Myths About Confederate Monuments | NowThis

[@sunmaid6916]

Funny how people are proud that slavery is part of their culture

[@jjesusramoss]

@Vick Nad could you reword that because my small peanut brain cannot understand what you are saying

[@GroteGlon]

Most of em aren't proud of the slavery part

[@mushy470]

@@jjesusramoss I think they mean that it was justified because that is the major player in their development

[@wtfatc4556]

@Vick Nad some? :)))

[@jjesusramoss]

Slavery was part of American culture but slavery was mostly seen in the South.

[@nikitheeartist]

2:05 - That chart alone shows that 549 blacks were lynched in the span of a decade (1900 - 1910). And that’s just from what’s documented. Imagine what the real death toll is. 😥

[@glazed_waffle5629]

@David Eller HOW IS THIS AT ALL RELATED?!?!?!

[@unkannyunkanny9232]

@David Eller White? You counting Italians as white? People getting shot in a robbery today isn't the same thing as being lynched for trying to get others to vote.

[@HattieMcDanielonaMoon]

@David Eller Stop changing the subject and deflecting.

[@TrianglePants]

Chicago Detroit but muh oppression

[@toneysebits8458]

I actually thought it would have been more lynching considering how angry people get over it. Even if that number was doubled or even trippled over the course of a decade that is very underwhelming.

[@babbiweeb]

why is actively ending racism and coming up with solutions to our downfall in this country a debate?

[@stuart8taylor]

Because if you don't engage people in debate then they aren't part of the change. If you want to change society you need to help the people in it to change.

[@alandgomez5905]

Because they'll argue it isn't about that. It's about history and culture. Some of these idiots believe this BS and some are just being dishonest POS's. It's about racism and slavery. Period. We'll take 'em all down.

[@santanat.7206]

Because racists are the majority

[@cerebrumexcrement]

because there is still a terrorist group that thinks they are better than everyone else.

[@Gee-xb7rt]

Has to do with mental health, Dr Ramani just made a video on the similarities of narcissism and racism. You can add other isms in there like exceptionalism, etc.

[@TonyMezaXD]

I knew the Rebel Flag was not the official flag of the Confederate, but the fact that it was largely gone until the Dixiecrats brought it back is even more damning.

[@Rhythmicons]

The dixiecrats didn't bring it back. The United Daughters of the Confederacy kept confederate iconography in American culture.

[@yupnope3171]

The stars and bars, symbol of terrorists!

[@marcopena7638]

Tony Meza Yep. The funny thing is: Dixiecrats brought it back to use it, in purpouse, in a symbol of racism, segregation and white supremacy. If they shouldnt have done that, probably that flag wouldnt be a big deal today. I mean, that is just the battle flag from the Army of Northen Virginia.

[@tuffy135ify]

@@Rhythmicons Confederate flags were literally locked up until DoC got Dixiecrats to release them.

[@TonyMezaXD]

Marco Peña Yes, Exactly my point.

[@NotGahruvey]

Remember when America cheered as they took down Sadams statue??? Funny they don’t cheer as much when statues of their tyrants are taken down.

[@Pigrain]

I don’t believe you know what a tyrant is.

[@NotGahruvey]

Pigrain guess the history you learned was sugar coated.

[@declaringpond2276]

@@Pigrain Enslaving an entire race seems like a pretty tyrant thing to do. I mean, increasing taxes in tea was tyrannical enough for the colonists.

[@VAArrow]

@@declaringpond2276 and stamps

[@shostakov66]

@Jan Brady were they american? was it recent history? then who cares

[@thelivingroomtv4335]

You don’t see people waving around Swastika flags because there Ancestors fought. So why should people be waving around the confederate flag?

[@jjesusramoss]

They have the right to wave any flag but I do agree that it's weird waving a Confederate flag when they don't exist anymore.

