jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 month agoA Confederate statue in North Carolina praises 'faithful slaves.' Some citizens want it gonewww.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1259arrow-down11
arrow-up1258arrow-down1external-linkA Confederate statue in North Carolina praises 'faithful slaves.' Some citizens want it gonewww.usatoday.comjeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square26fedilink
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up62·1 month ago“Confederate Army Lt. Col. William F. Beasley gifted the county the monument in 1902.” Barely 100 years old? Fuck it, tear it down. You don’t memorialize the losers in a Civil War.
minus-squareNeato@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·1 month agoYep. Doesn’t even have historical significance. It’s just another of those Jim Crow statues meant to oppress black people after slavery ended. Fucking NC.
“Confederate Army Lt. Col. William F. Beasley gifted the county the monument in 1902.”
Barely 100 years old? Fuck it, tear it down. You don’t memorialize the losers in a Civil War.
Yep. Doesn’t even have historical significance. It’s just another of those Jim Crow statues meant to oppress black people after slavery ended. Fucking NC.