Note: the statue has been down longer than the Confederacy existed
this post was submitted on 07 Aug 2025
101 points (99.0% liked)
News
31638 readers
3661 users here now
Welcome to the News community!
Rules:
1. Be civil
Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.
2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.
Obvious right or left wing sources will be removed at the mods discretion. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted seperately but not to the post body.
3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.
Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.
4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source.
Posts which titles don’t match the source won’t be removed, but the autoMod will notify you, and if your title misrepresents the original article, the post will be deleted. If the site changed their headline, the bot might still contact you, just ignore it, we won’t delete your post.
5. Only recent news is allowed.
Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.
6. All posts must be news articles.
No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials or celebrity gossip is allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis.
7. No duplicate posts.
If a source you used was already posted by someone else, the autoMod will leave a message. Please remove your post if the autoMod is correct. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.
8. Misinformation is prohibited.
Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.
9. No link shorteners.
The auto mod will contact you if a link shortener is detected, please delete your post if they are right.
10. Don't copy entire article in your post body
For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
I've spent more time taking a dump in my lifetime than the Confederacy existed.
Unlike the Left, we don’t believe in erasing American history — we honor it.”
Really? Because your guys spent the first few months of this year erasing as much history of women and minorities as you could get your hands on.
Oh and you guys are trying to erase about half the history of impeachment in the country.
Turns out the American history were the friends we slaughtered along the way
🥰
Well they simply want us to be aware of how the confederacy lost because they were democrats but had good ideas about everything else
Unlike the Left, we don’t believe in erasing American history — we honor it.
By venerating our enemies and traitors who literally tried to tear our country asunder? Fuck those confederate pricks.
To be fair, they are traitors who are literally tearing your country asunder.
By venerating our enemies and traitors who literally tried to tear our country asunder?
. . .and then filling every level of government with them, and pardoning all their lackeys!
That's what happens when you treat monuments not like historical references but like political statements.
Hopefully they're trying to slow-roll it until he's out of office.
"hell never be out of office, trump is eternal"
Hey, I think we found the "waste, fraud, and abuse".
It absolutely should not cost $10 million dollars to wash a statue and put it on a concrete base.
If I can build an entire house with foundation from scratch for a few hundred thousand, then a concrete square holding an already sculpted statue should not cost that.
It also should not be put up.
Can't wait to see what the "panels thst that offer context about it's history" will say...
So... honor American history and blow the fucker up.
Should have melted it down ages ago
Bleh. If it wasn't in Arlington it wouldn't be a problem to fix after it was restored.