Arlington has asked Virginia to rename Jefferson Davis Highway

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Anonymous wrote:Good LORD. Do you know how fortunate you have to be for this and other 'racist' issues to be such a big deal to you. How much money does it cost to make these changes, and wouldn't that money be better served helping poor citizens in that county/town/state?

Liberal idiocy.

Idiocy? Bullshit. Street signs get replaced all the time, it's not some "great expense." Most street signs get replaced roughly every 10 years regardless of name changes because they get weathered, lose reflectivity, get damaged, stolen, whatever.

And suddenly you want to help poor citizens when you didn't give a shit about them before the sign thing came up? Typical right wing hypocrite. People like you only care about the cost of things, but cannot understand the value of anything.

Again, do you understand that people who have very little don't pay these things much attention because they are too busy trying to survive? Y'all need more to do.

And God forbid the working class folks have any pride in their state history. They need to be indoctrinated with the social justice Warriors' mantra 24/7.

Union soldiers who signed up to fight in the Civil War were also "working class folks" - they were farmers, laborers, factory workers, et cetera. As such, the Confederacy is in no way unique to or a symbol of working class folks. So spare the bullshit about working class folks.

Yes and northern states are free to celebrate the union's soldiers. Why would southern states celebrate the contributions of the north's soldiers and vice versa?

Southern states should celebrate northern soldiers' contribution to the liberation of enslaved people, the abolition of a brutal and dehumanizing and anti-democratic institution, and the preservation of the Union.

It's interesting that you don't seem to include the descendants of enslaved people in your concept of the south.

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Anonymous wrote:Good LORD. Do you know how fortunate you have to be for this and other 'racist' issues to be such a big deal to you. How much money does it cost to make these changes, and wouldn't that money be better served helping poor citizens in that county/town/state?

Liberal idiocy.

Did you cry this loud when National Airport got renamed Reagan National Airport and all the money had to be spent changing signs and metro stops?

I don't believe that was done to make a bunch of people feel better about themselves.

Sure it was - Republicans. Regardless, the cost is just the same. And cost seems to be what you object to.

And here we have an example of the narrow focus of liberalism. What I object to is spending money on feel-good gestures, while simultaneously and shamelessly taking away the scholarships of poor black inner-city students. What makes more sense? Removing street signs and renaming them because - racism - or giving poor children the ability of getting out of schools that don't serve them and into environments where learning is prized, and they can thrive, grow, and break the poverty cycle?

The removal of street signs and statues helps rich white people feel good about themselves, but does nothing to help those individuals. It amounts to a shameless head pat.

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Anonymous wrote:Indeed; what *do*we do about Washington and Jefferson under our new standard of "worthy" ?

That argument is the signal that you have no argument. Even an idiot knows that Washington and Jefferson are very different than Davis and Lee.

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Anonymous wrote:^ I'm only an asshole toward backward racists.

Unlike you who's stuck being a full-time backward racist.

Where have I said anything that would deem me a racist? I think perhaps it is you who may have an issue with certain groups of people.

Your support for the racist Confederacy and its racist President Jefferson Davis. By the way, you DO know that the CSA Constitution specifically added language making it illegal to pass any law repealing slavery?

CSA Constitution, Article I, Section 9, (4) "No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law denying or impairing the right of property in negro slaves shall be passed."

See, here is where you are wrong and show your true colors. No where did I give or show support of Davis's views of slavery. You, in your own bigoted way, came up with that conclusion. I'm merely pointing out his historical significance.

You are still glorifying a racist who brought the country to war and caused the deaths over 620,000 Americans over slavery.

So do you also applaud the Islamic state terrorists who are blowing up statues of roman emperors like Julius Caesar right now? The Romans (including Julius) enslaved and killed millions. Or is that different somehow?

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Anonymous wrote:Good LORD. Do you know how fortunate you have to be for this and other 'racist' issues to be such a big deal to you. How much money does it cost to make these changes, and wouldn't that money be better served helping poor citizens in that county/town/state?

Liberal idiocy.

Idiocy? Bullshit. Street signs get replaced all the time, it's not some "great expense." Most street signs get replaced roughly every 10 years regardless of name changes because they get weathered, lose reflectivity, get damaged, stolen, whatever.

And suddenly you want to help poor citizens when you didn't give a shit about them before the sign thing came up? Typical right wing hypocrite. People like you only care about the cost of things, but cannot understand the value of anything.

Again, do you understand that people who have very little don't pay these things much attention because they are too busy trying to survive? Y'all need more to do.

And God forbid the working class folks have any pride in their state history. They need to be indoctrinated with the social justice Warriors' mantra 24/7.

I never understood the "pride in your history" thing when your history is that of defending an institution like slavery. Germans don't take pride in their Nazi past. They acknowledge how shameful it was. That's the honorable thing to do.

So should native Americans be forbidden from taking pride in their pre-Colombian history, during which time they practiced slavery? Or Italians in their roman history history (they had slaves as well of course)? Or is it that you just don't like southerners?

