History Rewritten

[4506517]

Seems the students and others at UNC Chapel Hill are determined to rewrite history.

What a shame. Silent Sam carried an empty cartridge box. He was supposed to be a symbol of healing and reconciliation for the country.

 

[Rustyt1953]

I am at a loss for words.

 

[woodsltc]

This makes me grind my teeth in anger.....won't say more or I'll be suspended.

Don

 

[LoboGunLeather]

Must control my impulses to express what is on my mind. Must not type anymore. Must close down and leave for now.

 

[ameridaddy]

Regardless of feelings, that was destruction of others' property and the perps really need to pony up the required amount to make restitution after they're caught (dream on, but one can hope). Based on the original cost of $7,500 when erected, that's $185,000 present value. The statue was not theirs to destroy.

 

[4506517]

All very sad. It is a shame that society has descended into mob violence/destruction of property instead of constructive discourse.

Regardless of my personal feelings about the monument, if there had been civil, constructive discourse and public opinion was to remove the monument..........I would have begrudgingly been okay with that.

I'm not going to wave a finger and scream about "millennials" because the couldn't have done it by themselves.

I think this is an indicator of where we, as a people/nation, are unfortunately headed.

 

[soFlaNative]

I am at a loss for words.

This makes me grind my teeth in anger.....won't say more or I'll be suspended.

Don

Must control my impulses to express what is on my mind. Must not type anymore. Must close down and leave for now.

Then why bother posting?
If the words attributed to Julian Carr at the dedication commemorating the 50th anniversary of the War are in fact true then the statue should have been dynamited the day after it unveiled.
But it wasn't and it should have remained as a reminder that honor and sacrifice for a cause should be respected despite a point of view. So at the beginning and end of this monument's existence a noble effort at remembrance was twisted to fit an agenda.

 

[keith44spl]

Boys,
If these young folks don't get their heads out of their rearends....

This here country is going down hill like a snowball headed for hell.


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[BigBoy99]

ISIS and the Taliban are rewriting history too. Aren't they tearing down statute and other religious relics in their zeal? I guess if you rewrite history, it never happened?

 

[JH1951]

"People are more than the worst thing they have done in their lives." (Quote from "The Death of Innocents" by Sister Helen Prejean).

Do a few minutes of research about the accomplishments of Julian Carr over his lifetime, as well as the climate in which he lived, and maybe it will be determined that Duke University should be dismantled as well.....

 

[SPEEDGUNNER]

I hate to say this, but I hope that all this that has been happening in the past few years comes back to bite all these ungrateful whelps in the rear end. At least in my lifetime I will be able to have said I lived in the greatest nation in the history of the world. What will they say?

 

[Protocall_Design]

They will proudly proclaim how they made the greatest nation on earth into an open sewer.

 

[Rustyt1953]

Then why bother posting

Because it is my alma mater.

 

[Old_Cop]

We have always been at war with Eurasia.

 

[WardenRoss]

Because it is my alma mater.

Great comeback!


Reminds me of when I once missed a mandatory meeting in central office.

Later at an open inquisition concerning my work performance and some policy that was discussed at that mandatory meeting in relation to a pertinent incident, I was "called-out" in rebuttal and told "If you had even attempted to attend the policy meeting you would have not had a problem complying with this policy!", insinuating that I must be a poor manager with a flippant attitude.

"Sir, why didn't you attend my meeting?" shouted the area director. My reply "Sir, I was attending my mother's funeral."

The room became quiet and they moved on to the next item on their docket.

 

[soFlaNative]

"People are more than the worst thing they have done in their lives." (Quote from "The Death of Innocents" by Sister Helen Prejean).

Could not agree more.

Do a few minutes of research about the accomplishments of Julian Carr over his lifetime, as well as the climate in which he lived, and maybe it will be determined that Duke University should be dismantled as well.....

I live in a town that renamed the streets Lee, Hood and Forrest to Liberty, Hope and Freedom.
My disgust knows no bounds but my concern is where does it stop?
We have more than a few streets named after Presidents.
Monroe? Missouri Compromise.
What if the Seminole tribe protest Andy Jackson?
How about the Church of Latter Day Saints taking offense to Van Buren's backing of an extermination order?
On and on...
We have streets named after Union generals.
Think some folks don't see red when they see Sherman St.?
I live near Ronald Reagan Turnpike. I liked the man but I'm sure some didn't agree with his policies.
And what happens to Arlington Nat'l Cemetery?


Like some have said history won't change by erasure.
The only way we grow is by learning from our mistakes.

 

[Watchdog]

The toppling of the memorial known as "Silent Sam" is a textbook example of mob rule. The slope we've been sliding down the past few years has become even more slippery.

This event is a shame and a disgrace and is a huge and sickening black mark on the state of North Carolina and its history. I place the majority of the blame for allowing things like this to occur squarely at the feet of Roy Cooper. He's allowed all the statewide prior incidents like this simmer and heat up until they reached the boiling point. This is what inaction and a condescending/patronizing attitude allows to happen.

Most North Carolinians know who Pat McCrory is. I never liked him on a personal level (and still don't), but he's dead on the money when he compares this to something Nazi Brown Shirts would've done.

I'm sorry to see this happening in my state. We're known as the Tar Heel State. I'm sad to say it now looks as if we have something other than tar stuck to our heels.

 

[Ματθιας]

"The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history."
― George Orwell

 

[JayFramer]

I am ashamed at what this country has become.

 

[Beemer-mark]

The way I see it is once we erase the civil war (and the history of) then we can forget that slavery existed and no one will have anything to complain about what my great great grandfather living in Germany had to do with someone living in the US more than 150 years ago.