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[b]But that's the thing, I don't think it was.[/b] This only became a big deal just recently starting in 2020. People here are screaming about "traitors," but at the time, the Union forgave the South and welcomed back those that fought against it. If folks who can do that who lost family and had their lives uprooted because of a war the South started, why can't we 150 years later, forgive our fellow countrymen who fought against us?

Honestly, I don't really care either way, but do feel we lose part of our history and culture and risk repeating the mistakes of our past. [/quote]

That's because you don't know what you're talking about. That sounds rude, and I regret it, but I can't think of a more polite way to say it. The basic fact is that you don't know what you're talking about. You say it's nothing to you - so please stop talking and start listening to the people whom it actually is something to.[/quote]

Yes, you are rude, and it tells me a lot about you that you can’t figure out how to be polite or don’t even want to bother. I come here with a different perspective that hasn’t been shared or considered and frankly neutral and open to dfferent perspectives. I really don’t care and don’t have a dog in this fight, and you come at me insulting me. All you have to offer this discussion is “stfu you’re ignorant.” You have no idea who I am or what I’ve learned or what I know. [b]Having a different opinion doesn’t mean someone’s ignorant or uneducated.[/b] Are you interested in persuading people to your point of view or just want to win the internet? Oh wait. I forgot. This is DCUM.[/quote]

Yes, you're right. Having a different opinion doesn't mean someone is ignorant or uneducated. However, sometimes an opinion just is, factually, ignorant. For example, the opinion that people only started caring in 2020 about not naming things after Confederates.[/quote]

Read what I wrote. We weren’t making a big deal out of the names of NoVA streets until recently. I fully acknowledge and agree that having the confederate flag flying above state houses wasn’t appropriate and am aware that this was a concern 30 years ago. But I think anyone can acknowledge, that people are recently making a much much bigger deal out of this in the last few years than before. [/quote]

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