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 $170,000, and all of the arguments made by groups hoping to keep the monuments in place were judged by the city council to be “frivolous,” “entirely without merit,” or “made no sense.” One wonders about other moments in history that various segments of society will find offensive and move to have them erased.
Who is paying for monument removal, page 2:
Shameful!
Can’t wait until Trump is president and all these historical monuments are put back where they belong. the muslim brotherhood and liberals are no better then ISIS that is in the middle east doing the same thing, trying to erase the past with their lies and hate.
Are already under communist Rule
Take em down I will still be proud and never forget my Southeren Heritage
Then remove all$#%&!@*monuments
Watch out, they will be blasting Mount Rushmore next…..idiots….you can’t change history.
People need to remember things like this when it comes time for elections!! Morons!!
THIS TELL ME THE OLD HEADS R GONE AND YOUNG AMERICA IS SCARED OR LIKE O B WANTS THEM TO BE.
Tim Philpot slavery was actually a secondary issue played up to garner emotional support. There were even a few free black volunteer units fighting for the South. The primary issue was whether or not the States had the right to self govern or would be subject to control by Washington. The power of the Federal government was fairly limited to interstate commerce and international treaties. Raising of armies was relegated to the States.
Lincoln may have “freed the slaves” , but he also imposed Federal control over the rest of us.
You fine people allow you history to be destroyed by liberal pussys! Then you become them, it’s your history stand up for something or be buried for nothing