pShould public parks honoring the confederacy be renamed?

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No, they shouldn't

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Yes, they should

8 %

I have mixed feelings

@Feb '13 V 446 votes c 296 comments

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6 hr

Marley2008

v No, they shouldn't

Hell No!

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Fussell voted

v No, they shouldn't
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fscott777 endorsed Woody20164

v No, they shouldn't
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aladinsane endorsed fancy1

v No, they shouldn't
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Mon
smbiz voted

v I have mixed feelings
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Mon

fwb35

v No, they shouldn't

As most have said, it is our history, I am proud my family fought for their country, the CSA. Those that think it was about slavery, you are dead wrong. If it was why did Lincoln wait almost 2 years after taking office to put out the Emacipation Proclomation, and when he did it only freed the slaves in the CSA where he had no power to do so. Our children are not being taught the truth about their own countries history, if the truth were known about Lincoln and how he felt about blacks all of his monuments would be taken down, but in this country we have to be politically correct and lie about our history, so sad.....

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JenaS62 voted

v No, they shouldn't
Jun 16
Lionkat456 endorsed Woody20164

v No, they shouldn't
Jun 16
FatTony14 endorsed fancy1

v No, they shouldn't
Jun 15
runawayfrom voted

v Yes, they should
Jun 15
Nonya voted

v No, they shouldn't
Jun 15
ladywaterwood voted

v No, they shouldn't
Jun 15
GuitarGuy19 endorsed fancy1

v No, they shouldn't
Jun 15
Greggmcneill endorsed Dan_Tien

v I have mixed feelings
Jun 15
BlissHeart voted

v No, they shouldn't
Jun 14
east2west voted

v Yes, they should
Jun 12
usmom3 voted

v No, they shouldn't
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Jun 10
Lars_Ulrich endorsed DrFunkenstein

v I have mixed feelings
Jun 10
dfaustin voted

v No, they shouldn't
Jun 9

N0rthman

v No, they shouldn't

Perhaps we should rename Georgia that honors the tyrinical King George II. We won out independence, didn't we?

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Jun 8
hancel voted

v No, they shouldn't
Jun 7
JenniferLoni voted

v No, they shouldn't
Jun 6
7777777GGG voted

v Yes, they should
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Jun 6
USN-22 voted

v No, they shouldn't
Jun 6
stevesampson voted

v No, they shouldn't
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Jun 6
skspls voted

v No, they shouldn't
Jun 6

ccchhhrrriiiss

v No, they shouldn't

"Honoring the confederacy" would be akin to honoring a former threat to the security of this union. There is nothing wrong with commemorating or acknowledging that time and conflict. However, we aren't supposed to honor it. The flag of the confederacy is no more viable than a citizen of the U.S. -- regardless of one's race or ethnicity -- flying the flag of a foreign country that we fought or have a conflict with as a sign of honor.

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Jun 6
AnnieMc endorsed Speedieg

v No, they shouldn't
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Jun 6

IMAQT

v I have mixed feelings

It should be up to the taxpayers that are financing the parks to make that decision. Freedom is a wonderful thing.

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Jun 6
TraceyMartin voted

v No, they shouldn't
Jun 5
MolonLabe endorsed fancy1

v No, they shouldn't
Jun 4

busseja

v No, they shouldn't

how can anyone vote yes on this. Should Auschwitz be renamed jewtown? History is history.

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Jun 4
farmer_bruce endorsed Woody20164

v No, they shouldn't
Jun 3
Tbplummer1951 voted

v No, they shouldn't
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Jun 2
CivilWarSam endorsed PNWest

v Yes, they should
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Jun 2
Knoll37 voted

v Yes, they should
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Jun 2
Leonard endorsed Hotsummer

v Yes, they should
Jun 1
alikatz voted

v No, they shouldn't
Jun 1
rtoberl voted

v No, they shouldn't
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May 31
kosmik endorsed Hotsummer

v Yes, they should
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May 30
Theocrat voted

v No, they shouldn't
May 30
akbison voted

v No, they shouldn't
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May 30
DIAMONDG81 voted

v No, they shouldn't
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May 30
Texasbuzz voted

v No, they shouldn't
May 29
CharlieRosencr voted

v I have mixed feelings
May 29
Philof endorsed fancy1

v No, they shouldn't
May 28
dontmatter endorsed fancy1

v No, they shouldn't
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May 28
speedybill endorsed DrFunkenstein

v I have mixed feelings
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May 28
buckshotlee endorsed fancy1

v No, they shouldn't
May 27
cathy voted

v No, they shouldn't

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Marley2008

v No, they shouldn't

Hell No!

