Atlanta NAACP chapter calls for removal of massive Confederate sculpture

[Robby999 1,024]

I'm going to humor you for a second here. So, because someone else was doing something wrong it is okay to participate as long as you didn't initiate it.

So "A" sells you stolen property. You are not at fault for knowingly buying stolen property because "A" stole it not you. You just purchased it.

So "A" is into human trafficking. You go to "A" and pay to have sex with a woman you know is being held against her will and is a part of sex slavery. You are not at fault for having sex with her against her will, while she is tied up because "A" purchased her, not you.

I get your logic.

Kinda sorta the same line of logic the current administration is using to justify DACA. Since your parents broke immigration law we are going to reward you for coming along for the ride!

[GandD 5,966]

Never has been about removing symbols of slavery, it is about removing symbols of the South!

Just the treacherous/insurrectionist southerners.

[Janelle2002 3,865]

Kinda sorta the same line of logic the current administration is using to justify DACA. Since your parents broke immigration law we are going to reward you for coming along for the ride!

Sounds like you are upset about DACA but not upset about what happened with the actions of slave owners. ooookkkkkk

Edited July 15, 2015 by Janelle2002

[TBoneTX 43,058]

What legal rigamarole was involved in actually freeing the slaves? Could a former slave who had bought his wife and best friend from his former master and who was illiterate have navigated this?

Fascinating questions. Open to hearing actual legal practices if anyone can find some, but I imagine that much or most of this was achieved on an individual basis: someone made an offer, negotiation took place, and the deal was done or not done.

[Darnell 8,478]

i wonder if any future plans for obfuscating the facial features, from any of the more subversive splinter groups ?

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

So true. I never knew that blacks were also slave owners. That part in history class must have been "missed"

I'm curious, does this somehow make slavery in America ok?

[Darnell 8,478]

I'm curious, does this somehow make slavery in America ok?

i wonder if folksen study this stuff? I mean, there's black history classes in college and universities, with textbooks and instructional materials... interjecting this type of question leads me to believe that either you are baiting someone or you not make time to pick up a textbook at a garage sale for cheaps.

#HigherGround or #SilkySmooth

[Sousuke 1,214]

Advocating the destruction of art, under any pretense, is barbarism

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

i wonder if folksen study this stuff? I mean, there's black history classes in college and universities, with textbooks and instructional materials... interjecting this type of question leads me to believe that either you are baiting someone or you not make time to pick up a textbook at a garage sale for cheaps.

#HigherGround or #SilkySmooth

If baiting is defined as asking a question to gain a better understanding of a person's statement, then yes. My point is, were the majority of slave owners black or white? Do the black slave owners somehow negate white slave owners? Because there was slavery in Africa, does that somehow remove the burden of what transpired here in this country?

If you make statements based on your beliefs, you should be more than ready to defend said beliefs when they come under scrutiny. That's why when I post, I usually take the time to think before I write, and make sure my point is well understood.

Advocating the destruction of art, under any pretense, is barbarism

Living in a city where there are symbols of slavery and racism on every corner is pretty rough too.

[Darnell 8,478]

If baiting is defined as asking a question to gain a better understanding of a person's statement, then yes. My point is, were the majority of slave owners black or white? Do the black slave owners somehow negate white slave owners? Because there was slavery in Africa, does that somehow remove the burden of what transpired here in this country?

If you make statements based on your beliefs, you should be more than ready to defend said beliefs when they come under scrutiny. That's why when I post, I usually take the time to think before I write, and make sure my point is well understood.

ok.. i dunno, if'n it was my personal crusade, i'd be buying up used textbooks and sending them out to the inflamers that bother me. But that's just me.

as to the demographics on black folksen that owned slaves, i always read it was for both for protection and empire building.

[Sousuke 1,214]

Living in a city where there are symbols of slavery and racism on every corner is pretty rough too.

Easily handled without destruction. Promote art supporting those that were against it. I'd support a giant art piece with Sherman smack in the heart of Atlanta.

Edited July 15, 2015 by Sousuke

[Janelle2002 3,865]

Easily handled without destruction. Promote art supporting those that were against it. I'd support a giant art piece with Sherman smack in the art of Atlanta.

Put it in a museum. Isn't that where old artifacts belong anyway? Why does it need to be hanging on the corner?

[Darnell 8,478]

hmmm. remember the #Hoodie photo campaigns? Why can't there be similar photo campaigns at Stone Mountain?

[Sousuke 1,214]

Put it in a museum. Isn't that where old artifacts belong anyway? Why does it need to be hanging on the corner?

Good luck with that...

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

ok.. i dunno, if'n it was my personal crusade, i'd be buying up used textbooks and sending them out to the inflamers that bother me. But that's just me.

as to the demographics on black folksen that owned slaves, i always read it was for both for protection and empire building.

This would be a good idea, if those folks could be swayed. But you know as well as I do, the people who post such things aren't going to change their minds over facts. Those statements betray what they really think and feel about POC in this country, though I suspect they won't come out and say it.

For the few black slave owners that did it in the same vein as everyone else, I look at them with the same if not more disgust than their white counterparts. But no one does self loathing better than we do.

Easily handled without destruction. Promote art supporting those that were against it. I'd support a giant art piece with Sherman smack in the heart of Atlanta.

I'd settle for changing street signs and removing those statues.