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NEW YORK (AP) -- Two of the Confederate Army's best-known leaders have streets named for them in a place not normally associated with the Southern side of the Civil War - New York City. Now some elected officials are trying to undo it. They say it's high time Stonewall Jackson Drive and General Lee Avenue in Brooklyn are renamed, pushing to join a number of Southern cities that have removed or are considering taking down Confederate statues and other memorials in public places. "To honor these men who believed in the ideology of white supremacy and fought to maintain the institution of slavery constitutes a grievous insult to the many thousands of people in Brooklyn who are descendants of the slaves held in bondage," says a letter sent to Army Secretary Robert Speer recently by Reps. Yvette Clarke, Jerrold Nadler, Nydia Velazquez and Hakeem Jeffries, members of Congress who all represent parts of the borough.
First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
Martin Niemöller
originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: network dude
ISIS destroys temples and anything that offends them also.
Just pointing out similarities.
originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: network dude
ISIS destroys temples and anything that offends them also.
Just pointing out similarities.
originally posted by: network dude
a reply to: ketsuko
I just can't comprehend where this will end. George Washington owned slaves. Does that mean we need to rename DC? Do we need to remove all the monuments bearing old GW's name and likeness? Exactly what kind of weakness does it take to need to have a street name removed due to "feelings"? Will these pansies get triggered by a word or a statue?
originally posted by: intrptr
originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: network dude
ISIS destroys temples and anything that offends them also.
Just pointing out similarities.
Thats about rewriting the past, de educating populations about their history and heritage. Over there, ISIS is just following orders.
Over here we see it in acton too, disappearing the past so future generations won't ask, "Who was Stonewall Jackson"?
Oh, he was a part of a rebel alliance that resisted federal gubment interference in states autonomy.
TOUCHE'T....... absolutely, lest we not perceive the injustice.
originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: network dude
ISIS destroys temples and anything that offends them also.
Just pointing out similarities.
originally posted by: jimmyx
originally posted by: network dude
a reply to: ketsuko
I just can't comprehend where this will end. George Washington owned slaves. Does that mean we need to rename DC? Do we need to remove all the monuments bearing old GW's name and likeness? Exactly what kind of weakness does it take to need to have a street name removed due to "feelings"? Will these pansies get triggered by a word or a statue?
so let's see 12 foot high statues of America's first black president (Obama) all over the deep south in front of state government buildings.....a true sign of bringing this country together
Doesn't matter what you name them, it's not erasing history.
originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: network dude
ISIS destroys temples and anything that offends them also.
Just pointing out similarities.