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fwb35

v No, they shouldn't

As most have said, it is our history, I am proud my family fought for their country, the CSA. Those that think it was about slavery, you are dead wrong. If it was why did Lincoln wait almost 2 years after taking office to put out the Emacipation Proclomation, and when he did it only freed the slaves in the CSA where he had no power to do so. Our children are not being taught the truth about their own countries history, if the truth were known about Lincoln and how he felt about blacks all of his monuments would be taken down, but in this country we have to be politically correct and lie about our history, so sad.....

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Jun 9

N0rthman

v No, they shouldn't

Perhaps we should rename Georgia that honors the tyrinical King George II. We won out independence, didn't we?

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Jun 6

ccchhhrrriiiss

v No, they shouldn't

"Honoring the confederacy" would be akin to honoring a former threat to the security of this union. There is nothing wrong with commemorating or acknowledging that time and conflict. However, we aren't supposed to honor it. The flag of the confederacy is no more viable than a citizen of the U.S. -- regardless of one's race or ethnicity -- flying the flag of a foreign country that we fought or have a conflict with as a sign of honor.

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Jun 6

IMAQT

v I have mixed feelings

It should be up to the taxpayers that are financing the parks to make that decision. Freedom is a wonderful thing.

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Jun 4

busseja

v No, they shouldn't

how can anyone vote yes on this. Should Auschwitz be renamed jewtown? History is history.

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May 27

Nurse8493

v Yes, they should

Double YES! To this one. Slavery is not something I want one of our public parks to honor! Man was not born to slavery!

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May 23

sherrigibson59

v No, they shouldn't

this is a part of American heritage and should not be changed or eliminated.

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May 22

bajo

v I have mixed feelings

Yes, depending on who and when it was named to honor the Confedaray....ie... If it was named in 1965...yes, rename it. If it was named in 1865, leave it alone

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May 21

FreelancerFl

v No, they shouldn't

It's history people, learn from it so we don't repeat it.

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May 20

Just_Lisa

v No, they shouldn't

Change to what!?! Obamaville?!? Eff no!

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May '13

O_S_Thomas

v I have mixed feelings

i dont care. i hate the confederate concept and all it stands for but i really couldnt care less what they name the things.

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May '13

Nautilus

Which confederate concept do you hate: Iroquois Confederacy, Western Confederacy, Powhatan Confederacy, Seven Nations of Canada, Pontiac's Confederacy, Illinois Confederation, Tecumseh's Confederacy, Great Sioux Nation, Blackfoot Confederacy, Iron Confederacy, and Council of Three Fires.

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May 19

O_S_Thomas

@Nautilus which confederacy do u think numbnuts

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May '13

HMB1114

v No, they shouldn't

It's history...get over it.

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May '13

JesusLivesInMe

v No, they shouldn't

How sad that this is even a question. Why should something from history be changed just because a person(s) doesn't like it or agree with it? What's next, atheists wanting every "Church street" in America changed simply because of it's name?? LOL

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May '13

Glich

v No, they shouldn't

Who comes up with these BS distractions ? America has 11 Million unemployed legal citizens. President Obama wants to use $6 Trillion tax dollars to help guide illegals into the voting booth.

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May '13

Bob72370

v No, they shouldn't

Why try to rewrite history? The parks were named for historical events or persons. Good or bad these people or events were and are a part of our history. Revisionist history is not history at all but propaganda...