[@GroteGlon]

There are more people with a swastika than you think

[@thelivingroomtv4335]

Joseph Caeser you should take me seriously because people shouldn’t judge others on how they appear themself, instead on the actual Information they give. If a man that smells gives you great life advice are you gonna completely disregard it because of his appearance? Also it’s not getting rid of history, Getting rid of history would involve removing all information from online and all information in school books about confederacy.

[@fitawrarifitness6842]

Well actually ...

[@sassouest100]

@Joseph Caeser no one is saying burn the statues and shred the history books germans still remember their past but they don't celebrate it

[@PhoneHalHome]

imagine calling a failed state that dissolved in 4 years your "heritage"

[@christopherdaveysiddle5028]

Underated comment

[@javieremoya]

Sure..I disagree with the confederacy as a whole but that's putting it simply...we forget that the it was the union itself that failed leading up to the secession...plus how many are gonna be proud that CHOP existed despite its month long lifespan?

[@Jordan-ll5eq]

Javier Moya I don’t understand why CHOP or whatever the heck they call it now is such a big deal when it’s only 7 blocks long.

[@thomashillock2512]

Javier Moya the phrase: “Sure... I disagree with the confederacy as a whole but” is a slippery slope. Also CHOP didn’t enslave anyone so there that

[@marcusinfinity9386]

A south Vietnamese person hates this line of thinking

[@dogdog4173]

These monuments built by racists. It’s not about southern pride or heritage

[@SorenPenrose]

@Jan Brady did you not watch the video?

[@terrypetersen2970]

The surge of putting up statues were for one reason and only one reason. " To keep them N_ _ _ _$ in place". There is no southern " history/heritage". There's only " Southern Myth". And please give me the what's statue is next argument. Jefferson owned slaves, therefore since the beginning of the US there has been systemic racism. Take his down too. Take them all down. If we as a nation need statues to tell us that slavery was a blight on our history, what does that say about us.

[@TonyTone12]

Nils did you not watch the video? They were put up to promote white supremacy, or in simpler terms they had racist intentions

[@dontellbenjamin417]

Jan Brady i urge you to look up the daughters of the confederacy. They were a bunch of racist white women form elite plantation backgrounds that are mostly responsible for the confederate monuments. They also had ties to the KKK.

[@sheltonwashington2386]

If there a southern heritage flag what the northern heritage flag or eastern heritage flag o what THERE IS NOT ONE CUZ THEY DONT EXIST

[@shadynasty8729]

Abolish United Daughters Of The Confederacy

[@glib683]

Nirvana lasted longer than Confederacy...

[@wuestion9473]

We should replace all Confederate flags with Nirvana tees.

[@user-tn7kl3sq2r]

do you know what nirvana is?

[@ygslyn6732]

greg the leprechaun from lahore what you mean?

[@Harley08]

The Traitors.

[@mightymousecom]

@@user-tn7kl3sq2r A band

[@jordanshadows3253]

Man that was powerful!

[@drunkrudetat2d]

This country will never be ready for the truth. Hence history constantly repeating itself

[@coolbluereview]

What we learn from history is that we don’t.

[@adam_p99]

It’s crazy to imagine a Hitler statue in Germany.

[@scottmullins87]

Excellent point

[@TrianglePants]

"don't repeat these horrible things" is not glorification

[@steezgeneral7715]

@@TrianglePants statues are for glorification and immortalisation not to teach history thats learnt in museums and text books idk if we're talking abt the same point

[@heirofthenazareen3812]

@@TrianglePants A white supremacist waving a Confederate flag or a swastika is not warning people not to repeat the past. He is celebrating white supremacy.

[@thelegacyofgaming2928]

@@TrianglePants Are you one of those "southern pride" boys?

[@doootheytho9821]

The dislikes are from those who aren’t ready to deal with the truth

[@altareggo]

like.... Trump supporters, lol?

[@michaelpreston233]

EF 'EM.

[@potatogamer3830]

altareggo both sides can’t handle the truth

[@dudemanbroguy5747]

@@potatogamer3830 no it's just trumpanzes that can't handle the truth

[@SeptemberRemembrance]

😂 Brainwashing!

