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My problem with a lot of the current anti-confederate movement is that -- Hokie in CT 08/16/2017 12:19PM The Civil War Reparations movement is about to resurface again. -- MikeVT85 08/16/2017 10:45PM There are a LOT of myths about Lee. -- Perfesser 08/16/2017 2:32PM He seems to have been a conflicted individual like most people -- lchoro 08/16/2017 2:56PM That article has been making the rounds, it leaves out a lot of informatin ** -- HokieDan95 08/16/2017 2:46PM Such as? -- Perfesser 08/16/2017 3:05PM After the war he used his hero position to urge reconciliation to a very -- HokieDan95 08/16/2017 3:15PM None of that vitiates the article. -- Perfesser 08/16/2017 6:14PM But your idea that -- HokieDan95 08/17/2017 7:35PM I have more to say but I don't want to -- HokieDan95 08/16/2017 9:06PM Grate, now I have to go get a Dictionary to read posts on the Lounge.** -- Hokie in CT 08/16/2017 7:09PM These statues of Mexicans attacking the Alamo should be removed ! It's -- RaleighHokie15 08/16/2017 1:36PM Is it focused on Lee directly or focused (at least for now) -- VTHokie2000 08/16/2017 12:53PM The last line, while correct, is the problem. -- HokieGator 08/16/2017 1:13PM You could say the "we are the same" has been lip service from the birth -- VTHokie2000 08/16/2017 1:27PM Times change... there is nothing that says our monuments can't either. ** -- HokieSignGuy 08/16/2017 12:57PM True, but if the intentions of the artist or at the very least -- VTHokie2000 08/16/2017 1:02PM I dislike the idea of trying to bury history just because -- daisyWV 08/16/2017 12:31PM Right on! Put back up all those statues of Lenin in Poland! -- Perfesser 08/16/2017 2:35PM I don't believe Lenin was Polish, was he? -- 48zip 08/16/2017 3:17PM So restore all the damn statues of Marx in the former GDR. -- Perfesser 08/16/2017 6:08PM Keep trying. You'll eventually hit your target. ** -- 48zip 08/17/2017 07:36AM No, he is Russian (born in Simbirsk which is now Ulyanovsk) ** -- VTHokie2000 08/16/2017 3:45PM Monuments do not equal history. One can remove monuments that glorify -- Gadfly 08/16/2017 1:59PM Would you advocate closing museums? -- daisyWV 08/16/2017 2:03PM No, how did you jump to that conclusion from my statements? ** -- Gadfly 08/16/2017 2:05PM You stated monuments are a celebration -- daisyWV 08/16/2017 2:27PM What do you mean by a "monument in a museum" exactly? -- jmanatVT 08/16/2017 3:37PM The difference between a museum and a monument -- Beerman 08/16/2017 2:04PM I slightly disagree that the only function of a monument -- VTHokie2000 08/16/2017 2:35PM Which is entirely subjective -- WestEndHokie39 08/16/2017 2:23PM Of course it is -- Beerman 08/16/2017 2:28PM So you're stating the monuments in museums -- daisyWV 08/16/2017 2:06PM Oh I think it's all very stupid -- Beerman 08/16/2017 2:22PM You last sentence about letting the states and cities decide -- VTHokie2000 08/16/2017 3:40PM As do I -- MAHokie69 08/16/2017 1:34PM Statues are a terrible way to tell history -- jmanatVT 08/16/2017 1:29PM There is a nice Russian soldier statue is Vienna Austria. -- Guy LeDouche 08/16/2017 2:30PM I agree, how far do we go? Jefferson Memorial... -- vtpaul82 08/16/2017 12:47PM Slippery Slope Fallacy ** -- jmanatVT 08/16/2017 1:31PM Exactly. There are streets -- daisyWV 08/16/2017 12:53PM Ugh... reading this, I immediately had a vision of -- HokieSignGuy 08/16/2017 12:59PM Eh people could still be offended by some of the combinations generated ** -- VTHokie2000 08/16/2017 1:06PM The best modern day example of how to deal with a horrific past is -- HokieSignGuy 08/16/2017 12:34PM It's funny - my sister-in-law hired a German au pair ... -- vt90 08/16/2017 12:46PM Well hello Frauloins! ** -- VaAkita 08/16/2017 1:17PM Like someone else alluded to earlier, most people have no clue who -- HokieSignGuy 08/16/2017 12:29PM The History Buffs are the ones who quietly go about -- daisyWV 08/16/2017 12:32PM Matter of time before road names are changed I'm sure ... -- OXVT 08/16/2017 12:24PM Why don't we just leave the name and say it honors Spike Lee and Jesse -- DHokie 08/16/2017 4:53PM Just change it to Le Highway. It's french! ** -- VaAkita 08/16/2017 1:30PM Rt 1 is Jeff Davis Hwy throughout VA ** -- HokieJamie 08/16/2017 1:13PM How much better are the lives of Indians now that the PC police won there? ** -- Vienna_Hokie 08/16/2017 1:07PM The movement has already started in Chicago to get rid of Washington. -- HokieGator 08/16/2017 12:46PM Happening in Austin as we speak (or post) -- TexasGobbler 08/16/2017 1:03PM Lee Jackson turns into John Mosby (confederate soldier/raider) ... -- vt90 08/16/2017 12:32PM Make a good case for that as Mosby pretty much used "50" to make his -- `lag 08/16/2017 12:40PM I would be curious to know how much it actually costs to change a road name -- HokieSignGuy 08/16/2017 12:31PM ...,.all the way through RVA... ** -- 48zip 08/16/2017 12:43PM An effing lot. it would be a mess. ** -- `lag 08/16/2017 12:34PM You are right but I am not sure the local or state governments -- VTHokie2000 08/16/2017 1:16PM Well, yeah, it's politicians naming things for themselves or their friends. -- `lag 08/16/2017 1:35PM Then again they could go this route..... -- VTHokie2000 08/16/2017 1:49PM Or this route..... -- VTHokie2000 08/16/2017 1:51PM Or this..... -- VTHokie2000 08/16/2017 1:55PM I guess I shouldn't have engraved engraved everything on my building -- HokieSignGuy 08/16/2017 1:20PM FWIW there is a rural road in Rockingham County -- VTHokie2000 08/16/2017 1:33PM Yep (link) -- 48zip 08/16/2017 2:40PMTech Sideline is Presented By:
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