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re: Vanderbilt pays $1.2M to remove 'Confederate' from dorm name
Posted on 8/16/16 at 2:01 pm to GnashRebel
Posted on 8/16/16 at 2:01 pm to GnashRebel
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GnashRebel
Your subsequent comments have been reasonable. I was expecting the same old tired defense of the confederacy that is so often repeated, and then told we should "read our history". But I have no problem honoring the dead soldiers who were fighting for their homes and communities...as long as the memorial is not honoring the confederate government which was specifically fighting to defend the institution of slavery (per the "Articles of Secession" which publicly documented their cause).
But I definitely agree with you that the soldiers are not the villains, any more than the Vietnam vets were "baby killers". They should all be honored (with the exceptions of those committing war crimes, genocide, etc.)
Posted on 8/16/16 at 4:24 pm to Crimson Legend
It strikes a nerve with me. Maybe it causes me to go full a-hole. I don't want people to come in 100 years from now and start tearing down monuments to my brothers in arms because they look at the wars we fought as barbaric.
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