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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How [b]dare[/b] Virginia idolize a rebel!

[img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Seal_of_Virginia.svg/304px-Seal_of_Virginia.svg.png[/img][/quote]

That's the Roman goddess Virtus, who I'm pretty sure did not command any forces to attack the North in the Civil War.

The expression "Sic Semper Tyrannis" originally came from the assassination of Caesar and was in widespread use long before American history.[/quote]

Actually it probably dates back to the assassination of King Tarquin (the last roman king before the founding of the republic). The point is that the seal venerates rebels. The slogan was also shouted by john Wilkes booth.

I think the bigger point here is that, like it or not, the guy was the president and commander in chief of the confederate states of America. He led a failed secession, yes, but he wasn't an Adolfo Hitler figure that rounded up Jews and shoved them I to gas chambers. Even a terrible president deserves a few roads named after him. [/quote]

No, Davis wasn't responsible for killing 6 million Jews, but he [i]was[/i][u] responsible for killing 620,000 Americans in the Civil War.  And for no reason other than to defend and promote [b]slavery[/b].  I think he does not deserve to be venerated in any way, shape or form.  Even General Lee turned his back on every veneration and symbol of the confederacy after the war ended.  It is well documented that after the war, Robert E. Lee did not want confederate flags, uniforms, or symbols anywhere in his presence.  He had far better insight and reasoning for this than any person alive today.[/quote]

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