[@patricke.2181]

The best presentation that I’ve ever seen on this topic. Absolutely nailed it. This video should be watched by anyone who still advocates for the confederate statues or for the confederate flag.

[@AlisonCasilli]

While I agree, I do not think that they would get the same thing out of it as an intelligent person would. IJS

[@TheMulToyVerse]

🤨 excuse me, sir/madam... you fail to realize that no less than 100% of all people that promote the Confederate flag are, in fact, die-hard Dukes of Hazard fans. Exactly zero individuals view the confederate flag as a symbol of white supremacy or black suppression, it’s all in honor and recognition of a TV show main character; the car known as the General Lee that those rascally Duke boys drove around causing shenanigans and mischief all over Hazard county To silence the symbol of their beloved orange car with the oh-so slide overable hood and welded shut doors would be the same as Culture Canceling the Flintstones because it “reenforced the outdated head of household male stereotype”. Sure Wilma and Betty had a voice, but Fred and Barney typically got their way while the women in the show were usually depicted doing housework, raising children and held Secretary-level jobs... but that doesn’t mean that it promoted misogyny... Think of all the Duke’s of Hazard fans that you’d be ostracizing and ~discriminating against~... which again, is 100% of all people that fly the Confederate flag ever... by denouncing the Confederate flag... - said everyone that is completely blind to the big picture

[@dk50b]

@@TheMulToyVerse Thanks for explaining Lester Krinkelsac

[@harrisonschneider8333]

I believe that they should be kept in museums to remember and be critical of. Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

[@natashaestes154]

@@TheMulToyVerse, is that a serious comment?

[@whoopsidc1750]

Don’t just remove monuments, replace them with actual heroes.....

[@laughsinmisogyny8827]

Then they'd say it's discrimination. Or somehow they'll find or create dirt on said hero to be spiteful and have that removed. Remember, if they can't have it, nobody can. Why do you think they want black folks to get in trouble for saying ni66a? Because they want to be able to say it with wanton disregard. Ni66a became a curse when racist were no longer allowed to say it.

[@oopdi]

I say we replace every Confederate statue and monument with Dolly Parton. That will at least get everyone in Tennessee satisfied

[@shane9245]

oopdi good solution ngl

[@Swat_Dennis]

The only thing? There are no “Real” heroes from that time… Everything in history becomes controversial the longer it is history. That’s the joke about all this.

[@durangobasics6195]

Put them in museums with their full history

[@xFirestormStudios]

At first I thought these monuments belong in a museum but after hearing how they just popped up out of sheer hate I’m thinking instead they should be melted down and recycled instead.

[@Rhythmicons]

They ARE primary sources to the efforts at CSA memory preservation though.

[@Islamisthecultofsin]

+Devan White They want to destroy all of the country's history so they can convert it into a Communist utopia. All of what's happening is being orchestrated by the Communists. The v rus was a sc m to shut down the economy and then they found an incident to get the blacks to riot over. The incident that happened was legal. The officer will not be pro se cuted. There's a reason why you haven't seen the body cam footage.

[@charcolew]

Good idea, they could be recycled into something meaningful and progressive. Locals get to choose, suggestions welcome.

[@anaf8779]

Islamisthecultofsin lol thousands of people died from the virus but it’s a scam? Someone should’ve told Covid to chill then

[@TonyTone12]

They were put up to promote a false history, if anyone is trying to erase history it’s them. This video is revealing the truth

[@phillybeccio2782]

Someone show this to Fox News and the Georgia state legislature

[@26wannabefarmer1]

most georgians are too smart to fall for this propaganda from a racist black man playing victim

[@thanoswasright999]

@ They don't seem to know about their disgraceful present.

[@rebeka7042]

GamerTamer how it’s propaganda when it’s facts?

