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I can't believe we allowed these animals to take down statues. I would have set up machine guns and mowed them down.

The National Park Service has announced plans to restore and reinstall the statue of Albert Pike, a Confederate general and prominent Freemason, which was toppled and burned during the 2020 protests following George Floyd’s death. It will be reinstalled in Washington, D.C. Pike’s statue was the only outdoor monument in the capital honoring a Confederate figure.  Still, the decision to reinstall it has sparked renewed controversy. Critics, including Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, argue that honoring Pike—who resigned in disgrace and was linked to war crimes—is morally indefensible. She’s reintroducing legislation to have the statue permanently removed and donated to a museum. The restoration is being justified under federal historic preservation laws and executive orders aimed at “beautifying” the capital and reinstating pre-existing statues. It’s a move that’s reigniting debates about how we memorialize history—and who gets to decide what’s worth preserving.
 
 

It'll unreintalled and short again in 2027.. hopefully.

Are we gonna put up Hitler memorabilia? There are a lot of German Americans that would like to honor there genocidal family history.

It's a tough road.. I can understand a southerner wanting honor for his great grandpa the traitor in a wierd kind of way. It's no different than glorifying the J6 Cop beaters. Think of the stories those folks will have for their grand children! "Yeah I gave some random dude a bl&$ j00b on _____________'s desk"

JohnnyYou » 31 Aug 2025, 4:10 am » wrote: ↑

31 Aug 2025, 4:10 am

It'll unreintalled and short again in 2027.. hopefully.

Are we gonna put up Hitler memorabilia? There are a lot of German Americans that would like to honor there genocidal family history.

It's a tough road.. I can understand a southerner wanting honor for his great grandpa the traitor in a wierd kind of way. It's no different than glorifying the J6 Cop beaters. Think of the stories those folks will have for their grand children! "Yeah I gave some random dude a bl&$ j00b on _____________'s desk"

Learn English ***.

JohnnyYou » 31 Aug 2025, 4:10 am » wrote: ↑

31 Aug 2025, 4:10 am

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Are we gonna put up Hitler memorabilia? There are a lot of German Americans that would like to honor there genocidal family history.


 

Your side does it all the time, you even have the nerve to compare him to Donald Trump.

Punch » 30 Aug 2025, 11:01 pm » wrote: ↑

30 Aug 2025, 11:01 pm

I can't believe we allowed these animals to take down statues. I would have set up machine guns and mowed them down.

The National Park Service has announced plans to restore and reinstall the statue of Albert Pike, a Confederate general and prominent Freemason, which was toppled and burned during the 2020 protests following George Floyd’s death. It will be reinstalled in Washington, D.C. Pike’s statue was the only outdoor monument in the capital honoring a Confederate figure.  Still, the decision to reinstall it has sparked renewed controversy. Critics, including Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, argue that honoring Pike—who resigned in disgrace and was linked to war crimes—is morally indefensible. She’s reintroducing legislation to have the statue permanently removed and donated to a museum. The restoration is being justified under federal historic preservation laws and executive orders aimed at “beautifying” the capital and reinstating pre-existing statues. It’s a move that’s reigniting debates about how we memorialize history—and who gets to decide what’s worth preserving.

Is it expected that all those Greek statues from multiple centuries ago only honored perfect people?
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**** snowflakes melt because a piece of history may be unpleasant for some...
Meanwhile, there's an entire Holocaust Museum network honoring victimhood. Unpleasant.

Why are the pyramids still standing? All the brown people that died building those things. Unpleasant.

RebelGator » 31 Aug 2025, 6:02 am » wrote: ↑

31 Aug 2025, 6:02 am

Your side does it all the time, you even have the nerve to compare him to Donald Trump.

I guess you are right.. The shoe doesn't fit.  Hitler never had Ka Ka Kankles.

10 to 1 the glove does.. You should quit while your still just a head.


Sounds like the Gator Traz is being shut down.. Sumpting about riots and folks getting beaten bloody there on the tube this am.

Great to see MAGA is restoring America and it's history

Punch » 30 Aug 2025, 11:01 pm » wrote: ↑

30 Aug 2025, 11:01 pm

I can't believe we allowed these animals to take down statues. I would have set up machine guns and mowed them down.

The National Park Service has announced plans to restore and reinstall the statue of Albert Pike, a Confederate general and prominent Freemason, which was toppled and burned during the 2020 protests following George Floyd’s death. It will be reinstalled in Washington, D.C. Pike’s statue was the only outdoor monument in the capital honoring a Confederate figure.  Still, the decision to reinstall it has sparked renewed controversy. Critics, including Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, argue that honoring Pike—who resigned in disgrace and was linked to war crimes—is morally indefensible. She’s reintroducing legislation to have the statue permanently removed and donated to a museum. The restoration is being justified under federal historic preservation laws and executive orders aimed at “beautifying” the capital and reinstating pre-existing statues. It’s a move that’s reigniting debates about how we memorialize history—and who gets to decide what’s worth preserving.

I am not claiming to be a historical expert on the civil war, but I read a lot on it, since the civil war , to me, is the most fascinating faction of US history. With that said, Pike wasn't a prominent figure. I don't even know why the South would even want him to be memorialized. He fought for the South, but his command was to recruit native indians to fight for the South in Oklahoma. He didn't win any pivot battles, he won battles, but none that were considered important. He was just some Southern general. Now Stonewall Jackson on the other hand, that guy was bad ***. The North didn't have an answer for him. He beat the **** out of the North.