Over the weekend, vandals defaced the statue.
The University of Texas announced on Tuesday that it will call a panel of students and faculty to determine the future of a Jefferson Davis statue on campus. States control which statues they want displayed at the rotunda, however, so there’s nothing Congress can immediately do. Senate minority leader Harry Reid of Nevada (D) suggested Tuesday that “it would be important that we look at some of the” Confederate statues positioned in the Capitol rotunda in Washington. Mitch McConnell (R) is leading an effort to evict a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis from the statehouse rotunda, perhaps to be replaced by a statue of Louisville-born boxer Muhammad Ali. "This week, other Confederate symbols across the South and beyond are facing unprecedented scrutiny. There's an interesting article from Christian Science Monitor about discussions throughout the south about the removal of various Confederate symbols from public spaces. If we do it right we can get a good tradition going. (that's a firm rule with me, no exceptions) No beer allowed until all the ammo is locked up and we close the range at the end of the match. Scoring gets a -3 for scopes, and a +3 for black powder, come on now, use iron sights, put on the big boy pants!ġ dollar charge for re-entries, only your last target counts, (not your highest score), if you re-enter a match, that's the only score that counts for that event!Ĭlay bird match in the middle of the day, 10 birds ten shots, round robin tie breakers, 22's,ģ shots each at: 50 yard offhand with a paper turkey target, 50 yard rest at a paper ground hog targetġ shot at: 100 yard 'X', closest to the center of the 'X' wins the match. How about an anuual HL competitive shoot? calico? you in? Your husband as well? Ian? gadfly? you guys too!!, mark, darrin, JR, skippy, (oldred?, you down with this?), anybody else i forgot to add? how abut you caged?ĥ shots each at: 50 yards off hand, 50 yard bench, 25 yrd offhand with. "i see a week long shooting trip coming on with multiple stops!!!!" That is why his outfit's flag is a representation of southern pride - PRIDE NOT HATE. Lee being highly respected by both sides (and courted to lead the both Armies) famously chose to lead the South rather than the Union out of loyalty to his home state. As was discussed here - this was never "the Confederate flag." Robert E. The SC government did not turn this child into a mass murderer - the idea that you would use the deaths of innocents to promote your liberal political agenda offends me.Īlso it's not the "Confederate Flag," it is the flag of Robert E. Or a federal law banning external displays of religion that the majority finds offensive? - Should Hindu's be banned from displaying a swastika which they consider good luck? Or a federal law banning some kinds of speech that the majority finds offensive? So then you should be all for a federal law banning certain kinds of marriages that the majority finds offensive? Perhaps you see the potential negative impacts? What concerns me JD2 is you have have seen something that offends you, so rather than working through an existing processes for change, you think we need a federal law that controls a states expression of something that offends you. This flag serves as a way to honor those ancestors, regardless of whether or not we think that the principles they were fighting for were misguided. Another is that many people in the south have ancestors who fought in the civil war.
One of them is that the flag celebrates the south's courage in fighting for its right to self-determination. I would really like to hear more about it. I know there are some, like John C., who are well educated on its history. It has been used, since then, as a symbol of unity for groups that still preach hate and wish to return the South to its old racist ways. Whatever positive heritage the current iteration of the flag may hold for some, the group that it represented grew out of a belief that it was OK to own slaves. The current flag was a battle flag.Ģ) There were other designs for the Confederate flag none of which have become as popular as the battle flagģ) The Confederate States were a group of secessionist states that seceded from the US after Lincoln was elected ( on a platform of anti-slavery.) So, what heritage does the flag hold? Since the "Dukes of Hazard" car thread brought up the topic some time back, I started to read up on it.ġ) What we associate today with the flag of the Confederacy is not actually the flag. He's opening it up for a discussion so I don't think there is anything wrong with his remarks. OP wasn't stating whether the flag should or shouldn't be taken down Darrin.