Politics STEVE BANNON READIES HIS REVENGE The war on Jared Kushner is about to go nuclear.

Yes. That's a statement that I think most Americans would agree with. I doubt most people would answer a poll question like, "Do you believe that good people march with neo Nazis?" with a yes.

 

I think marching with neo Nazis is linked to being okay with neo Nazis. If you don't, that's okay by me.

 

And that's okay by me.

 

If North Korea invades Arkansas I wouldn't march with no gosh darned neo Nazis. Nope, if they're against North Korea I'm fer em.

 

Slavery and The Confederacy may be a part of our history but it's not something we should be proud of and those statues belong in museums not in front of government buildings or in public parks. They are a symbol of oppression to many Americans and I think it's safe to say many white people (the 6 in 10 who want to keep the statues up) don't have a clue what it's like to deal with that oppression on a daily/hourly/constant basis.

And that doesn't even address the "culture" Trump says we're losing by removing the statues... WTF is that supposed to mean? The culture of systemic racism? The culture of putting memorials in place to intimidate people of color after Jim Crow? What important culture are we trying to preserve?!?

 

The mayor of New Orleans made a good point when he noted that New Orleans has about 300 years of history and the Confederacy is a tiny, tiny part of that history (about 4 years). Yet, somehow, it's become the entirety of "Southern heritage" or "Southern culture" for some. There's far more history to celebrate, so why put the focus on a tiny sliver that also happens to be the most divisive sliver? New Orleans can celebrate and memorialize plenty of New Orelans and Southern history without the need for statues of Confederate icons.

 

Do you take your shirt off for beads?

 

I'll PM you.