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cwydro

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18. Yes, it is.

Reply to GeoWilliam750 (Reply #12)

Wed Aug 23, 2017, 10:14 PM

Aug 2017

Absolutely wrong.

Union or Confederate...many of them were just poor men drafted into service. Think what the Vietnamese must think of our young men who burned their villages, killed their livestock, raped their women, and machine gunned their children.

War is an abomination. Period.

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Vandals decapitate Confederate soldier statue at Camp Chase cemetery [View all] Henry Krinkle Aug 2017 OP

Having a confederate statue in ANY cemetery is ITSELF a desecration! InAbLuEsTaTe Aug 2017 #1

Well, it IS a confederate cemetery. NutmegYankee Aug 2017 #2

Good point! But seriously, why exacerbate the situation with a white supremacist statue? InAbLuEsTaTe Aug 2017 #3

I don't consider a statue of a soldier in a soldier's graveyard to be quite the same. NutmegYankee Aug 2017 #11

Yeah, dig 'em all up. cwydro Aug 2017 #8

I was being sarcastic too. NutmegYankee Aug 2017 #10

Ah, glad to hear that. cwydro Aug 2017 #17

Sometimes, this site never fails to suprise me. Henry Krinkle Aug 2017 #14

Sounds like something drunk white boys would do. hunter Aug 2017 #4

Yeah, they just needed it for this years homecoming float Henry Krinkle Aug 2017 #15

In a related story, jews vandalize swastika graffiti with soap and water! unblock Aug 2017 #5

I hope the Nazis don't lose their heads over this ProudLib72 Aug 2017 #6

stupid and unhelpful Abu Pepe Aug 2017 #7

Really just degenerating into Yupster Aug 2017 #9

Cowards and assholes I say Henry Krinkle Aug 2017 #16

Agree. SharonClark Aug 2017 #19

Vandalizing any cemetery is wrong GeoWilliam750 Aug 2017 #12

Yes, it is. cwydro Aug 2017 #18

Agreed melman Aug 2017 #21

There are hundreds of Confederates buried at Arlington Not Ruth Aug 2017 #13

Thaaaaaaaaaaaaat's a shame alcibiades_mystery Aug 2017 #20