Charlottesville

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This issue about Confederate monuments has already cascaded. I believe once we have categorized every inanimate object depicting the Confederacy that is part of our History, albeit some of our darker days, as racist we open the door to every symbol of our country prior to the 13th Amendment as racist depictions.

Once we delegitimize our forefathers, don't we delegitimize our country and our constitution as well? I see the protests already spiraling in the Chicago area. We have a pastor advocating for the removal off a George Washington statue. A Lincoln bust was set ablaze yesterday, and I have heard there are suggestions of "blowing up" Mt. Rushmore.

ESPN has officially apologizing for having a fantasy football mock draft that was criticized and compared to a slave auction? This is infuriating. The Equation of Fantasy Football and Slavery demeans the horror of Slavery and America's fight that abolished it and these fly by night comparisons disgust me.

I have mixed feelings about these monuments. For example the removal of Roger B. Taney's statue I applaud, but at the same time I believe it has it's place as part of our history and should never be forgotten. This notion that these will all be removed and placed in a museum or a Park seems far fetched. Once we label these as Hate they will have to be lost to society.

I am afraid at how quickly this has become so politicized. The demand from a former Speaker of the House that the current Congress MUST remove all statues from Congress cries BS to me. Why now? This former Speaker had Eight years while holding that position with majorities in both the House and the Senate to do something. The idea that someone who thinks that our History should be preserved is attacked as a racist is scary and dangerous.

I also believe it is wrong that city officials are deciding to remove in "the cover of night" statues and monuments without even the considering the will of their constituents. Shouldn't there be at least a "civil" dialogue before instant removal.

I see our History and look upon these relics and applaud how far we have come as a Nation in such a short time.

I thought Dave's post on Boothie Barn was excellent and applaud him for not shying away from his opinion. I understand there are many different views on this subject and I respect that not everyone shares my own. I am happy that there are places were people can have an open and honest debate. There are not that many around anymore. Certainly not on Social Media.