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mizogan

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17. Lee and Jackson did not endorse the continuation of "the lie"

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat Jul 17, 2021, 12:19 PM

Jul 2021

These quotes were found at https://www.bustle.com/articles/96114-robert-e-lee-and-jefferson-davis-wanted-the-confederate-flag-to-come-down-in-the-1800s

"I think it wisest not to keep open the sores of war, but to follow the example of those nations who endeavored to obliterate the marks of civil strife, and to commit to oblivion the feelings it engendered." Robert E. Lee, Commander of the Confederate Army

"My pride is that that flag shall not set between contending brothers; and that, when it shall no longer be the common flag of the country, it shall be folded up and laid away like a vesture no longer used." Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy

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A giant Confederate flag went up in the Ozarks. One woman answered with this billboard [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2021 OP

Kudos to Amanda Burrows. Hoyt Jul 2021 #1

yes!! Demovictory9 Jul 2021 #28

Yes, thank goodness for Ms. Burrows. Pls. remember that this town's population is 203 (2018) SWBTATTReg Jul 2021 #2

If it were my billboard, it would say Volaris Jul 2021 #3

eggscllent . AllaN01Bear Jul 2021 #4

On GoFundMe. She's now up to 115 donors. nilram Jul 2021 #5

Up to 340 donors, now. $14,164 raised. Well past the goal of $3,850! Dark n Stormy Knight Jul 2021 #9

You Forgot "Losing" ProfessorGAC Jul 2021 #18

Missouri wasn't part of the Confederacy moose65 Jul 2021 #23

Was Aware Of That ProfessorGAC Jul 2021 #26

Here is a pic of the billboard right next to the huge flagpole with the traitor flag on it BumRushDaShow Jul 2021 #6

That's a pretty limp excuse of a flag that represents failure. erronis Jul 2021 #11

LOL BumRushDaShow Jul 2021 #12

The Democratic Party online store wnylib Jul 2021 #7

Will have to take a look..thanks. Re: sign, white flag would suffice--hey you, you RestoreAmerica2020 Jul 2021 #22

The flag sounds good to me. wnylib Jul 2021 #24

Excellent niyad Jul 2021 #8

The Confederate flag exalts treason against the US. Lonestarblue Jul 2021 #10

How about pressbox69 Jul 2021 #13

We should tell them that we will go back to the Confederate days if the ones that revere Dustlawyer Jul 2021 #14

Billboard suggestion::: Thank God republicans won that war back in the 1860s. keithbvadu2 Jul 2021 #15

Shout it Sister Amanda! Bo Zarts Jul 2021 #16

Lee and Jackson did not endorse the continuation of "the lie" mizogan Jul 2021 #17

welcome to DU gopiscrap Jul 2021 #27

Nicelt Done Amanda Burrows!!! Evolve Dammit Jul 2021 #19

Nicely done! Gotta use spell check more... Evolve Dammit Jul 2021 #20

Nice Amanda Nice Pas-de-Calais Jul 2021 #21

This country went to war with the Confederates resulting in hundreds of thousands of casualties. hadEnuf Jul 2021 #25