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<blockquote data-quote="Catatonic" data-source="post: 3019347" data-attributes="member: 7966"><a href="https://www.allenbwest.com/2017/08/13/ok-folks-heres-really-happened-charlottesville-everyone-missing/" target="_blank">Ok folks, here’s what REALLY happened in Charlottesville – and what everyone is missing</a>- <a href="https://www.allenbwest.com/author/allen/" target="_blank">Allen West</a>But, how did we get to this place?This all began because someone decided, as other elected officials have across the country, to cave in to partisan political pressures and seek to erase American history. History is not there for us to love or hate, but for us to learn from and seek to not repeat its mistakes.If there are those who truly believe we protect ourselves by trying to revise history due to false emotions, then we miss out on who we are as a nation, and our evolution. The statues of long since deceased leaders of the Confederate Army do not stand to remind anyone of oppression. And if a statue can oppress you, then I submit that you have greater issues.We can dislike these individuals, but they took proper measures to secure permission to express their First Amendment right.If we want to condemn groups such as the neo-Nazis and others, then we must also condemn groups such as BLM and Antifa.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Catatonic, post: 3019347, member: 7966"] [SIZE=5][B][URL='https://www.allenbwest.com/2017/08/13/ok-folks-heres-really-happened-charlottesville-everyone-missing/']Ok folks, here’s what REALLY happened in Charlottesville – and what everyone is missing[/URL][/B][/SIZE] - [URL='https://www.allenbwest.com/author/allen/']Allen West[/URL] But, how did we get to this place? This all began because someone decided, as other elected officials have across the country, to cave in to partisan political pressures and seek to erase American history. History is not there for us to love or hate, but for us to learn from and seek to not repeat its mistakes. If there are those who truly believe we protect ourselves by trying to revise history due to false emotions, then we miss out on who we are as a nation, and our evolution. The statues of long since deceased leaders of the Confederate Army do not stand to remind anyone of oppression. And if a statue can oppress you, then I submit that you have greater issues. We can dislike these individuals, but they took proper measures to secure permission to express their First Amendment right. If we want to condemn groups such as the neo-Nazis and others, then we must also condemn groups such as BLM and Antifa. [/QUOTE]

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