Bread and circuses are often enough to distract the masses from the more serious shortcomings of government. And so it is that the pandering to Black Lives Matter and politically correct college student demonstrators serve to help them forget that they are poorly educated, poorly served and just plain poor.
In the city of New Orleans, with so many other more important issues, the city council has voted to remove statues of Confederate civil war heroes in order to placate loud mouthed whiners who are “offended” by the statues, rather than deal with the real problems the city faces.
The monuments are of Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, P.G.T. Beauregard, and the Battle of Liberty Place. They mark historical figures and events that cannot be erased. The city council voted 6 – 1 for their removal, and declared them public nuisances.
It is estimated that removal will cost $170,000, and all of the arguments made by groups hoping to keep the monuments in place were judged by the city council to be “frivolous,” “entirely without merit,” or “made no sense.” One wonders about other moments in history that various segments of society will find offensive and move to have them erased.
Who is paying for monument removal, page 2:
Wait till they have to put them back!!! Idiots!!!!
Wrong
That’s wrong! Its to bad that some people can’t read the history books, in sited just have to complain. About every thing,
When are the text books going to re-written to reflect this ‘new’ era in enlightenment?
Like it or not, it’s part of our history, Leave it stay right where it is,
Now who’s acting like the muslims????
SO WRONG.
Maybe they will have to put them back?
I think it is time to re-name all of the Martin Luther Streets and anything associated with his name!! As long as they are on thier race kick, it works both ways!!!
Why get rid of history