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<blockquote data-quote="Box Ox" data-source="post: 3677201" data-attributes="member: 48469"><p>As a southerner with lots of ancestors who fought for the Confederate cause, I agree. They were loyal to their brilliant commanders, fierce, and brave as hell. But they were still traitors who killed lots of guys who fought under the American flag and did not carry the American flag themselves. </p><p></p><p>They should not be celebrated. Had the the Confederacy won the war or fought to a stalemate, slavery probably would have continued for some time. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I think Confederate monuments erected at the beginning of the Jim Crow era (1920s-ish) that were intended to intimidate minorities rather than celebrate positive Confederate/southern heritage should be removed. I was shocked the first time I saw a Confederate monument honoring a slave holder right in front of a courthouse that's supposed to treat minorities equally under the law.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Box Ox, post: 3677201, member: 48469"] As a southerner with lots of ancestors who fought for the Confederate cause, I agree. They were loyal to their brilliant commanders, fierce, and brave as hell. But they were still traitors who killed lots of guys who fought under the American flag and did not carry the American flag themselves. They should not be celebrated. Had the the Confederacy won the war or fought to a stalemate, slavery probably would have continued for some time. I think Confederate monuments erected at the beginning of the Jim Crow era (1920s-ish) that were intended to intimidate minorities rather than celebrate positive Confederate/southern heritage should be removed. I was shocked the first time I saw a Confederate monument honoring a slave holder right in front of a courthouse that's supposed to treat minorities equally under the law. [/QUOTE]
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