, the statue was erected 50 years after the civil war and the dedication speech of the statue inculded a call to purify the south to a white ethnostate and praised civil was veterans who were going out and terrorizing former slaves around the state.
You say that this is an act of denying history. What history is being denied? There are plenty of historical writtings that speak of the horrors of slavery and the civil war. thats not being erased by the statue removal. Again what history is being denied? What is being erased is a protrayal of a heroic and honorable confederacy that fought on the side of right, ignoring or condemning humanist values against slavery and racism.
If you dont believe in racism, then you should accept that the confederacy fought to keep slaves as part of their entire economic system. The states rights they were protecting was their right to own slaves. To make your heritage stronger, like any ones own personal character, you must accept the wrongdoings you have done and endeavor to be better than that. For a long time this was not the case these monuments and flags were used by people who saw no wrong in any of their past actions as a culture. When you say heritage not hate, you yourself are actually are participating in a re-envision of history that covers up what looks bad and portrays only what seems honorable and just. You have to find a different way to identify yourself as a southerner than the symbols of the confederacy. It would be wrong to cover up the fact they terrorized black people and enslaved them.
Just a few moments ago I honestly had a huge fight with my conservative brother over trump and then the NRA. I just dont think that any of this sepratism is going to get better and my experiences in life and the people who have pushed me negatively has long got me beyond the idea of trying to be understanding and cooperative anymore, I think things are just too deathly serious now.
Unfortunately, the agenda of the far right does not have room for people like us. When they finally achieve their goal of making America great again, it will only be great for them. It won't cater to the poor, the disabled, or people of other cultures, races or religions. At the best, we might be treated as our government treated Puerto Rico since the hurricane. But I fear we'd be treated even worse than that in reality.
The really sick thing is that they would claim to be doing it for our own good, in the name of God and Christ, while holding up a Bible. Never mind that Christ in the Bible commands us to love everyone, to be kind, gentle, patient, peaceful, compassionate, truthful, and having self-control, etc. Not one of those Biblical qualities describe our president, nor most of the party he belongs to, nor those who see the actions and still support them. It is the "Truth isn't truth" party after all!
Try hard to remain understanding and cooperative, even when it gets rough. The alternative is to start acting like them, and that just gives them some of the ammunition they want.