08-22-2017, 03:46 PM
(08-22-2017, 03:00 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: There is a difference between someone having and expressing an opinion on something like that, and someone actively fighting for a cause. The statues we are talking about in the current climate are of people that literally committed treason to perpetuate the institution of slavery.
(08-22-2017, 03:38 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: As far as I know, he never joined in a rebellion against this country. I'm not sure what comparison you were attempting to make.
I'm logically guessing he's referring to the next step being pondered, the removal of monuments to Jefferson, Washington and other founders because they were slave owners. It's quite obvious that his point is that even great, and morally good men from history could have held beliefs, or undertaken actions, that by the standards of their day were not extreme or even considered wrong but that, viewed through the moral prism of today's society are considered morally reprehensible.
