A Confederate statue in North Carolina praises 'faithful slaves.' Some citizens want it gonejeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world – 255 points – 5 months agousatoday.com26Post a CommentPreviewYou are viewing a single commentView all commentsIt annoyed me that I couldn't see the whole statue. It's just a statue of the local general but another part of the inscription was also interesting: THE CONFEDERATE SOLDIER WON AND IS ENTITLED TO THE ADMIRATION OF ALL WHO LOVE HONOR, AND LIBERTY. Uh huh. From a monument built 50 years after the war ended. Physical copium. THE CONFEDERATE SOLDIER WON Ah, now I see why conservatives want to learn history from statues. White slave-owner: ... all those who love honor, and liberty Black slave: Excuse m-- White slave-owner: Not you!
It annoyed me that I couldn't see the whole statue. It's just a statue of the local general but another part of the inscription was also interesting: THE CONFEDERATE SOLDIER WON AND IS ENTITLED TO THE ADMIRATION OF ALL WHO LOVE HONOR, AND LIBERTY. Uh huh. From a monument built 50 years after the war ended. Physical copium. THE CONFEDERATE SOLDIER WON Ah, now I see why conservatives want to learn history from statues. White slave-owner: ... all those who love honor, and liberty Black slave: Excuse m-- White slave-owner: Not you!
White slave-owner: ... all those who love honor, and liberty Black slave: Excuse m-- White slave-owner: Not you!
It annoyed me that I couldn't see the whole statue. It's just a statue of the local general but another part of the inscription was also interesting:
Uh huh. From a monument built 50 years after the war ended. Physical copium.
Ah, now I see why conservatives want to learn history from statues.
White slave-owner: ... all those who love honor, and liberty
Black slave: Excuse m--
White slave-owner: Not you!