Re: Confederate Statues
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God allowed Monument to hit Prot
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Date: August 28, 2020 05:21PM
Piers Morgan Wrote:
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> If you read the installation ceremony speeches,
> when these statues were erected 100 plus years
> ago, the term "God" was regularly invoked. Those
> that put those statues up claimed "God" had
> blessed those statues, and God had welcomed
> confederates into heaven for their bravery and
> valor. Many statues had the word "God" etched
> into the inscription at their base, as if God
> lovingly approved, the soldiers were fighting for
> God, and the statues were a holy gift to the all
> mighty, so God and the South could celebrate the
> Confederacy. In inscriptions, bible sermons,
> epitaphs, and newspapers, God and confederates
> were weaved to be hand in hand, and the
> Confederates were claimed to be men of God, and
> Men of the South, in that order.
>
> Well God is now telling us, (s)he has had enough
> of this crap, and (s)he is not on the side of
> Meade.
>
> From NPR
>
> "Hurricane Laura Rips Down 'South's Defenders'
> Confederate Statue In Lake Charles, La.
>
> The Confederate statue bore the words "The South's
> Defenders." But when Hurricane Laura walloped Lake
> Charles, La., on Thursday, the controversial
> statue was toppled by one of the strongest storms
> ever to hit Louisiana.
>
> Protesters had asked the parish to remove the
> prominent memorial this summer, only to be turned
> away — prompting talk of an economic boycott.
> Then came the hurricane.
>
> The South's Defenders Memorial Monument features a
> young flag-bearing soldier, looking out over the
> lawn of the Calcasieu Parish Courthouse, where it
> has stood for more than 100 years. But Laura,
> which came ashore as a Category 4 storm with winds
> of 150 mph, knocked the soldier off its pedestal
> and onto the grass."
Knocked a rioter in the head. Also the Bible warns us not to remove ancient landmarks