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Anonymous wrote:^ I'm only an asshole toward backward racists.

Unlike you who's stuck being a full-time backward racist.

Where have I said anything that would deem me a racist? I think perhaps it is you who may have an issue with certain groups of people.

Your support for the racist Confederacy and its racist President Jefferson Davis. By the way, you DO know that the CSA Constitution specifically added language making it illegal to pass any law repealing slavery?

CSA Constitution, Article I, Section 9, (4) "No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law denying or impairing the right of property in negro slaves shall be passed."

See, here is where you are wrong and show your true colors. No where did I give or show support of Davis's views of slavery. You, in your own bigoted way, came up with that conclusion. I'm merely pointing out his historical significance.

You are still glorifying a racist who brought the country to war and caused the deaths over 620,000 Americans over slavery.

So do you also applaud the Islamic state terrorists who are blowing up statues of roman emperors like Julius Caesar right now? The Romans (including Julius) enslaved and killed millions. Or is that different somehow?

Last time I checked, Julius Caesar wasn't responsible for getting hundreds of thousands of Americans killed.

It is you who is more in line with glorifying ISIS, since they are a rebel group that instigated civil war in order to oppress people, just like the CSA did.

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Anonymous wrote:Good LORD. Do you know how fortunate you have to be for this and other 'racist' issues to be such a big deal to you. How much money does it cost to make these changes, and wouldn't that money be better served helping poor citizens in that county/town/state?

Liberal idiocy.

Did you cry this loud when National Airport got renamed Reagan National Airport and all the money had to be spent changing signs and metro stops?

I don't believe that was done to make a bunch of people feel better about themselves.

Sure it was - Republicans. Regardless, the cost is just the same. And cost seems to be what you object to.

And here we have an example of the narrow focus of liberalism. What I object to is spending money on feel-good gestures, while simultaneously and shamelessly taking away the scholarships of poor black inner-city students. What makes more sense? Removing street signs and renaming them because - racism - or giving poor children the ability of getting out of schools that don't serve them and into environments where learning is prized, and they can thrive, grow, and break the poverty cycle?

The removal of street signs and statues helps rich white people feel good about themselves, but does nothing to help those individuals. It amounts to a shameless head pat.

Well I object to "feel good" gestures like trying to repeal Obamacare, as I don't think that doesn't actually helps anyone, I object to "feel good" measures prohibiting gay marriage or allowing caterers to deny service to gays as that DEFINITELY doesn't help anyone, I object to "feel good" measures like propping up unsustainable trillion-dollar war policies in the middle east because that sure hasn't helped anyone, I object to "feel good" measures like slashing taxes and government budgets because it sure doesn't help anyone to have crumbling infrastructure, polluted air and water, contaminated food and unsafe products, I object to "feel good" measures like "states rights" because a state jurisdictional boundary can't stop polluted air from blowing across the border, and can't stop the flow of pollution in rivers from the upstream state (laws of physics and common sense of "shit flows downhill" that you right wingers seem to think can be trumped by idiotic ideology)... The ENTIRE GOP/Tea Party platform is about "shameless head pats."

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Anonymous wrote:Good LORD. Do you know how fortunate you have to be for this and other 'racist' issues to be such a big deal to you. How much money does it cost to make these changes, and wouldn't that money be better served helping poor citizens in that county/town/state?

Liberal idiocy.

Idiocy? Bullshit. Street signs get replaced all the time, it's not some "great expense." Most street signs get replaced roughly every 10 years regardless of name changes because they get weathered, lose reflectivity, get damaged, stolen, whatever.

And suddenly you want to help poor citizens when you didn't give a shit about them before the sign thing came up? Typical right wing hypocrite. People like you only care about the cost of things, but cannot understand the value of anything.

Again, do you understand that people who have very little don't pay these things much attention because they are too busy trying to survive? Y'all need more to do.

And God forbid the working class folks have any pride in their state history. They need to be indoctrinated with the social justice Warriors' mantra 24/7.

Union soldiers who signed up to fight in the Civil War were also "working class folks" - they were farmers, laborers, factory workers, et cetera. As such, the Confederacy is in no way unique to or a symbol of working class folks. So spare the bullshit about working class folks.

Yes and northern states are free to celebrate the union's soldiers. Why would southern states celebrate the contributions of the north's soldiers and vice versa?

What did those southern soldiers really contribute in the long run? They lost a war and brought about the ruination of their states. Apparently the concept of winning the battles but losing the war is lost on you.

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Anonymous wrote:And, people wonder why there is such support for Donald Trump.
This is but one example.
Political Correctness, at all costs.

People show their intolerance for bigots and racists and you go running off screaming "Help! I'm being oppressed by political correctness!" Ludicrous and pathetic.

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Anonymous wrote:Good LORD. Do you know how fortunate you have to be for this and other 'racist' issues to be such a big deal to you. How much money does it cost to make these changes, and wouldn't that money be better served helping poor citizens in that county/town/state?

Liberal idiocy.

