Excellent piece by Spengler on the CSA Monuments

YellowSnow

Not sure if any of you have read David Goldman, a.k.a., "Spengler" before. Highly recommend this piece of his on the Confederate Monuments. Full disclaimer: Goldman's obviously pretty far right, and can get a bit nutty from time to time for my tastes. I also vehemently disagree with his vocal support for Trump. All that said, his command history is excellent and I especially like his takes over the years on the Civil War.
https://pjmedia.com/spengler/2017/08/15/say-decent-men-died-wicked-cause/

AZDuck

I agree that this country needs more monuments to GEN Sherman.

He had me until the last paragraph. Cities, states, and entities that own Confederate monuments can make up their own minds regarding what to do with them. I was a bit saddened that New Orleans tore down the PGT Beauregard statue, but that's their call, not mine.

PurpleThrobber

A very salient point:

If southern whites cannot abide the memory of their humiliation and ruin in the Civil War, all the less can black Americans abide the memory of two centuries of slavery and another century of second-class citizenship. There is no path to national unity on this sort of issue. The Confederate monuments have been in place for almost a century and a half, and it is unreasonable to make an issue of them today. But people are not in the market for reasonable.

Tear all the motherfucking confederate statutes down.

Then STFU about reparations and slavery and shit that happened 150 years ago. It's over.

Go build some fucking casinos like the red man did and take the white man's money.

Swaye

That is actually a great fucking article.

YellowSnow

AZDuck said:

I agree that this country needs more monuments to GEN Sherman.

He had me until the last paragraph. Cities, states, and entities that own Confederate monuments can make up their own minds regarding what to do with them. I was a bit saddened that New Orleans tore down the PGT Beauregard statue, but that's their call, not mine.

Sherman is one of our most underrated Generals; it's too bad he had such a shitty tank named after him.

Also high on my list of underrated Generals is "Iron Tits", Matthew B Ridgeway.

Swaye

YellowSnow said:

AZDuck said:

I agree that this country needs more monuments to GEN Sherman.

He had me until the last paragraph. Cities, states, and entities that own Confederate monuments can make up their own minds regarding what to do with them. I was a bit saddened that New Orleans tore down the PGT Beauregard statue, but that's their call, not mine.

Sherman is one of our most underrated Generals; it's too bad he had such a shitty tank named after him.

Also high on my list of underrated Generals is "Iron Tits", Matthew B Ridgeway.

I am a huge supporter of anything named Iron Tits.

YellowSnow

Swaye said:

YellowSnow said:

AZDuck said:

I agree that this country needs more monuments to GEN Sherman.

He had me until the last paragraph. Cities, states, and entities that own Confederate monuments can make up their own minds regarding what to do with them. I was a bit saddened that New Orleans tore down the PGT Beauregard statue, but that's their call, not mine.

Sherman is one of our most underrated Generals; it's too bad he had such a shitty tank named after him.

Also high on my list of underrated Generals is "Iron Tits", Matthew B Ridgeway.

I am a huge supporter of anything named Iron Tits.

3-4 Star Generals wearing hand grenades is Tuff. Ridgeway commanded 82nd Airborne though in WWII so no Grandpa Swaye connection

Swaye

YellowSnow said:

Swaye said:

YellowSnow said:

AZDuck said:

I agree that this country needs more monuments to GEN Sherman.

He had me until the last paragraph. Cities, states, and entities that own Confederate monuments can make up their own minds regarding what to do with them. I was a bit saddened that New Orleans tore down the PGT Beauregard statue, but that's their call, not mine.

Sherman is one of our most underrated Generals; it's too bad he had such a shitty tank named after him.

Also high on my list of underrated Generals is "Iron Tits", Matthew B Ridgeway.

I am a huge supporter of anything named Iron Tits.

3-4 Star Generals wearing hand grenades is Tuff. Ridgeway commanded 82nd Airborne though in WWII so no Grandpa Swaye connection

He would have hated Grandpa anyway. Landed in a ditch and broke his legs up. I am sure General Iron Tits preferred his soldiers to be upright and fighting.

RaceBannon

Just heard this morning that San Diego is removing a plaque that was going to commemorate the end of the Jefferson Davis hi way in the 20s

That seems to be the big decade for monuments

People actually thought naming a hi way after him was a good idea

The first Trans gender hi way was the Lincoln Road.