[@tyrrany_reigns1]

@GamerTamer shows us why we don't show this to Fox News... because you cannot educate a racist that is resistant to change.

[@tank4969able]

The only thing that most racists and people on the far right are going to remember from this is that the Dems are the ones that brought the con flag to the south and now want to get rid of it. I hope more actually listen to this man or at least confirm what he's saying by picking up an actual history book and reading.

[@firemanvj]

America needs a remake, that last movie sucked

[@cassidyzollinger260]

Could not agree more!

[@rlwetz4317]

...says a guy enjoying his 1st Amendment protections, on technology that free-market capitalism inspired no less. But do go on. 😒

[@firemanvj]

@@rlwetz4317 Don't pretend to be stupid for The sake of being stupid. You know exactly what's going on, yet, you chose stupidity. Fragility at it's best

[@cassidyzollinger260]

@@rlwetz4317 You completely misunderstood his point. He used a perfect metaphor to explain the situation in America right now. Like a movie that needs a remake, there are good scenes and bad scenes in our history. As you pointed out, Americans do have the right to freedom of speech and we enjoy many liberties that other nations do not possess. So that would be a good scene, if you use the metaphor. However, the brutalities that Black people (as well as other POC) have faced and continue to face are disgusting and horrifying. People are being shot in the streets! Imagine saying goodbye to a family member and never seeing them again. There are many great things about our country, true, but our nation needs radical change. America is supposed to stand for freedom and equality, after all, and the oppression that Black people have faced for centuries doesn't live up to these ideals. Please, think before you comment next time.

[@rlwetz4317]

@@cassidyzollinger260 So...it'd be like a typical Hollywood remake: unnecessary and pointless. Try casting the next one without Democrat mayors and governors. You'll be amazed how much less violence you'll have. You'll go from NC17 to PG13 overnight. It's their past they'd like you to remake. You're a fool if you let them get away with it.

[@BayAreaMoolah]

This dude needs a monument for teaching me more in 7 minutes than 12 years of American history classes

[@3jallenl]

💯💯💯

[@Insomnia4321]

You didnt pay attention in school thats all

[@CircmcisionIsChi1dAbus3]

@@Insomnia4321 no, black history is a niche historical study. its not remotely touched on in public schools lol

[@FatherofFFD]

@@CircmcisionIsChi1dAbus3 That's systemic.

[@b.a.m.9962]

😂😂🤣🤣 I agree!

[@vxxiii4160]

Reminder that the Pokemon franchise has lasted six times more than the Confederacy

[@TabithaElkins]

Time for a Pokemon statue?

[@smokingcheeba420]

They are keeping little animals inside balls to fight for them... just saying.

[@Insomnia4321]

@@smokingcheeba420 and? All ashs little animals look pretty happy if you ask me

[@smokingcheeba420]

@@Insomnia4321 have you seen charizard lately?

[@kaiyawolf11786]

I think a little statue of pichu would be cute

[@mistahanansi2264]

This was quite a learning experience. There is power in knowing the history of one's nation.

[@rlwetz4317]

Don't stop there. You haven't heard about how Democrats, still mad about losing their slaves, used the "Great Society" scam to herd minorities into urban areas and crush them into servitude. Notice how they've made black people tear down and burn their own neighborhoods and businesses, not to mention the nonstop, gory street scenes any weekend in a place like Chicago? It's not a coincidence.

[@7788Sambaboy]

@@rlwetz4317 ...your misleading comment on "Democrats" is either intentional or because of your ignorance of the transition of "Democrats" to Republicans which began in the early 60s and was part of Nixon's southern strategy to move southern dixicrats away from the party based on his promises of segregation and de-emphasizing the Democrats civil rights agenda...either way, you are lying

[@melaniec.7283]

Why is it so hard for them to just put em in museums or something 🤦🏾‍♀️

[@bernardkupilikjr512]

Melanie I agree with that proposal. It seems like a reasonable compromise then individuals can decide whether they want to go instead of it offending people. You should run for office!

