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   From: chine.bleu@yahoo.com   
      
   Governor Swill wrote:   
   > On Thu, 17 Jul 2025 04:04:48 -0400, c186282  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 7/17/25 12:44 AM, Auric Hellman wrote:   
   >>> The Georgia chapter of a Confederacy group filed a lawsuit Tuesday   
   >>> against a state park with the largest Confederate monument in the   
   >>> country, arguing officials broke state law by planning an exhibit on   
   >>> ties to slavery, segregation and white supremacy. Stone Mountain’s   
   >>> massive carving depicts Confederate President Jefferson Davis, Gen.   
   >>> Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson on horseback … State law   
   >>> protects the carving from any changes … Sons of the Confederate Veterans   
   >>> members have defended the carvings as honoring Confederate soldiers. The   
   >>> new exhibit would “completely repurpose the Stone Mountain Memorial   
   >>> Park” and “utterly ignore the purpose of the Georgia legislature in   
   >>> creating and maintaining” the park, the lawsuit says.   
   >>>   
   >>> https://apnews.com/article/stone-mountain-confederate-monume   
   t-slavery-exhibit-lawsuit-77610fe6f25f279f91292ced5a81d00b   
   >   
   > What a load of shit.  Stone Mountain park far predates the sculpture.   
   >   
   > So it's ok to dedicate a park to traitors who rebelled against the US   
   > but it's not ok to include a memorial to their victims?   
   >   
   >>    We're looking at Perceptions -vs- Perceptions here,   
   >>    alt histories -vs- alt histories.   
   >>   
   >>    There was nothing really monolithic about the   
   >>    Confederacy. LOTS of different viewpoints about   
   >>    LOTS of subjects involved. Some WERE anti-slavery,   
   >>    but opposed to northern biz restrictions and   
   >>    exploitations.   
   >>   
   >>    Note the "north" HAD made laws and policies very   
   >>    intentionally designed to squash and punish southern   
   >>    biz/power. They HAD to sell direct to northern states   
   >>    and get bottom-dollar rather than make foreign deals   
   >>    of their own. The 'south' had been reduced to mere   
   >>    'servant' role. This pissed off a LOT of people. The   
   >>    'slavery' thing was  often kind of secondary to the   
   >>    pol/econ inequality.   
   >>   
   >>    The US Civil War was COMPLICATED. This isn't the   
   >>    story we usually hear today, but it's very true.   
   >>   
   >>    And yes, there WAS a segment demanding to keep   
   >>    the nigs down under foot forever and ever - don't   
   >>    ignore THEM either. SO many priorities.   
   >   
   > Well said.   
   >   
      
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