BearsWiin

I lived for three years at 1515 Jeff Davis Highway in Arlington VA. Can't say I ever liked writing my address.

Kaepsknee

BearsWiin said:

I lived for three years at 1515 Jeff Davis Highway in Arlington VA. Can't say I ever liked writing my address.

$75K

tenndawg

Rape women and sell the kids for huge profits ?

Man, did I waste 19 fucking years in school...

YellowSnow

tenndawg said:

Rape women and sell the kids for huge profits ?

Man, did I waste 19 fucking years in school...

You woulda never had it in ya. Tennessee was soft and the first Confederate State to rejoin the Union.

tenndawg

YellowSnow said:

tenndawg said:

Rape women and sell the kids for huge profits ?

Man, did I waste 19 fucking years in school...

You woulda never had it in ya. Tennessee was soft and the first Confederate State to rejoin the Union.

Born in Florida

When the East Tennessee Appalachians hear me talk and say "You ain't from round here" I tell them they are a bunch of union sympathizers and my state was second to secede, and next to last to return...

YellowSnow

tenndawg said:

YellowSnow said:

tenndawg said:

Rape women and sell the kids for huge profits ?

Man, did I waste 19 fucking years in school...

You woulda never had it in ya. Tennessee was soft and the first Confederate State to rejoin the Union.

Born in Florida

When the East Tennessee Appalachians hear me talk and say "You ain't from round here" I tell them they are a bunch of union sympathizers and my state was second to secede, and next to last to return...

RaceBannon

RaceBannon said:

Just heard this morning that San Diego is removing a plaque that was going to commemorate the end of the Jefferson Davis hi way in the 20s

That seems to be the big decade for monuments

People actually thought naming a hi way after him was a good idea

The first Trans gender hi way was the Lincoln Road.

The second news report said it was a trans gender railroad proposed in the late 19th century

PurpleThrobber

RaceBannon said:

Just heard this morning that San Diego is removing a plaque that was going to commemorate the end of the Jefferson Davis hi way in the 20s

That seems to be the big decade for monuments

People actually thought naming a hi way after him was a good idea

The first Trans gender hi way was the Lincoln Road.

The first transgender road was the Hershey Highway.

AZDuck

RaceBannon said:

Just heard this morning that San Diego is removing a plaque that was going to commemorate the end of the Jefferson Davis hi way in the 20s

That seems to be the big decade for monuments

People actually thought naming a hi way after him was a good idea

The first Trans gender hi way was the Lincoln Road.

you must have missed the big hoo-ha over Mount Soledad. That was make-out point for me at one stage of my life...

RaceBannon

AZDuck said:

RaceBannon said:

Just heard this morning that San Diego is removing a plaque that was going to commemorate the end of the Jefferson Davis hi way in the 20s

That seems to be the big decade for monuments

People actually thought naming a hi way after him was a good idea

The first Trans gender hi way was the Lincoln Road.

you must have missed the big hoo-ha over Mount Soledad. That was make-out point for me at one stage of my life...

I thought Soledad was a cross

AZDuck

RaceBannon said:

AZDuck said:

RaceBannon said:

Just heard this morning that San Diego is removing a plaque that was going to commemorate the end of the Jefferson Davis hi way in the 20s

That seems to be the big decade for monuments

People actually thought naming a hi way after him was a good idea

The first Trans gender hi way was the Lincoln Road.

you must have missed the big hoo-ha over Mount Soledad. That was make-out point for me at one stage of my life...

I thought Soledad was a cross

Also a parking lot with a nice view of the city. Think make out hill in Animal House.

PurpleThrobber

AZDuck said:

RaceBannon said:

AZDuck said:

RaceBannon said:

Just heard this morning that San Diego is removing a plaque that was going to commemorate the end of the Jefferson Davis hi way in the 20s

That seems to be the big decade for monuments

People actually thought naming a hi way after him was a good idea

The first Trans gender hi way was the Lincoln Road.

you must have missed the big hoo-ha over Mount Soledad. That was make-out point for me at one stage of my life...

I thought Soledad was a cross

Also a parking lot with a nice view of the city. Think make out hill in Animal House.

Getting a handjob by the light of a crucifix is always special.

My catholic friends tell me that. #altarboys