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Home Front: Culture Wars
Mayor of Charlottesville, VA calls Pro-Confederate rallies 'horrific'
2017-05-15
[ABC] A group of white nationalists carried torches Saturday night in Charlottesville, Virginia while protesting the planned removal of Confederate statues in the city -- an incident that has provoked anger and frustration from politicians and activists.

The torch wielders -- reported to be several dozen by local paper Daily Progress -- were reacting to a November 28 city council vote to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee at Charlottesville’s Lee Park, the public space where the protest took place Saturday.
As reported by the Daily Progress? Blunt irony that.
A court injunction has halted the removal of the statue for six months, but that didn't stop the protesters, led by avowed white nationalist Richard Spencer, from reportedly chanting slogans like "we will not be replaced," "Russia is our friend" and "blood and soil " at the site of the statue.

Mike Signer, the mayor of Charlottesville, expressed his disgust with Saturday's protest in an interview with ABC News.

"I think it's horrific," he said of the protests. "We're a city that proudly values our diversity."
We 'value our diversity' with the obvious exception of historical parks, statuary and torch light protests.
Signer noted that the demonstration coincided with the park’s Festival of Cultures, event, which was created to celebrate the "cultural and linguistic diversity" of the local community. It isn’t clear whether or not the timing was deliberate, he said.
Posted by:Besoeker

#13  My Grandmother told us that among her mother's friends growing up, the Civil War was referred to as the "late unpleasantness" or the "War of Northern Aggression". This is oral history from a Virginia/Maryland family with only half their tongue in cheek! The progressive/commies are driving the wedge deeper with their BLM friends, I hope they know what they are uncorking?
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2017-05-15 18:09  

#12  Yep. In Georgia a man is judged by the manners of his least retriever dawg.
Posted by: Shipman    2017-05-15 16:42  

#11  I still live in Ga., once you get out of Atlanta or macon most people I know tend to lean conservative.
Posted by: chris   2017-05-15 15:51  

#10  Like most of the Lefties up there, he's a loon.
Posted by: Barbara   2017-05-15 15:16  

#9  Progressive Iconoclasts
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2017-05-15 11:24  

#8  The flag of Dixie was every where. And they were all Democrats. Dixie Democrats.

I'm from the south (Georgia) and still have relatives and friends there. They're NOT "all Democrats". Instead, they're proud of their southern heritage. Most of them have nothing in common with the current Democratic party, although half of them may indeed have a "D" next to their name on their voter registration.
Posted by: Crusader   2017-05-15 10:57  

#7  It's tribal. A common bond of identification. Takes many forms across societies. Including the critics who are incapable of self reflection of their own tribal identifications.
Posted by: P2kontheroad   2017-05-15 08:00  

#6  There will indeed be trouble when the bulldozers show up at Gettysburg.
Posted by: Besoeker   2017-05-15 06:40  

#5  This is a picture that some people do not realize represents pockets of people who are still Dixie.

A few years ago I was in Monroe and West Monroe, Louisiana on business. I stayed at a hotel in Monroe, and to get to restaurants I walked a few blocks from Monroe to West Monroe, by crossing the Ouachita River. This happened to be the time of year for Mardi Gras so I went across the bridge into Monroe to watch what I thought would be a Mardi Gras parade. Before crossing the bridge a young black guy on the Monroe side tried to sell crack to me.

The parade was in progress when I got on the other side of the bridge and what I saw was truly amazing.

Confederates. Men in full uniform, carrying muskets and in some cases actual rifles. The flag of Dixie was every where. And they were all Democrats. Dixie Democrats.
Posted by: Gomez Glutch8983   2017-05-15 02:37  

#4  Repeating History
Posted by: newc   2017-05-15 01:52  

#3  When you erase your history, good or bad, it will be horrific.

You are already repeating it.
Posted by: newc   2017-05-15 01:49  

#2  "I think it's horrific," he said of the protests. "We're a city that proudly values our diversity."
What edition of Newspeak did he use in that sentence?
Posted by: magpie   2017-05-15 01:30  

#1  Next they'll be after Mt. Rushmore.
I'm reminded more and more of the anti-idol Taliban/ISIS party tearing down history.
Posted by: Skidmark   2017-05-15 00:19  

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