Breitbart has published a two-sided debate regarding the dismantling of Confederate monuments across the South, and columnist Jarrett Stepman is arguing that the monuments should be protected, not destroyed.
The issue is a sensitive one for many in the south. While current supporters for the Confederacy have largely clung to the idea because of family lineage or southern pride, many have tried to hijack symbols of the Confederacy for purposes of racism and violence.
Those people have largely won, as Confederate symbols across America have fallen in a stunningly quick fashion.
But now that time has passed from the shooting in Charleston, many are looking back at what may have been an altogether too-quick knee-jerk reaction by the country and the south, and wondering if the erasure of the Confederacy from our history was wise.
Stepman argues that America doesn’t need to fundamentally change and transform our history, but rather transform out future. Read his thoughts on the next page:
Some things have changed.
Like what (other than the racism now being directed at white people)? Democrat policies are still divisive and promote racism and entitlement. Until recently black students in Alabama and Georgia were entitled to a letter grade higher than their scores deserved. Black people get priority consideration in applications for employment housing, and education. Black people and other non whites are eligible for hundreds of billions of dollars in grant money from state and federal government offices and departments some just for being black while there is not one dollar available to white people just for being white.
President Obama got the Nobel Peace prize for being black. That came from the issuer. Not from presumption.
In the military non whites get priority consideration for advancement.
These are all democrat policies. All of them.
So how is this not racial discrimination against white people? How is this different that the nowadays condemned policies of the 50s and 60s?
THEN THAT MLK THING SOULD BE BROUGHT DOWN ALSO. NO HISTORY = NO HISTORY.
He said that on a plane to Democrat Congress.
This must be stopped! The confederates are officially veterans, so desecrating their graves is a crime!
Unfortunately they are suceeding. I had to constantly question my son and send him on “missions” to find out exactly what he wasn’t being taught. The school libraries have been purged and curriculum has been changed.
FUK DEMOCRAT RACIST MUSLIM SUPPORTERS
FACT!!!!
You know who else erased history off of the face face of the earth because they didn’t like it?$#%&!@* Stalin, Mussolini, pol pot, the whole Kim dynasty. Are we seeing a trend yet?
T am agreeing with you.