[@evg2653]

Yeah this is the best way to remember the past, without seeing it as something worthy to commemorate. I suggest they make a museum made only for this, or maybe... The jim crow museum

[@cradleofanal]

hey thats a good idea I like that.. they should not burn the past.. just learn from it..

[@bobafatt2155]

Then they will tear down the museum. It will never be enough

[@itsyaboychipsahoy.7989]

@@bobafatt2155 "They"

[@p.w.7493]

Then they have the termity to question our ANGER!! If there is no JUSTICE, there'll be NO peace!! We all AWOKE now! Not putting up with that S... NO MORE!! Enough IS ENOUGH!!💕💯

[@iseeyou736]

Thank you for explaining these symbols. Context is everything

[@Super_BeastGirl]

If I could be a part of destroying those monuments, you can bet I would be there.

[@redgreen2453]

I never really understood the "it's just southern pride" argument in the first place. I'm from the south, I take no pride in our past

[@CircmcisionIsChi1dAbus3]

if you have ever seen someone screaming "USA!" or unironically declaring the US the greatest country in the world, you know exactly what ignorant nationalist pride is, and in part, know exactly what southern pride is.

[@redgreen2453]

No, I understand that it exists, I just don’t get how someone can look at the hundreds of years of slavery and segregation which the south fought to keep instilled at every turn and come to the conclusion that “yeah, this is a heritage to be proud of” I’m not saying you should go around constantly apologizing for what your ancestors did or even feel guilty for it personally but you don’t have to defend them and you definitely shouldn’t glorify them

[@SouthernGentleman]

“Not proud of southern history?” The Virginia company? George Washington? Thomas Jefferson? Andrew Jackson and his volunteers? Davy Crockett? Robert E. Lee? Winfield Scott? James Longstreet who was shot defending African Americans from Dems at New Orleans? Beauregard who fought segregation? Maury the father of modern oceanography? Alvin C York? KFC? Desmond Doss? Captain Julius Dusenburg? Audie Murphy? MLK? Marcus Luttrell? Chris Kyle? Ignorance is not bliss

[@MichaelWolf940]

As a Native American I’m glad you’re losing this country. Doesn’t feel too good does it? 😬

[@queenme7401]

I concur as a black person.

[@sammcturk9299]

White girl here I'm in total agreement!

[@elizabethf3596]

Guess guess you're not aware that your people had slaves tooGuess guess you're not aware that your people had slaves

[@mikestuhrberg9760]

You should've fought with the Confederates then Custer wouldn't have destroyed you

[@billijoebobbyjr]

Mike Stuhrberg *cough* Custer’s last stand *cough* pretty sure Custer and his cavalry are the ones who got destroyed there bud

[@katthudson9131]

I'm a 42 year old white lady born in TN and I say tear those statues down! I also think the statues that have been tagged and beaten should be placed in the civil right museum. He is correct, this country is at a tipping point, and its been long over due. It is past time that this country finally lived up to the high ideals it professes.

[@eagle2125]

Why don't you come to South Africa and see what your country will be like in a few years. Just remember that you are white. That is all they care about. Your beliefs mean nothing to them. White Americans should wake up to the evil upon them. You have a lot to learn from white South Africans. Good Luck, you will need it.

[@pumpin7994]

I'm crying already, i have no words

[@depthsothenso813]

It already happened to Native Americans when they had to endure genocide and smallpox given by their invaders. Nobody cried for them and not even now. Even I cried when watching Fruitvale Station movie and George Floyd's funeral.

[@rotties-rules]

@@depthsothenso813 hopefully when justice and atonement comes no peoples get left behind,

[@Nest1117]

Snowflake

[@rotties-rules]

@@Nest1117 troll.

[@depthsothenso813]

@@Nest1117 Desmond Doss received the Medal of Honor for being a snowflake. Nice try ignorant bigot.

[@ericgirardet1848]

Hi from Switzerland, We are watching closely what’s going on in your country. This presentation done by this gentleman is extremely important and should be watch by your entire population in the US. All the best!

