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:
They’re just like isis. Won’t end til a conservative president gets in and starts throwing executive actions all a bout like bama
We have a history… GOOD or BAD… We have a history!!!
a damn good crew a man with machine guns could put a stop to that
that’s not going to stop them from being ignorant people and always will be because I want everything for nothing it’s bred into them
Lame
You’re right it will end with nuclear fire
I believe it makes it all the more important to preserve even to those who respect these things, but don’t necessarily honor the banned phrases, Bible or monuments. They, like us, don’t want them destroyed or removed. Consequently, they add their vote to keeping them around.
These are reminders of our past. Whether you agree or not it happened. There was a war. We happened to win. Blacks were [maybe still are] discriminated against. We learned from our mistakes. Lets not bury or remove them. They are reminders of our growth and mistakes. You cannot grow without making mistakes. Own them and progress.
Thanks to Traitor Gov. Haley.
well tell that to the haters of America.I say kick them all out,they do NOT belong here.