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[pennywise37]

i really know very little when it comes to Churchill but even i know that he worked for the good guys during WW2.  i'm sorry anyone who salutes to hitler or  is a nazi in my opinion anyways gave up their right to be called an American. i wonder how they would react if they actually were around when all that did happen during WW2 would they still salute Hitler? or would they be running from him?

[RCMerchant]

^ That was in Great Britain, not the USA.

For a better understanding of Churchill's views on race- read this-

https://winstonchurchill.hillsdale.edu/white-supremacy/

[RCMerchant]

What bothers me the most about the removal of all these confederate flags and statues is not their removal, it's that it will stir these Nazi morons into more extreme actions  in response.

[Allhallowsday]

Investigations into alleged officer misconduct not enough for man permanently injured during curfew

https://www.yahoo.com/gma/investigations-alleged-officer-misconduct-not-enough-man-permanently-125200300--abc-news-topstories.html 

...Feldmann said he was leaving his friends' house on May 30 and was walking to his car at around 9:30 p.m. before he was allegedly shot. Earlier that day, the city had seen protests in the wake of Floyd's death. But by the time Feldmann had stepped out, he said the crowds had mostly dispersed. A curfew was in effect at 8 p.m. that evening...

He walked what he said was about 30 or 40 feet before seeing "a truck full of cops" drive around the corner.

Feldmann said he did not see anyone peacefully protesting, let alone being violent. But when he arrived at the corner of Grant Street and Colfax Avenue, he was, as he describes, suddenly shot in the eye.

"I can't really work my head around the fact that I wasn't even protesting, and I still got shot in the eye and now I'm blind," he said. "I don't have any explanation as to why they did that and they haven't come forward with an explanation..." 

[Allhallowsday]

Officials respond to videos of state troopers puncturing and slashing reporters' parked car tires  


[url]https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/6/8/1951555/-Video-of-state-troopers-slashing-and-puncturing-protesters-and-reporters-cars-tires-goes-viral?detail=emaildkbow1]https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/6/8/1951555/-Video-of-state-troopers-slashing-and-puncturing-protesters-and-reporters-cars-tires-goes-viral?detail=emaildkbow1]
[url]https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/6/8/1951555/-Video-of-state-troopers-slashing-and-puncturing-protesters-and-reporters-cars-tires-goes-viral?detail=emaildkbow1[/url]  

As protesters hit the streets night after night last weekend and reporters followed to cover the events, law enforcement agencies went out to do their own type of vandalism: slashing and puncturing people's tires. Mother Jones has published a video collection showing these brave American law enforcement apples systematically destroying reporters' and protesters' vehicles. "In the videos, officers puncture tires in a K-Mart parking lot on May 30 and a highway overpass on May 31. Both areas briefly turned into police staging grounds near protest hot spots..." 


If you follow the link, there is an interesting video of COPS slashing tires systematically... WTF???  Are we in Nazi Germany or is it Fascist Italy??? 

[pennywise37]

that same friend was asked the other day to take his confederate flag off his truck apparently. i was talking to a nice guy on you tube about a week or two ago and he was saying he's from the south and they still are p**sed they lost i said that was over 150 years ago and he goes it doesn't matter there are people who are still mad about it. see on how i see it as i've not from the south i don't get why anyone would still be mad about something that happened way way way etc.. before you were born in fact over a century before you were born. when you talk about slaves that's a lot different i think on how wrong it was that we even ever had any at all.


but i'm not from the south so i dunno what i'd think if i was from there. the guy i talked to pretty much from how i read it was he really couldn't care less cause he never said that it was important to him. he was nice about it actually and i give him props major props on that one wonders what the world would be like had they actually won

[RCMerchant]

It is strange times indeed when a statue of Winston Churchill is being "protected" by people doing Hitler salutes. I wonder if they know what Churchill did and who he was?

[indianasmith]

that same friend was asked the other day to take his confederate flag off his truck apparently. i was talking to a nice guy on you tube about a week or two ago and he was saying he's from the south and they still are p**sed they lost i said that was over 150 years ago and he goes it doesn't matter there are people who are still mad about it. see on how i see it as i've not from the south i don't get why anyone would still be mad about something that happened way way way etc.. before you were born in fact over a century before you were born. when you talk about slaves that's a lot different i think on how wrong it was that we even ever had any at all.


but i'm not from the south so i dunno what i'd think if i was from there. the guy i talked to pretty much from how i read it was he really couldn't care less cause he never said that it was important to him. he was nice about it actually and i give him props major props on that one wonders what the world would be like had they actually won

