Poll shows majority of Americans want confederate statues to stay
A poll showed that the majority of Americans of all races oppose actions to wipe out American history, but it seems the that the Leftist minority does not care.
Published: August 17, 2017, 8:52 am
The new poll from PBS has found the majority of Americans of all races believe statues honoring the leaders of the confederacy should remain and only a small minority believes they should be taken down.
PBS News reported that “the poll found that 62 percent of Americans believe Confederate statues should remain in place as historical symbols”.
While “Republicans were twice as likely as Democrats to say they supported keeping statues that honor Confederate leaders” two-thirds of whites and Latinos said these statues should not be removed.
“African-American respondents were split, with 44 percent saying the statues should remain in place, and another 40 percent saying they need to be removed because some people find them offensive,” according to PBS.
The poll counters the anti-white hate-driven media narrative that these statues are symbols of “hatred and oppression”. A left-wing mob has already taken down a confederate memorial in Durham, North Carolina, illegally.
For those just waking up, here's what happened in Baltimore: the city's dead-of-night removal of all four of its Confederate monuments. pic.twitter.com/gaquP2hlqN
— Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) August 16, 2017
The Council on American-Islamic Relations, CAIR, has called for every confederate memorial in the United States to be torn down.
Despite not being part of the confederacy, a Chicago pastor called for George Washington’s statue to be removed just as president Trump predicted at a news conference this week.
Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe made a similar 180 reversal and is now calling for confederate statues across the state to be removed, insisting they’ve become a “barrier to progress, inclusion and equality in Virginia”.
Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney said confederate statues “are offensive and need to be removed”.
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If We Remove All of These Symbols of History, All We Show is That We Haven’t Learned Anything From Past Historical Facts and We Might End Up Repeating the Same Mistakes Again. Thus the Saying: History Repeats Itself. I’ll Say Leave These Monuments in Place and use Them for Future Generations to Learn from History. You Really Can’t Change the Historical Account in Past Generations. You Can Pretend that It Never Happened. All You are Doing is Dividing the American People. I Am Calling for the 62% of Americans of All 50 States to Unite, Rise and Let Their Views Be Known Everywhere and Stop a Small Minority to Disrespect Them and Silence Them! The Ultimate Goal is to Bring the Entire USA into Unity. Luke 11:17 states:” Any Kingdom or Country divided against itself can Not Stand and it will be Ruined; and Any House Divided against Itself will Fall”.
Take them all freakin down, then start with changing the names of cities like Jacksonville Fl. You should know he was a slave owner, then watch them cry about how much money it going to cost just alone in changing all the letter heads of their stationary. AND WHILE YOUR AT IT REMOVE ALL HOLIDAYS FROM THE CALENDAR, NO FREAKIN DAYS OFF PERIOD AND IF YOU BITCH ABOUT THAT SAYING SUNDAY GOD RESTED ON THE 7TH DAY HELL REMOVE THAT TOO, WORK 7 DAYS A WEEK!!! So sick of all this crap.
BE PREPARED FOR THE CONSEQUENCES…who are we to be so judgmental? Slavery is HORRIBLE, but do we just diminish those who were in a time where EVERY COLOR owned slaves, yet contributed to much to our society overall. Again American was not perfect, but we have been moving forward for years. What is happing folks???
Then there is the problem of slave-owner George Washington. We have Washington State and all its institutions such as the University of Washington, Washington, D.C., the one dollar bill, the quarter, etc. etc. This is going to be expensive to rename all these things, but we all know it is definitely a higher priority than education, welfare, defense, or infrastructure.
Removed without even a vote. I hope the voters in those municipalities wake up and remove their “representatives” from office.
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