"These statues were put up in the first place to sanitize the history of the men who fought to maintain chattel slavery and the men who later re-established white supremacy in the old Confederacy. Removing them does not sanitize history. It fumigates it." -- Charles P. Pierce today on the charge that removing statues of Confederate traitors is "sanitizing history."
(Photo: fumigation of Confederate statue in Durham, NC, completed Monday; Virginia Bridges, The Herald-Sun/ AP)
BONUS I: Infidel 753 on the "heritage" argument.
BONUS II: A plaque memorializing traitor Jefferson Davis along side a highway bearing his name near Gold Canyon, AZ was tarred and feathered yesterday. Many, many more expressions of outrage over Confederate symbols in the days, weeks, and months ahead are needed.
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| (photo: Steve Krafft) |