[@maymay5600]

ya'll gonna be neutral again aren't you?

[@eternal5930]

@@maymay5600 At least Swiss cares about their people more than the economy.

[@maymay5600]

@RW7 _ omg, bruh!!!!

[@ericgirardet1848]

May May : May I ask you to be more specific ? Thank you!

[@maymay5600]

@@eternal5930 oof

[@jamescooper3571]

In removing these monuments we are not erasing history. We are erasing mythology.

[@FemiJohnson]

America needs closure 🙏🏾

[@TrianglePants]

Starting with refusing to be useful idiots. Keep the statues up as reminders of what to not do.

[@megamonkeybutt1]

Triangle_Pants put them in Museums to document the glorification of racists by white supremacists.

[@boilingmilk7415]

@@megamonkeybutt1 yes let's destroy history

[@ZachuratedPhat]

You'd think anything even remotely associated with slavery would be seen as disgusting.

[@stratoside4765]

take them all down and have them destroyed

[@alandgomez5905]

🙌🏽!

[@Islamisthecultofsin]

+Strato Side You're a good Communist.

[@TimberlakeTigerGirl]

I say put these monuments into museums dedicated to America's dark past. That way we never forget who we once were, still are to an exent, and strive to never be again.

[@seanjokela]

We're not erasing or denying our history, we're ensuring a better one.

[@CircmcisionIsChi1dAbus3]

or....widening the already massive gap that exists in the US....

[@EarthChild9000]

Tear down the false history makers. Begin again and breathe in new life and a new future.

[@Islamisthecultofsin]

+Earth Child 9000 Lots of Commies here.

[@christianschipma5147]

False history markers?????? Even if it is bad and terrible history it is still history. Everyone should remember these horrible things that happened. If anything the taking down of the statues is a suppression by the government of the slavery we once had.

[@muhammadabbasi1991]

@@christianschipma5147 exactly i agree with you. Theyre a part of our history. That being said, i dont think they have any place in public in today's society. They belong in museums and history books

[@josemontalvomelendez5642]

@@christianschipma5147 he means the revisionist history layed down by the daughters of the confederacy.

[@CircmcisionIsChi1dAbus3]

how is it false history? just because you dont like the history doesnt mean it was false history. the statutes depict exactly what was going on....i dont get what people are upset about, the statues aren't encouraging racism, they're literally representing it.

[@reyy568]

Take those statuses down

[@raylopez4656]

Great presentation; my prayers and love to all the good American people. WE CAN WORK TOGETHER FOR A BETTER FUTURE. Greetings from Mexico.

[@jaimemurcia1486]

The US need to grow from so many things, let’s rewrite history we need a new Nation, with new values and new ideologies!

[@bbeckham83]

Let’s report history truthfully... and rewrite the future!

[@alwayA2I]

Take down all Christopher statues!

[@jjesusramoss]

But he is the reason why we are here

[@Yomomsscknondischet]

@@jjesusramoss nd i want u 2 leave, like NOW

[@grmpEqweer]

He took children back and sold them into s*xual slavery, among his many other crimes.

[@ep8246]

@@jjesusramoss he never made it passed the Carribian.

[@OReily08080]

RP_XBadx_xVibesX imma need you to leave

[@BlazVeber69]

I wonder what "KZbin Rewind 2020" will look like?

[@phoenix-king779]

Brahh fr

[@draco18s]

Considering that 2019's was pretty much an antithesis to everything KZbin *actually is* I can't even begin to imagine how they're going to do worse...and they've done worse nearly every year. 2018's rewind was **the most negatively received video on the entire site** and 2019's is #3 (Justin Beiber's music video 'Baby' holds #2...published in 2010 and needing six months to attain the #1 spot, 2018's video got there in a week). 2020's rewind will not feature the pandemic nor the protests. They'll find something trite and good-news-y to focus on, like the fact that there were no school shootings in March. Except that's neither true (there were) or good (because removing "school" from "school shootings" isn't a solution). Only it won't be that, because that'd be pandemic-adjacent. But they'll find something. It'll be something that was poorly researched, objectively false, and spun in a way to sound uplifting.

