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Though dozens of congressional Republicans protested the move, the Army says it will begin work in coming days

The Lost Cause movement, which recast rebel traitors as morally righteous warriors defending states’ rights and spread the false belief that slavery was benevolent, is evident in the memorial’s bronze panels. A weeping Black woman, described by cemetery historians as a stereotypical “mammy,” clutches the baby of a White officer, and a camp servant dutifully follows his enslaver toward battle.

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[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 46 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Fine with me. Republican losers can fuck off.

[–] PoliticalAgitator@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

Yep. We need more headlines that end with "despite GOP opposition".

[–] carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 37 points 10 months ago (2 children)

If you’re upset that people don’t want to memorialize the south that was pro slavery and lost, you should re-examine your own values. And to all those Republican dickheads that say things like “the slave owners were democrats”, which party is upset about removing all the confederate statues and puts confederate flags on their pickups and houses again?

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

This. Their attempts to rewrite history and ignore that democrats that were racists were conservatives fail right off the blocks when they cry and cope over monuments to racists being removed.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 24 points 10 months ago

It's so weird how the cons clutch their pearls whenever an accusation of racism is leveled at them, but they tell on themselves all the time when it comes to monuments to racist traitorous scum.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago (1 children)

But mah heritage! Mah five years of heritage!

The View has lasted over 5 times longer than the Confederacy.

[–] PRUSSIA_x86@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Fortnite has lasted longer than the confederacy.

[–] Sovereign_13@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Just to sort of pile on, Breaking Bad lasted longer than the Confederacy.

[–] chaogomu@kbin.social 8 points 10 months ago

Myspace lasted longer than the Confederacy.

[–] originalfrozenbanana@lemm.ee 15 points 10 months ago

Confederate losers still taking L’s 160 years later

[–] fluxion@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I might support a public restroom to properly memorialize the slaver rebellion

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

I assumed that would be the most popular attraction at the Trump Presidential Library, but they don't seem to be building one. I guess you don't need an entire library to store a copy of The Art of the Deal.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Only if it's never cleaned.

[–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Republicans are always calling themselves "The Party of Lincoln". So, why would they want to preserve the statues of Lincoln's enemies?

It's almost as if every word uttered by a conservative is deception or manipulation.

[–] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's a Democrat memorial though, they remind us all the time that the Democrats are really the racists because they supported slavery during the Civil War. And it's a participation trophy, something else they foam at the mouth and lash their tooth over.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 18 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yep. The parties completely flipped sides on this as a result of Nixon deciding to court the southern vote through appeals to racism

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 23 points 10 months ago

Republicans want to have it both ways. They want to be able to call Democrats the party of slavery and the KKK, but they also want to keep monuments to people who fought for slavery that were erected by people in the KKK.

[–] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

may all traitors die soon, die mad, and be thrown in the potomac to rot

I grew up within a stone's throw of where William T. Sherman was born, and I gotta say... I'm in the mood for some southern bbq and a delightful stroll to the ocean.