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On 7/17/25 12:44 AM, Auric Hellman wrote:

The Georgia chapter of a Confederacy group filed a lawsuit Tuesday
against a state park with the largest Confederate monument in the
country, arguing officials broke state law by planning an exhibit on
ties to slavery, segregation and white supremacy. Stone Mountain’s
massive carving depicts Confederate President Jefferson Davis, Gen.
Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson on horseback … State law protects the carving from any changes … Sons of the Confederate Veterans members have defended the carvings as honoring Confederate soldiers. The
new exhibit would “completely repurpose the Stone Mountain Memorial
Park” and “utterly ignore the purpose of the Georgia legislature in creating and maintaining” the park, the lawsuit says.

https://apnews.com/article/stone-mountain-confederate-monument-slavery-exhibit-lawsuit-77610fe6f25f279f91292ced5a81d00b

We're looking at Perceptions -vs- Perceptions here,
alt histories -vs- alt histories.

There was nothing really monolithic about the
Confederacy. LOTS of different viewpoints about
LOTS of subjects involved. Some WERE anti-slavery,
but opposed to northern biz restrictions and
exploitations.

Note the "north" HAD made laws and policies very
intentionally designed to squash and punish southern
biz/power. They HAD to sell direct to northern states
and get bottom-dollar rather than make foreign deals
of their own. The 'south' had been reduced to mere
'servant' role. This pissed off a LOT of people. The
'slavery' thing was often kind of secondary to the
pol/econ inequality.

The US Civil War was COMPLICATED. This isn't the
story we usually hear today, but it's very true.

And yes, there WAS a segment demanding to keep
the nigs down under foot forever and ever - don't
ignore THEM either. SO many priorities.

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Governor Swill wrote:

On Thu, 17 Jul 2025 04:04:48 -0400, c186282 <[email protected]> wrote:

On 7/17/25 12:44 AM, Auric Hellman wrote:

The Georgia chapter of a Confederacy group filed a lawsuit Tuesday
against a state park with the largest Confederate monument in the
country, arguing officials broke state law by planning an exhibit on
ties to slavery, segregation and white supremacy. Stone Mountain�s
massive carving depicts Confederate President Jefferson Davis, Gen.
Robert E. Lee and Thomas �Stonewall� Jackson on horseback � State law
protects the carving from any changes � Sons of the Confederate Veterans >>> members have defended the carvings as honoring Confederate soldiers. The >>> new exhibit would �completely repurpose the Stone Mountain Memorial
Park� and �utterly ignore the purpose of the Georgia legislature in
creating and maintaining� the park, the lawsuit says.

https://apnews.com/article/stone-mountain-confederate-monument-slavery-exhibit-lawsuit-77610fe6f25f279f91292ced5a81d00b

What a load of shit. Stone Mountain park far predates the sculpture.

So it's ok to dedicate a park to traitors who rebelled against the US
but it's not ok to include a memorial to their victims?

We're looking at Perceptions -vs- Perceptions here,
alt histories -vs- alt histories.

There was nothing really monolithic about the
Confederacy. LOTS of different viewpoints about
LOTS of subjects involved. Some WERE anti-slavery,
but opposed to northern biz restrictions and
exploitations.

Note the "north" HAD made laws and policies very
intentionally designed to squash and punish southern
biz/power. They HAD to sell direct to northern states
and get bottom-dollar rather than make foreign deals
of their own. The 'south' had been reduced to mere
'servant' role. This pissed off a LOT of people. The
'slavery' thing was often kind of secondary to the
pol/econ inequality.

The US Civil War was COMPLICATED. This isn't the
story we usually hear today, but it's very true.

And yes, there WAS a segment demanding to keep
the nigs down under foot forever and ever - don't
ignore THEM either. SO many priorities.

Well said.

We need the Taliban to destroy it artillery.

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