[@ricefarmerjawsh7653]

I'm pretty sure 90% of Americans have not heard about the First Nations people/native Americans/people who were first in North America

[@rotties-rules]

Surely you jest they can't be that stupid can they?

[@grmpEqweer]

Um...I think most of us are aware there were and are native Americans.

[@SM-ff3kd]

There you go," taking down theses monuments won't solve the problem" They will always ask for more, no matter what you do.

[@Deep_phobias]

I mean taking down a statue praising a slave owner isn't really a problem. So what do you care? They are asking for equality.

[@WhatSoEverThingsAreLovely]

Wow!! You cannot argue with facts. You cannot deny they past just because it makes some people uncomfortable!!

[@anaf8779]

British East India Conservative for the Tula massacre, the key word is alleged. He was accused of doing something. the man was accused of assaulting a white woman. White women in this country have a history of using their power to inflict harm on black men ie Amy cooper. That ACCUSATION does not justify the massacre of 300 black people and the destruction of their prosperous town. Your confirmation bias is showing

[@amiran14]

Show that to Candace Owens.

[@alansmilealot]

Yea, she was bold to say black people honor their lesser kin and skip this. I like some points she make, but making a blanket statement like that and not speaking about the rest of American history that's been doing that for far longer

[@MeganAllen1738]

Candace Owens infuriates me to no end. I really wish she would just stop the bs

[@3jallenl]

@@MeganAllen1738 unfortunately money trumps all. No pun intended.

[@angelofverdun456]

CO is a grifter. She’ll get hers. All grifters do.

[@MaSOneTwo]

Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light. - Dylan Thomas

[@CircmcisionIsChi1dAbus3]

isnt that a poem about death...and old age..? Tiger tiger burning bright in the forest of the night, what immortal hand or eye could frame thy fearful symmetry.

[@prodxnano]

We should replace all those statues with civil rights activists

[@zilly724]

Yes they should.

[@CircmcisionIsChi1dAbus3]

OR, dont build statues at all. put money into something thats actually important.

[@verywest23]

And this is a great time to tell the truth-Thank You

[@lee-ci8mj]

I love how he’s so calm and rational in his speech and he addresses both sides. This man just stating facts and people are still gonna hate on him in the comments like wtf

[@serpico1616]

Instead of learning, people like Shapiro and Crowder would actively refuse to watch a video like this

[@steezgeneral7715]

I noticed shapiro although sometimes having valid points he doesn't listen and is out of touch especially with race issues his response to the riots showed me how lost he is

[@anaf8779]

steez general all Ben does is talk fast and lie

[@MarkLLawrence]

We should pulverize the concrete and various stone they are made with and turn it all into foundations for bathrooms.

[@MarkLLawrence]

Or sewer pipes 😉

[@3jallenl]

Both have my vote.

[@CircmcisionIsChi1dAbus3]

it would be cheaper, and less stupid, to just pour regular concrete for bathroom foundations. pretty sure their removal is strong enough of a message.

[@lonman80]

7:05 *Literal chills down my spine*

[@mattderynioski1434]

I went to Robert E. Lee High School in Fairfax, Virginia, named in 1958 out of spite against the state’s decision to force integration of schools after Brown v. Board, as was nearby JEB Stuart High in 1959 (now Justice HS). It’s no secret that the areas that these high schools served were mostly non-white when they were founded, and they remain primarily non-white today. I wouldn’t have wanted to go anywhere else for high school, but the name remains a stain on the community, the state, and the nation, and ought to be changed. My commencement speaker (the school board member at-large) even referenced this in his speech. References to school board minutes and local papers can be found on the school’s Wikipedia page.

