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Do you believe the winning side of a war should not allow the losing side to retain memorabalia representing their cause and bar them

from erecting places of honor for their heroes lest descendants generations later fight the same war anew? It was a mistake to allow the Confederates any places of honor and a mistake not to outlaw their flag from being flown in any government capacity.

Posted - August 12, 2017
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  • 19937
    Removing statues of confederate generals and others associated with the south and the Civil War is an attempt to rewrite history.  You can take down all those statues, remove all the confederate flags, but you cannot change the fact that the south was the loser. 
      August 12, 2017 9:44 PM MDT
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  • 2500
    GREAT idea, except for that pesky 1st Amendment to the US Constitution.

    But even if that weren't the case those monuments should stand as testimony to the fact that humans, even good humans, can make terrible mistakes. Those mistakes should be remembered so that there is some measure to NOT repeat tham. 
      August 13, 2017 1:01 AM MDT
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  • 8214
    Not usually but in the south, yes.  Unless you have lived there it's hard to imagine the mind set of some southerners.  For many the civil war never ended.  Hatred has been passed down through the generations. Anything that reinforces their continuing sickness should be removed for future generations.
      August 13, 2017 4:37 AM MDT
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  • 19937
    Do you really believe that you will remove the hatred by removing the statues? 
      August 13, 2017 5:13 AM MDT
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  • 22891
    not sure what to believe about it
      August 13, 2017 5:17 PM MDT
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