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:
Pitifully ridiculous
Someone needs to stop these morons – you can’t change history because you don’t like it – get a grip on reality…. smh
if u agree with it or not; rewriting history is a major mistake for any society; forget how u got where your at; is away to dome a country to repeat those same mistakes.
Be sure to also remove the Buffalo Soldier Monuments honoring the Black Army Soldiers who were hired by the Civil War winning Union Army to help “Win The West” from Native Americans.? And don’t forget to remove the Stars and Stripes that has been flying over the Nation during the better part of the slavery years/decades. What’s good (or bad) for the goose is just as good (or bad) for the gander.
How many monuments to the Japanese army are in Naking, or Manila, or Burma? Because there might have been people of Japanese descent living there before the War.
rewriting history for racial bigots wont change a thing. it will cause hatred and stupidity
This is not right!
We Need to Preserve American History
I am Offended by the Liberal Idealist that are Attacking American Culture
lewis, it seems like noone cares about the law anymore
I call b******t!!