jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 6 months agoA Confederate statue in North Carolina praises 'faithful slaves.' Some citizens want it gonewww.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1260arrow-down11
arrow-up1259arrow-down1external-linkA Confederate statue in North Carolina praises 'faithful slaves.' Some citizens want it gonewww.usatoday.comjeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square26fedilink
minus-squarefiat_lux@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up55·6 months agoIt 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.
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up20·6 months ago THE CONFEDERATE SOLDIER WON Ah, now I see why conservatives want to learn history from statues.
minus-squareOutlierBluelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·6 months agoWhite 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!