Many Southerners see the Confederate battle flag as emblematic of Southern culture and pride, but the problem is to African Americans - at least, to many of them - it's as vile a symbol of hate as the swastika.  I'm not for erasing history, but it is high time we retire the Confederate flags and statues to the battlefields and memorials of the Civil War and quit flying them on trucks, at sporting events, etc.  It's patently offensive to a large percentage of the population, and brings back memories of Klan rallies, lynchings, and Jim Crow laws.
I actually wrote a whole blog post about it earlier this week:

www.lewisliterarylair.blogspot.com

[pennywise37]

one of the funniest things i've ever heard anyone say was when Chris Rock said on one of his albums from one his HBO specials and he talks about how blacks are being called African Americans he goes why are we called that? i'm not from Africa i've never been there in my life i'm from the US Of A. i'm an american not an African American. and well he's right i never got why term is used either.

anyways jokes aside. and you know i can totally see that, i think it's about time we should give blacks the respect they deserve, i mean as a country the cops instead of going after them because they are black. i'm sure there will be things that will sometimes happen if cops misunderstand a situation but that also can happen to any cop regardless of the color of their skin. now going shooting in and doing all that they currently are doing to blacks & plus you have these white women are for some reason see a  black man and than call the cops, i saw on yahoo news that some dumb B...  called the cops on their neighbor because he wrote black lives matter on his own property. uh WHY? WHY  exactly does the cops need to be called?  i didn't read the article so i'm not sure on the color of the guys skin. 

but if he was doing it on her property than she would have a right to do it but if it's on his own property i would post what i really think of her but that would be a lot of bleeps lol.  did anyone see that BS?

[lester1/2jr]

the confederate flags seems like a symbol of southern pride and I dont see a problem with that. I'm not from the south and can't relate but whatever happened historically can't erase peoples love for their homeland and culture

[Allhallowsday]

the confederate flags seems like a symbol of southern pride and I dont see a problem with that. I'm not from the south and can't relate but whatever happened historically can't erase peoples love for their homeland and culture

Uh.  Don't you read what anyone else writes?  Indy is a Texan; read what he wrote above.   

[Rev. Powell]

the confederate flags seems like a symbol of southern pride and I dont see a problem with that. I'm not from the south and can't relate but whatever happened historically can't erase peoples love for their homeland and culture

Uh.  Don't you read what anyone else writes?  Indy is a Texan; read what he wrote above.   

It's a bit like saying the Nazi flag is just an emblem of German pride. Someone would really believe that and legitimately not be anti-Semitic, but it doesn't change the fact that its enormously offensive to others. People can love the South if they want to, but not the Confederacy, a country that 1) was founded on totally evil principles and 2) was an enemy of the country they're currently citizens of. There are a lot of ignorant white Southerners who don't see the disconnect there. You can't love America and love the Confederate flag, too.

[pennywise37]

i agree & Germany apparently it's Illegal to have a swastika there cause they want nothing to do with that era of their history. honestly who can blame them"

just like you can't be an American and be a nazi too that's my opinion anyways.

[indianasmith]

the confederate flags seems like a symbol of southern pride and I dont see a problem with that. I'm not from the south and can't relate but whatever happened historically can't erase peoples love for their homeland and culture

Uh.  Don't you read what anyone else writes?  Indy is a Texan; read what he wrote above.   

It's a bit like saying the Nazi flag is just an emblem of German pride. Someone would really believe that and legitimately not be anti-Semitic, but it doesn't change the fact that its enormously offensive to others. People can love the South if they want to, but not the Confederacy, a country that 1) was founded on totally evil principles and 2) was an enemy of the country they're currently citizens of. There are a lot of ignorant white Southerners who don't see the disconnect there. You can't love America and love the Confederate flag, too.

Well, you can - and many people do. It just makes no sense if you understand the history!

[Rev. Powell]

the confederate flags seems like a symbol of southern pride and I dont see a problem with that. I'm not from the south and can't relate but whatever happened historically can't erase peoples love for their homeland and culture

Uh.  Don't you read what anyone else writes?  Indy is a Texan; read what he wrote above.   

It's a bit like saying the Nazi flag is just an emblem of German pride. Someone would really believe that and legitimately not be anti-Semitic, but it doesn't change the fact that its enormously offensive to others. People can love the South if they want to, but not the Confederacy, a country that 1) was founded on totally evil principles and 2) was an enemy of the country they're currently citizens of. There are a lot of ignorant white Southerners who don't see the disconnect there. You can't love America and love the Confederate flag, too.

Well, you can - and many people do. It just makes no sense if you understand the history!

Yes, I meant you can't love both and be logically and morally consistent. Many Southerners do indeed love the USA, but somehow don't see the rather obviuous contradiction involved in honoring the Confederacy. Blind spots are amazing things.

It's all part of what may be the most effective revisionist history propaganda campaign in American history.

http://youtu.be/9_h1vwDKH6s