South Carolina War Plaques Are 'Glorifying Segregation,' Mayor Says

[alfred russel]

Adams raised $15,000 to build new plaques in which the dead would be listed alphabetically instead. But those new plaques are still sitting in his office due to a state law passed 15 years ago that prohibits changing historical monuments without two-thirds vote of the legislature

OMG local government's rights!

Greenwood should secede.

Stopping local initiatives like this is almost certainly why the state requirement was passed 15 years ago. The state is probably concerned that more diverse local communities will replace the pro confederate memorials around the state.

[Admiral Yi]

If you mean majority black, why don't you just say that?

[alfred russel]

If you mean majority black, why don't you just say that?

Because I didn't mean that?

There are diverse parts of the state with lots of latino and northern immigration as well (which when combined with the black population form a majority).

[dps]

Seems like it would have been prudent to get legislative approval before spending the $15,000.

[Razgovory]

Are we speaking of actual people?

For all I know they are actual people.  They could be robots in disguise.

[PDH]

Seems like it would have been prudent to get legislative approval before spending the $15,000.

But that would have skipped the outrage. 

[Richard Hakluyt]

Seems to me the current memorial is both a fitting tribute to the colored black soldiers and a worthwhile reminder of how attitudes have changed.

+1

Denial of history, as practised in dumps like Russia, has never appealed to me.

The troops were segregated till 1954 or so, why we would we want to forget that?

[Richard Hakluyt]

Here is an article by a complete fucking idiot in Britain :

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/mar/17/statue-celebrate-disabled-peoples-achievements

"Isn't it time that the contribution and achievements of disabled people gained a public presence through some kind of visual symbol?" the article begins, followed by the usual pleading and whining.

Meanwhile, ask any person who has lived in London or been a tourist there what is the most prominent statue, it is that of Admiral Lord Nelson (minus one arm and one eye).

[Richard Hakluyt]

BTW there is an obvious compromise for the SC plaques, list the dead by regiment/unit. That not only preserves the reality of segregation and honours their sacrifice but also provide useful information for people interested in what actually happened.

[Siege]

I think we should strike down all memorials.
Why remember some people and forget others.
We need to reduce the gap between remembered and forgotten people.

[Valmy]

I think we should strike down all memorials.
Why remember some people and forget others.
We need to reduce the gap between remembered and forgotten people.

This is the kind of innovative thinking we need in local government.

[Malthus]

I think we should strike down all memorials.
Why remember some people and forget others.
We need to reduce the gap between remembered and forgotten people.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_bcoStFk4s

[Eddie Teach]

Malthus and Siege listening to songs about killing God? 

[grumbler]

I think we should strike down all memorials.
Why remember some people and forget others.
We need to reduce the gap between remembered and forgotten people.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_bcoStFk4s

NMA would have been a great band if Sullivan had been a bit less of a mushmouth.  As it is, they were still a great cult hit.