Official Protest Thread

[sethnintendo]

Bofferbrauer2 said:

sethnintendo said:

Any statues of traitors to USA should be removed.  There shouldn't be any Benedict Arnold statues in USA and there shouldn't be any statues of confederates.  We might as well erect a statue of King George III in USA.  Known for our stupidity I wouldn't doubt there is one on USA soil.  There is a point of knowing history and glorifying the past of wrong sides.  No reason in my book to have traitors glorified with a statue.

The confederacy can go fuck itself.

I agree to that.

But his premise was that building any statue would be a waste of money, and there I do disagree.

Yes I think great leaders of past can have statues.  The Washington monument and Lincoln memorial are major tourist attractions and they were actually very important people to US history.  So I agree with your stance.  I'm fine with them if they are for great leaders but traitors don't deserve any and the confederacy were traitors. They can be mentioned in history books, film, etc but not glorified in public space.  

If someone wants to erect one on their private property then so be it. It is legal to fly the Nazi flag in USA on your own property but don't expect your neighbors to respect you or be friendly.