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Warren’s Amendment to Desecrate Confederate Graves in Arlington now Moving Forward
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 71408469:MV80NDU3NzgwXzgxMTY3NjM2X0I5MDRGMTdF] [quote:Anonymous Coward 14110969:MV80NDU3NzgwXzgxMTY3MzkxX0RCNDQ0RUJD] [quote:Anonymous Coward 79147842:MV80NDU3NzgwXzgxMTY1MjA4X0Q4OTFFRkVE] [quote:Anonymous Coward 79152738:MV80NDU3NzgwXzgxMTY1MTM2XzE2NDIyRjcw] [quote:Anonymous Coward 79147842:MV80NDU3NzgwXzgxMTY1MDg5XzY0Q0I4MTFE] [quote:BigNuts:MV80NDU3NzgwXzg0REQ2RDAz] hmmm.... no words.. https://conservative-daily.com/2020/07/15/warrens-amendment-to-desecrate-confederate-graves-in-arlington-now-moving-forward/ Less than 50%: [i]"If passed as-is, this amendment would require that the federal government desecrate the graves of 482 Confederate soldiers buried in Arlington National Cemetery. The soldiers are buried in a circle around a massive, 106-year-old monument commemorating the Confederate soldiers who died in the Civil War. Every President since Teddy Roosevelt has laid a wreath at this monument. Yes, that includes Barack H. Obama. He paid his respects to the Confederate dead buried in Arlington back in 2009. Warren's amendment would require that the memorial be removed from the grounds of Arlington. It is impossible to do this without disturbing the grave sites around the monument… But it actually gets worse. Elizabeth Warren's amendment is so poorly written that while it gives an exception for gravestones, it does not exempt the graves themselves. Since being buried in Arlington is considered an honor, a literal reading of Warren's bill would require these Civil War soldiers to be exhumed and moved off the premises. Just think about how small of a person someone would have to be to write an amendment in 2020 that could force the exhumation of 482 Civil War soldiers because they disagree with the cause they fought for… Even in a best case scenario, the graves would get to stay, but Arlington wouldn't be able to advertise where they're located. No signage… no mention in the maps… no helpful directions from staff… Anyone who has ever been to Arlington looking for a specific grave knows it is next to impossible to do without help and directions. So best case, the Confederates get to stay buried, but no one would be allowed to know where they are…"[/i] [/quote] The tradition is to allow enemy soldiers to be buried on our soil and their graves marked, but not to honor them in any way. This includes the south. I dont think anyone is suggesting exhuming them either. The problem is not the memorials so much as the attempt to make treason seem honorable by placing statues or obelisks to honor them. This is just wrong, it's no different than putting a statue of Mao Se Dong in central park. [/quote] Let's just dig up up the graves. It is general Lee house after all. Dummy [/quote] I just dont think we should honor the confederacy. It's not just the slavery issue because the emancipation proclamation didnt even happen until late in the war, but if you knew the truth you would realize over 95% of the whites in the south were dirt poor during the confederacy and many not as well off as slaves. Their descendants have evolved into white supremacists who blame blacks for their being loosers. [/quote] I actually have a history degree and am a historian of civil war history And 95% of southern whites were not dirt poor. That was about 10% who were poor and lived in backwood shacks and off the land The largest percentage of southern whites at 65% were single-family Farmers without slaves [/quote] Then you know slavery was gone without war. The cost of owning slaves was never going to last with the industrial age anyway. It was about States rights to self govern and the militias keeping government goons in check on a state and Federal level. The Federal Government did not want militias, which is why they totally ignore half the 2nd Amendment to this day. They simply got the States to go along with totalitarian Government by force. Again, we are ALL SLAVES NOW to the City of Washington and its "states, possessions and territories" IE, "this state". [/quote]
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"If passed as-is, this amendment would require that the federal government desecrate the graves of 482 Confederate soldiers buried in Arlington National Cemetery. The soldiers are buried in a circle around a massive, 106-year-old monument commemorating the Confederate soldiers who died in the Civil War. Every President since Teddy Roosevelt has laid a wreath at this monument. Yes, that includes Barack H. Obama. He paid his respects to the Confederate dead buried in Arlington back in 2009.
Warren's amendment would require that the memorial be removed from the grounds of Arlington. It is impossible to do this without disturbing the grave sites around the monument…
But it actually gets worse. Elizabeth Warren's amendment is so poorly written that while it gives an exception for gravestones, it does not exempt the graves themselves. Since being buried in Arlington is considered an honor, a literal reading of Warren's bill would require these Civil War soldiers to be exhumed and moved off the premises. Just think about how small of a person someone would have to be to write an amendment in 2020 that could force the exhumation of 482 Civil War soldiers because they disagree with the cause they fought for…
Even in a best case scenario, the graves would get to stay, but Arlington wouldn't be able to advertise where they're located. No signage… no mention in the maps… no helpful directions from staff… Anyone who has ever been to Arlington looking for a specific grave knows it is next to impossible to do without help and directions. So best case, the Confederates get to stay buried, but no one would be allowed to know where they are…"
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