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May '13

NoAmnestyEVER

v No, they shouldn't

Just because "DEMOCRATS" owned slaves in the south, opposed abolition and founded the KKK doesn't mean we should censor history by renaming it.

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May '13

JesusLivesInMe

Exactly, that's just like the libs trying to remove the evidence that this Nation was indeed a Christian Nation. Sad indeed!

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May '13

NoAmnestyEVER

@JesusLivesInMe - LIke when they say that the founding fathers were deists. Only two out of over 100 actually were. And 24 of them were ordained ministers.

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May '13

InjusticeSucks

v No, they shouldn't

Boy Oh Boy thats going to make the Souther and them who Think Southern Voters Mad as Termites in a Rain Storm.

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May '13

BossTweed

v Yes, they should

YES.......we need to rewrite EVERY part of American History that the radical Progressives don't like.

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Feb '13

fancy1

v No, they shouldn't

Why should history be changed because it offends blacks? I get tired of seeing Martin Luther king streets in every town and city.

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Feb '13

Woody20164

v No, they shouldn't

First, the question is loaded. These parks don't necessarily "honor" the Confederacy, rather, they commemorate it. It is important that we remember. It is sad but true that most often, history is written by the winners. Despite being on the losing end of the war (and regardless of the particular issue), the confederacy fought for what they considered important principles of the constitution, States' rights without oppressive Federal involvement. Too bad more states don't feel that way now.

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Feb '13

Speedieg

v No, they shouldn't

âThose who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." (George Santayana). It's as simple as that.

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Feb '13

commonsense51

v No, they shouldn't

Do Liberal Democrats have a clue? Their Obama is trying to stir up enough hate between Americans to start another Civil war. He is the antithesis of what America is all about. Freedom, the freedom to disagree, the intelligence to come to the middle to run a nation when our nation is populated by immigrants from around the world and a nation where over 80% call themselves Christian(our heritage). He is an ideolog with one goal. Socialism one step at a time, growing Government, controlling our very minds with the arrogance of political correctness. He took the biggest power grab in our nation's history with Obamacare. He lied constantly that his bill would reduce healthc...

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Feb '13

Hotsummer

v Yes, they should

The Confedracy stood for bondage and unbelievable cruelty! Hearing the very word " confederate " puts a disgusting metal-like taste in my mouth! I wouldn't even stop at one with that disgusting name.

B1

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Feb '13

alisha4san

v No, they shouldn't

No its part of history. All of history is not pretty but it happened. Im black but I dont believe in covering up or rewriting what already is.

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Feb '13

PNWest

v Yes, they should

The Confederacy was responsible for the deaths of at least 620,000 Americans. Their main issue was supporting slavery. To quote Confederate States Vice President Alexander Stephens, "the cornerstone of the new government rests upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slaveryâsubordination to the superior raceâis his natural and normal condition. This, our new government, is the first, in the history of the world, based upon this great physical, philosophical, and moral truth". To name public parks after confederate heroes is wrong.

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Feb '13

Hillbillyhunny

What about racisim against whites? Thats all you see and hear these days!! If we all spoke up as OTHERS i.e BLACKS when offened by being constanly reminded of the stuff our ancestors did or what we had no control of, it may change. Furthermore we (whites) were slaves first read your history books and get back with me beter yet read your Bible and get back with me. Im sick of hearing poor poor black man. Moreover, where is our WHITE history month?

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Feb '13

DrFunkenstein

v I have mixed feelings

Depends on the person. You can't blame soldiers for being soldiers but you can blame TRAITORS against the Constitution that committed treason against the United States. I do not support any of these parks memorializing any individuals other than the soldiers forced to fight the war. The rich men that started it have no right to be remembered other than being referred to as traitors.

B1

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Feb '13

fancy1

@Hillbillyhunny I agree with you 100%! I don't own slaves, my parents, grandparents, and great grandparents did not own slaves. But we are having it thrown up in our face constantly. Blacks can say and get away with anything against whites but you let a white person stand up for themselves and you get stupid remarks like the ones above. If you live in the south, the blacks act totally different than the ones up north.

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