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A Compromise for Confederate Statues

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James A. Bacon
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I was visiting Berryville this weekend to attend my niece’s wedding when I happened upon this statue at the Clarke County courthouse. My thought: That’s one way to handle the Confederate statue conundrum. Don’t take it down. But never prune the tree growing all around it. In a couple more years, the statue still will be there — it just won’t be visible.

I do say, the sight of that branch protruding between the fellow’s legs makes me a tad uncomfortable. The branch may explain the odd expression on his face!

— JAB

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14 responses to “A Compromise for Confederate Statues”

  1. Brian Leeper Avatar
    Brian Leeper

    Didn’t know that VDOT was in charge of trimming trees on the courthouse grounds…

    1. Nancy Naive Avatar
      Nancy Naive

      If they were, the statue’s head would have been missing for decades.

      1. Brian Leeper Avatar
        Brian Leeper

        It only took VDOT 3 years to fix a speed limit sign in front of my house that had been laying in the ditch. Every time I saw it I thought “Maybe I should call it in….nahh, let’s see how long it’ll take those lazy bastards to catch it on their own”.

  2. Nancy Naive Avatar
    Nancy Naive

    “Senator Paul, you do not know what you’re talking about, quite frankly, and I want to say that officially.” Fauci said. “You do not know what you’re talking about.”

    “What’s the context?”, you might ask.

    Any.

  3. James Wyatt Whitehead Avatar
    James Wyatt Whitehead

    Clarke County did a good job with the monument issue.
    https://www.baconsrebellion.com/how-to-contextualize-a-confederate-statue/

    1. Nancy Naive Avatar
      Nancy Naive

      So too this contextualization…
      https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/26/opinion/confederate-monuments-racism.html

      1. James Wyatt Whitehead Avatar
        James Wyatt Whitehead

        OHHH pleeze.

  4. Nancy Naive Avatar
    Nancy Naive

    Do you know why the Navy stopped naming submarines after fish?

    Because fish don’t vote.

    Neither do confederate monuments. You guys are gonna ride these bronze horses to a second place in every election someday.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tnw61n9mPh0

    1. Donald Smith Avatar
      Donald Smith

      Thanks for your concern, which is obviously sincere.

      1. Nancy Naive Avatar
        Nancy Naive

        I’m concerned that normally intelligent people pay reverence to these wastes of marble and bronze that are tributes to a war to preserve slavery.

        1. LarrytheG Avatar
          LarrytheG

          yep. And beyond that – Jim Crow monuments in front of the Courthouse which is where Courts are supposed to dispense justice fairly and equally to all.

          Many such buildings were also and still are , voting precincts.

          Nice “message” back when it was erected.

          And how many years has it sit there with few people actually recognizing it’s original purpose and removing it long ago?

          And we’re still defending them?

        2. Brian Leeper Avatar
          Brian Leeper

          Think “Consolation Prize” and it will become clear.

          1. Nancy Naive Avatar
            Nancy Naive

            No wonder they freak out over kids getting participation trophies.

  5. Carson Martin Avatar
    Carson Martin

    Those white supremacists who erected that statue back in the 1930’s seem to have skimped on the art budget. One more reason to prune/cultivate what is desirous in our culture at least as often as we prune the hedges.

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