Idiocy? Bullshit. Street signs get replaced all the time, it's not some "great expense." Most street signs get replaced roughly every 10 years regardless of name changes because they get weathered, lose reflectivity, get damaged, stolen, whatever.

And suddenly you want to help poor citizens when you didn't give a shit about them before the sign thing came up? Typical right wing hypocrite. People like you only care about the cost of things, but cannot understand the value of anything.

Again, do you understand that people who have very little don't pay these things much attention because they are too busy trying to survive? Y'all need more to do.

And God forbid the working class folks have any pride in their state history. They need to be indoctrinated with the social justice Warriors' mantra 24/7.

Union soldiers who signed up to fight in the Civil War were also "working class folks" - they were farmers, laborers, factory workers, et cetera. As such, the Confederacy is in no way unique to or a symbol of working class folks. So spare the bullshit about working class folks.

Yes and northern states are free to celebrate the union's soldiers. Why would southern states celebrate the contributions of the north's soldiers and vice versa?

Because southerners are proud to be Americans, and those soldiers kept America together.

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Anonymous wrote:And, people wonder why there is such support for Donald Trump.
This is but one example.
Political Correctness, at all costs.

People show their intolerance for bigots and racists and you go running off screaming "Help! I'm being oppressed by political correctness!" Ludicrous and pathetic.

Somehow, we have lived with the name of this road for nearly 100 years.
A lot of people here are showing their intolerance for tolerance. Yep - totally being Politically Correct at any cost.

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Anonymous wrote:Good LORD. Do you know how fortunate you have to be for this and other 'racist' issues to be such a big deal to you. How much money does it cost to make these changes, and wouldn't that money be better served helping poor citizens in that county/town/state?

Liberal idiocy.

Idiocy? Bullshit. Street signs get replaced all the time, it's not some "great expense." Most street signs get replaced roughly every 10 years regardless of name changes because they get weathered, lose reflectivity, get damaged, stolen, whatever.

And suddenly you want to help poor citizens when you didn't give a shit about them before the sign thing came up? Typical right wing hypocrite. People like you only care about the cost of things, but cannot understand the value of anything.

Again, do you understand that people who have very little don't pay these things much attention because they are too busy trying to survive? Y'all need more to do.

And God forbid the working class folks have any pride in their state history. They need to be indoctrinated with the social justice Warriors' mantra 24/7.

Union soldiers who signed up to fight in the Civil War were also "working class folks" - they were farmers, laborers, factory workers, et cetera. As such, the Confederacy is in no way unique to or a symbol of working class folks. So spare the bullshit about working class folks.

Yes and northern states are free to celebrate the union's soldiers. Why would southern states celebrate the contributions of the north's soldiers and vice versa?

Because southerners are proud to be Americans, and those soldiers kept America together.

Whoa there Hoss, you got that TOTALLY BACKASSWARD! Southerners LEFT the United States and TORE IT APART. Did you hit your head and forget about that whole "secession" thing?

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Anonymous wrote:I don't care one way or the other, does anyone?

The name never bothered me that much. I will have to say when friends from NY (where I grew up) came to visit they raised the inevitable "WTF?" question with regards to the name. I just said "Welcome to the South!"

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F U PC people. THis is another reason why I'm voting for Trump.
Recognition of history is more important to me than you bigoted SOB's that only want to live PC

Yes, because I'm sure Germany has so many roads and buildings named after Hitler or other Third Reich top officials that still remain today.

Jefferson Davis = treason. Pure and simple.

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Anonymous wrote:Good LORD. Do you know how fortunate you have to be for this and other 'racist' issues to be such a big deal to you. How much money does it cost to make these changes, and wouldn't that money be better served helping poor citizens in that county/town/state?

Liberal idiocy.

Idiocy? Bullshit. Street signs get replaced all the time, it's not some "great expense." Most street signs get replaced roughly every 10 years regardless of name changes because they get weathered, lose reflectivity, get damaged, stolen, whatever.

And suddenly you want to help poor citizens when you didn't give a shit about them before the sign thing came up? Typical right wing hypocrite. People like you only care about the cost of things, but cannot understand the value of anything.

Again, do you understand that people who have very little don't pay these things much attention because they are too busy trying to survive? Y'all need more to do.

And God forbid the working class folks have any pride in their state history. They need to be indoctrinated with the social justice Warriors' mantra 24/7.

Union soldiers who signed up to fight in the Civil War were also "working class folks" - they were farmers, laborers, factory workers, et cetera. As such, the Confederacy is in no way unique to or a symbol of working class folks. So spare the bullshit about working class folks.

Yes and northern states are free to celebrate the union's soldiers. Why would southern states celebrate the contributions of the north's soldiers and vice versa?

Because southerners are proud to be Americans, and those soldiers kept America together.

Whoa there Hoss, you got that TOTALLY BACKASSWARD! Southerners LEFT the United States and TORE IT APART. Did you hit your head and forget about that whole "secession" thing?

I was speaking of those Northern Soldiers. Why would a patriotic southerner not appreciate that in the end they are Americans because of the North?