Divided We--What's That Again?

 

 

"Battle Of New Orleans" was the first picture by Herr D on heromachine. It references a verse in the old folksong.-Shelob

[plays clip of Confederate statue being beheaded] Why would beheading a statue matter? It is not alive.

[snort] it's symbolic This is not vandalism?

No. Vandals break the law. Destruction with permission is legal, maybe stupid, but legal. You have another suggestion?

Well, yes. Auction them to the highest bidder. Give the money to veteran centers. They're statues of soldiers, right? Any that don't sell, donate to museums. Or melt them for war effort in Ukraine?

Oh--that's actually a good idea. Perhaps just recycle the metal?

Even though Americans should never be proud of all of our history, we should never try to forget it, erase it, cancel it. Anyone with brains knows that mistakes are repeated if not remembered. How does that apply to modern day? There are no slaves, nor overt threats of takeover by foreign powers allying with seceding states.

It applies directly to today. We are now as polarized as we were in Civil War times. The causes are different, but people ARE trying to trod down on others and tear this country apart. There is a political party in this country that appears to honor dictators, genocidal maniacs, and homophobes. A former president has called for harm to law enforcement. The few extremists on the other side want to do things like defund the police. You do not favor either party. Analysis confirmed that.

[laptop disturbance, probable shrug] What did your ANALYSIS come up with? You are a moderate centrist without party loyalty because you are too intelligent, practical, and sane to agree with most of the issues on the platforms that any one modern political party follows. You are classifiable as a hypersane. What is the worst political thing you have heard of recently?

There was a moron I saw this weekend wearing a tee that read 'Socialist Distancing.' That is inaccurate.

[snort] Yep.