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Topic	This monument thing is getting way out of hand.
TheNeckbeard 08/20/17 7:05:41 PM #26:	Erik_P posted... TheNeckbeard posted... http://www.wthr.com/article/man-arrested-for-vandalizing-confederate-monument-in-garfield-park This park is just a mile down the street from me. Why do people want to erase history? I don't see the logic. This particular monument was really a death marker with the names of confederate soldiers and slaves that died at a prison camp on it. This isn't even a monument celebrating some famous general or anything. You're celebrating history of a side that lost a war. Those monuments all went up at the height of Jim Crow laws. They went up because of racism, not to celebrate history. Well for one Indiana was considered a northern state, thus why the monument is for imprisoned confederate soldiers and some slaves that were here. These soldiers I may not agree with their stances but they were just every day people of this country that were fighting for what they felt was their everyday lives and livelihood against an invading north. In many cases many of these soldiers were family members to people in the north as well. This monument had NOTHING to do with racism. The only people here being racist is the people trying to proclaim everything that doesn't fit their ideal way of things to be racist. Those are the racists. --- My PC - http://pcpartpicker.com/list/y9LBr7, Pic - http://imgur.com/DFyr5rv <cite>TheNeckbeard posted [p:885137219] in This monum... [t:75689451]...</cite> <quote><cite>Erik_P posted...</cite> <quote><cite>TheNeckbeard posted...</cite> <quote>http://www.wthr.com/article/man-arrested-for-vandalizing-confederate-monument-in-garfield-park This park is just a mile down the street from me. Why do people want to erase history? I don't see the logic. This particular monument was really a death marker with the names of confederate soldiers and slaves that died at a prison camp on it. This isn't even a monument celebrating some famous general or anything.</quote> You're celebrating history of a side that lost a war. Those monuments all went up at the height of Jim Crow laws. They went up because of racism, not to celebrate history.</quote> Well for one Indiana was considered a northern state, thus why the monument is for imprisoned confederate soldiers and some slaves that were here. These soldiers I may not agree with their stances but they were just every day people of this country that were fighting for what they felt was their everyday lives and livelihood against an invading north. In many cases many of these soldiers were family members to people in the north as well. This monument had NOTHING to do with racism. The only people here being racist is the people trying to proclaim everything that doesn't fit their ideal way of things to be racist. Those are the racists. --- My PC - http://pcpartpicker.com/list/y9LBr7, Pic - http://imgur.com/DFyr5rv</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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