Mississippi rep apologizes for calling for lynching of people who remove Confederate monuments
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[quote]A Mississippi lawmaker has apologized for saying Louisiana leaders should be lynched for removing Confederate monuments, only after his comment sparked broad condemnation in both states.
"The destruction of these monuments, erected in the loving memory of our family and fellow Southern Americans, is both heinous and horrific," Republican state Rep. Karl Oliver of Winona said in a post Saturday night, which was removed from his page Monday. "If the, and I use this term extremely loosely, 'leadership' of Louisiana wishes to, in a Nazi-ish fashion, burn books or destroy historical monuments of OUR HISTORY, they should be LYNCHED! Let it be known, I will do all in my power to prevent this from happening in our State."
The post was made after three Confederate monuments and a monument to white supremacy were removed in New Orleans.
Oliver issued a statement Monday apologizing.
"I, first and foremost, wish to extend this apology for any embarrassment I have caused to both my colleagues and fellow Mississippians," Oliver said. "In an effort to express my passion for preserving all historical monuments, I acknowledge the word 'lynched' was wrong. I am very sorry. It is in no way, ever, an appropriate term. I deeply regret that I chose this word, and I do not condone the actions I referenced, nor do I believe them in my heart. I freely admit my choice of words was horribly wrong, and I humbly ask your forgiveness."[/quote]
It's weird how southern so much of the south still is.
I live in Tennessee, and if I go a few miles outside the city, it's like I've gone twenty years back in time.
Crazy place. Guess that would kind of explain how idiots like this get elected, though.
sorry guys, lynched was a bad word! I should have just said they should be shot!
why don't you apologize for the fact you said someone should be killed for removing some monuments to, ironically, some old time "Nazi-ish" racists
Confederate Monuments belong in museums IMO. Like if there were a statue to Lenin, Stalin or Hitler, they should be torn down and placed in Museums.
However, I do see why people might want to tear them down. When Saddam was ousted, they destroyed his statue, and when Viktor Yanukovych was overthrown, the Ukranians tore down statues of Lenin. It's symbolic of throwing off the chains of an oppressor, but the oppressors the statues are dedicated to were overthrown over a hundred years ago.
Overall, I think Confederate flags and statues don't belong in public, no more than a Nazi flag belongs in Public.
[QUOTE=proboardslol;52262094]Confederate Monuments belong in museums IMO. Like if there were a statue to Lenin, Stalin or Hitler, they should be torn down and placed in Museums.
However, I do see why people might want to tear them down. When Saddam was ousted, they destroyed his statue, and when Viktor Yanukovych was overthrown, the Ukranians tore down statues of Lenin. It's symbolic of throwing off the chains of an oppressor, but the oppressors the statues are dedicated to were overthrown over a hundred years ago.
Overall, I think Confederate flags and statues don't belong in public, no more than a Nazi flag belongs in Public.[/QUOTE]
A lot of southerners saw the Union flag as the oppressors not the confederates bear in mind. A lot of southerners hold onto that while a lot have gotten past it and want to forget it. Ultimately though I think it's the community's choice what's done with the statues not the decision of a few people trying to modernize.
[QUOTE=Native Hunter;52262201]A lot of southerners saw the Union flag as the oppressors not the confederates bear in mind. A lot of southerners hold onto that while a lot have gotten past it and want to forget it. Ultimately though I think it's the community's choice what's done with the statues not the decision of a few people trying to modernize.[/QUOTE]
And I'm sure a lot of Germans saw the Union Jack or American flag as one of oppression.
I agree that it's the community's choice, but I think that the communities whose leaders have chosen to remove these statues are making the right choice. I think anyone who fights to keep these statues is motivated by racism and [I]not[/I] some sort of sense of a duty to preserve history
[quote]burn books or destroy historical monuments of OUR HISTORY[/quote]
yknow, Germany has holocaust museums, but no statues of Hitler
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