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JustAnotherGen

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Reply to heaven05 (Reply #1)

Mon Jul 6, 2015, 01:14 PM

Jul 2015

This piece of clay and stone is important - for whaaaaaaaaaaaaaat reason?

Whyyyyyyyyyyyyy?

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Confederate Memorial at UNC Chapel Hill Vandalized [View all] n2doc Jul 2015 OP

oh well heaven05 Jul 2015 #1

I'm like JustAnotherGen Jul 2015 #7

Would you be so complacent if someone vandalizes a statue of MLK? It will undoubtedly razorman Jul 2015 #10

Apples and Oranges JustAnotherGen Jul 2015 #16

+++++ heaven05 Jul 2015 #39

How could you even begin to compare a confederate statue with one of Dr. King? notadmblnd Jul 2015 #76

If it's to commemorate the 300 dead in the civil war Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jul 2015 #2

I dont have an issue the memorial though one to commemorate everyone who died during the war cstanleytech Jul 2015 #13

"300"? No. 258,000. candelista Jul 2015 #35

"300 UNC students who died in the Civil War" WhoWoodaKnew Jul 2015 #37

People separate the soldier from the war until ... redgreenandblue Jul 2015 #3

Not Silent Sam! Warpy Jul 2015 #4

That is as bad as the Story of Unicorn being unable to resist a 21 year old Virgin's lap happyslug Jul 2015 #34

She? A virgin has to be female to qualify? How last century....n/t 24601 Jul 2015 #54

What you think a 21 year old male never had an unclean thought? happyslug Jul 2015 #69

Sigh RobinA Jul 2015 #5

No more and no less than it will hurt the cause. LanternWaste Jul 2015 #22

I Believe RobinA Jul 2015 #59

Ah. Another one. Igel Jul 2015 #6

That is the stupidest fucking test I ever heard concocted... Humanist_Activist Jul 2015 #11

Isnt that the point though? Things only have as much meaning as we humans cstanleytech Jul 2015 #15

But context matters, the St. Andrews cross isn't being attacked here... Humanist_Activist Jul 2015 #26

there is a lot of insight in this post n/t Psephos Jul 2015 #20

As a resident of Chapel Hill I can tell you this statue has been a subject of controversy mnhtnbb Jul 2015 #8

I hope they catch the people who did AwareOne Jul 2015 #9

Ooohh, yeah, that's the ticket. Darb Jul 2015 #19

I don't think arresting somebody for vandalism is lynching Travis_0004 Jul 2015 #51

It was hyperbole, derrrrrrrrrrrrr Darb Jul 2015 #65

White supremacy heaven05 Jul 2015 #40

You forgot the sarcasm icon. Duppers Jul 2015 #80

Maybe the vandals should practice what they preach seveneyes Jul 2015 #12

I do not condone vandalism bluestateguy Jul 2015 #14

Anyone who sees evil in what happened to African Americans at the hands Judi Lynn Jul 2015 #17

This - and bringing up an MLK statue getting the same treatment JustAnotherGen Jul 2015 #18

Truly! Duppers Jul 2015 #81

When will you post condemnation of the thousands of ships sailing from New England ports Leontius Jul 2015 #29

Haul on out your examples of vandalism of the statues and memorials to the upright, bla bla bla.... Judi Lynn Jul 2015 #30

Haul on out your examples of vandalism of the statues and memorials to the upright, bla bla bla.... Judi Lynn Jul 2015 #31

Haul on out your examples of vandalism of the statues and memorials to the upright, bla bla bla.... Judi Lynn Jul 2015 #32

Not any where near as hollow as you and your self righteous screed. Leontius Jul 2015 #33

that doesn't make any sense at all heaven05 Jul 2015 #41

So you support honoring the slave traders. Leontius Jul 2015 #44

You're still not making sense heaven05 Jul 2015 #46

Do you feel the same way about German WW2 memorials Travis_0004 Jul 2015 #52

The Confederacy put a higher percentage of their adult white men in uniform Yupster Jul 2015 #57

I have everything heaven05 Jul 2015 #64

I think you are unfair Yupster Jul 2015 #67

they fought to heaven05 Jul 2015 #70

You would have executed Lee and Davis Yupster Jul 2015 #77

Given heaven05 Jul 2015 #78

Not all memorials are dedicated to soldiers, but to the "ideals" of the Confederacy... Humanist_Activist Jul 2015 #58

well I see a problem heaven05 Jul 2015 #63

To those making visceral attacks on the vandals and the statute..... Farmbrook Jul 2015 #21

It was not vandalised Fairgo Jul 2015 #23

GOOD craigmatic Jul 2015 #24

When the statue went up in 1913, nobody ProgressiveEconomist Jul 2015 #25

Um, Were NINE people SHOT to death ??? n/t vkkv Jul 2015 #27

Some simple asses burnt a cross on the mail box on the all black "smoking for Jesus" church... marble falls Jul 2015 #28

Liberalism has changed since I was a kid. candelista Jul 2015 #36

so heaven05 Jul 2015 #42

No Travis_0004 Jul 2015 #53

The Palmyrans had slaves before and long after the Roman period Yupster Jul 2015 #56

in my world heaven05 Jul 2015 #61

Only if they do it to you. :) candelista Jul 2015 #72

You don't always have to spray paint things to make a point. In fact WhoWoodaKnew Jul 2015 #38

well the heaven05 Jul 2015 #43

I'm just telling you that you lose some people when you start spray painting stuff. WhoWoodaKnew Jul 2015 #45

bye heaven05 Jul 2015 #47

Hello, Hooray seveneyes Jul 2015 #49

okay WhoWoodaKnew Jul 2015 #50

Very Few People RobinA Jul 2015 #60

The race to be the most disgusting vandal seveneyes Jul 2015 #48

Hey! Late breaking news heaven05 Jul 2015 #62

"Hypocracy." :) candelista Jul 2015 #71

well heaven05 Jul 2015 #73

Yeah, sure. :) candelista Jul 2015 #74

Don't care what I'm taken as heaven05 Jul 2015 #75

American Taliban strike again Telcontar Jul 2015 #55

Who's the American Taliban again? Darb Jul 2015 #66

No you're not, you're just sympathetic to their cause Telcontar Jul 2015 #68

I don't believe that I am sympathetic to their cause because Darb Jul 2015 #79

Vandals Telcontar Jul 2015 #82