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I still own Confederate Battle Flags. They are up in my garage room.

Some of them were bequeathed to me by my late Father-in-Law. He was a staunch Liberal all of his
life, born and raised in North Carolina before his
family ultimately settled in Charlottesville. He and I both are descendants of men who fought for the South in the Civil War. We both lived in Charlottesville, but I actually met my wife at a house party of a mutual friend about 2 blocks from Monument Ave in Richmond. For me, personally, this is a more complex issue than for a lot of others. I get all that. Civil discourse does have to reign supreme over the sub-human degenerates that showed up in Cville this past weekend. Will it, ultimately? Maybe not and if that is the case I will adjust. That statue coming down will not ultimately change any tangible thing in my life.

(In response to this post by Hoojack)

Posted: 08/15/2017 at 10:07AM

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How long will this guy last? (link) -- Tuckahokie 08/15/2017 08:42AM

TWSS ** -- Stimp 08/15/2017 09:46AM

"sounds just like your mutha Trebek" ** -- HokieDan95 08/15/2017 11:27AM

Wondering if Lee High School in Springfield is gonna get renamed ** -- Oregon Hoo 08/15/2017 09:24AM

My HS was mentioned quite frequently in the Stuart articles, but I don't -- WAYoVerraTed 08/15/2017 10:41AM

Hope Lee-Davis HS is 1st and Stonewall-Jackson MS (Mechanicsville) is next.** -- SchmHoo 08/15/2017 09:32AM

I'd rather see R.E. Lee-Staunton come down first. -- jdubforwahoowa 08/15/2017 09:39AM

I am completely against that. -- Stimp 08/15/2017 10:03AM

Wilson was one nasty, outspoken racist sumumabish. -- SchmHoo 08/15/2017 11:01AM

Wilson? He was a segregationist. That name can't last. ** -- JMHoo 08/15/2017 10:06AM

Little Giants have been everybody's bitches in the Valley for a LONG time. -- jdubforwahoowa 08/15/2017 10:04AM

12 of the first 17 presidents owned slaves. Should we remove their -- SokurHoo83 08/15/2017 09:08AM

Funny thing is all these whiny people, their lives dont improve one iota -- TomKazanski 08/15/2017 10:22AM

LOL, like a little lost puppy in white sheet. -- WahooRQ 08/15/2017 11:04AM

No. Here's the difference . . . -- DanTheFan 08/15/2017 10:03AM

Any statues that celebrate/ memorialize their ownership of slaves -- KCHoo 08/15/2017 09:12AM

Only a matter of time before Washington, Jefferson etc get the same -- HokieDan95 08/15/2017 09:43AM

I don't think public sentiment will connect with that. ** -- KCHoo 08/15/2017 09:45AM

Picking and choosing which slave owners to memorialize? -- Hokieesith 08/15/2017 10:02AM

No, choosing what to memorialize. Founding the country, writing -- KCHoo 08/15/2017 10:07AM

Far left factions like AntiFa don't care ** -- HokieDan95 08/15/2017 10:54AM

Sure. there are extremists out there. ** -- KCHoo 08/15/2017 12:08PM

And most people don't care about far left factions like "Antifa" -- WahooRQ 08/15/2017 11:09AM

And it doesn't take "most people" to make stuff happen ** -- HokieDan95 08/15/2017 11:16AM

Yes, you are choosing to memorialize one slave owner -- Hokieesith 08/15/2017 10:11AM

Good Perspective. ** -- jdubforwahoowa 08/15/2017 10:09AM

0 of the first 17 presidents took up arms against the country. Easy call. ** -- 81_Hokie 08/15/2017 09:11AM

Exactly. -- DanTheFan 08/15/2017 10:10AM

LOL. That's not why these statues are being taken down. -- Hokieesith 08/15/2017 10:03AM

You really are clueless. There are a few morons on here throwing out -- 81_Hokie 08/15/2017 10:17AM

I think you are the clueless one, if you think all these people complaining -- TomKazanski 08/15/2017 10:51AM

Seems pretty obvious. There is a real likelihood of mandate creep here -- nyhoo 08/15/2017 11:10AM

You are lying. ** -- Hokieesith 08/15/2017 10:23AM

Couple of the early ones took up arms against their ruling country -- jdubforwahoowa 08/15/2017 09:15AM

Win the war. Get the statue. We really do have to ask why these statues -- Hoojack 08/15/2017 09:23AM

Treason doth never prosper. They were absolutely erected a to intimidate. -- Hoocinogenic 08/15/2017 09:30AM

There may have been some of that involved. Certainly the -- KCHoo 08/15/2017 09:35AM

Very true. Their motivations were not as noble as modern interpretations -- Hoocinogenic 08/15/2017 09:44AM

My wife's grandmother born in the Cambridge, MD area complained that "they" -- NJHoo 08/15/2017 10:36AM

Unfortunately, the people to ask are no longer on this Earth. -- jdubforwahoowa 08/15/2017 09:27AM

We'll let me simplify it. Maga - winning - greatness -- Hoojack 08/15/2017 09:33AM

I don't think the actual Charlottesville citizen polls reflect an -- jdubforwahoowa 08/15/2017 09:38AM

I was referring to the people outraged by their removal who -- Hoojack 08/15/2017 09:53AM

I still own Confederate Battle Flags. They are up in my garage room. -- jdubforwahoowa 08/15/2017 10:07AM

It won't change anything for anyone. -- Hoojack 08/15/2017 10:16AM

Trying to have honest conversation. -- jdubforwahoowa 08/15/2017 10:23AM

Very true. As people who are, or at least try to be, decent and good -- Hoojack 08/15/2017 10:29AM

It all has to go. It makes an absolutely no sense -- Hokieesith 08/15/2017 09:04AM

Grant owned slaves. His monuments must go. -- PalmyraHoo 08/15/2017 08:53AM

But the Thirteen Amendment did. -- DanTheFan 08/15/2017 10:06AM

You guys are morons. ** -- WahooRQ 08/15/2017 09:06AM