[@bucsr.6106]

You have to talk to them like they are 8 years old because that is how stupid they are. Thank you for being clear and precise. I am so glad we are FINALLY going FORWARD!

[@liznarducci3461]

Who gave this a thumbs down? Those people must be voters for the incorrect side. This is incredibly informative and very poignant!

[@AmritGrewal31]

This comment section is spicier than my mum's curry

[@thekhans2823]

@ Amrit Grewal , My Moms curry 🍛 is just right

[@mahchoo]

You ain't wrong chief

[@MHasnain2663]

Laal mirchi.

[@cradleofanal]

yo mama needs to make better curry.. lol just kidding..

[@marcusinfinity9386]

Dammit now I'm hungry 🥘

[@BlackWren]

Gods this gave me chills. What an amazing speech. Have to share this around it was so good...

[@whitecrow1949]

Thank you for this!

[@JanetAMills]

Thank you, Bro Jeffrey Robinson for providing succinctly the Truth. My prayers are Open Minds and Hearts in America as we sing , "My Country Tis of Thee".

[@luissantiago3791]

trumps very fine people

[@the2kking307]

It's good that racism is slowly going away.

[@TheBlumann]

I hope it is

[@adustygreasyandsweatybonnet]

The 2K KING you will never completely remove it it’s impossible.

[@teekay5213]

very slowly..

[@the2kking307]

@@adustygreasyandsweatybonnet Well, if that's the case, then America won't have peace.

[@adustygreasyandsweatybonnet]

The 2K KING not true either people need to learn to learn to tolerate each other’s beliefs even if they be vulgar inappropriate or unpopular. By trying to make everyone not racist ur basically tryna make everyone think and feel the same way Which is just not possible.

[@alphamale451]

Where can I find the full video??

[@grmpEqweer]

I think it's an aclu video? I started watching it and fell asleep.

[@winnileesboy]

I dont know how to make this better in a timely fashion Hundreds of years of hate...

[@Ftanftangfnarrr]

Brilliant - he makes the points so clearly. The juxtaposition of his calm voice with the shocking content was powerful.

[@atownshawtypimp1]

For all those white faces that was in that crowd, THAT WAS YOUR PARENTS!

[@alandgomez5905]

Shame the people who deserve to be shamed, not the ones who are agreeing with you. The people who are waving that flag and protecting those statues.

[@Rhythmicons]

The oldest people in society...their grandparents were lynching people. In my town, their descendants have streets and lakes named after them. A law office of the people involved is across the street from where the man was lynched.

[@B4its2L8guy]

I used to manage Auto shops in Canada for 20years. I have heard the n word more times than I care to remember.

[@Baamablitsfn]

iTS mY hErItAgE It's not man its not

[@CircmcisionIsChi1dAbus3]

lol the same sensitive view of the confederate flag could be used towards the US flag you realize that? I mean, you can spin the entire US existence on colonialization, slavery and genocide....tear town all monuments. they're a testament of intolerant past. get rid of all buildings they were build by slaves, destroy the railroads they were built by the chinese. I mean, if we're at it, might as well abandon the US entirely, go back to Europe, and allow the natives to reclaim the entire US....if we're going to be super sensitive about every thing.

[@rhondabailey9238]

@@CircmcisionIsChi1dAbus3 ~yeah, No flags, One world, One people🌱🌐☮️

[@lawrencegaceta4839]

Thank you for the educational walk down memory road. You are a scholar and gentlemen.

[@dalejones9919]

That was powerful~!

[@AlexZ-lc6nl]

That was extremely powerful. If people who want to “keep their history alive” don’t get it....I do not know if they ever will. Frankly I think many of them DO get it, but are too close minded or bluntly racist enough to turn a blind eye, relabel it, and act as if nothing had ever happened.

[@xr500t]

The "Karen" phenomenon shows how deep the hatred is embedded, and, how it continues to manifest itself.

[@koobea4859]

You are shortsighted. Is “Karen” your scapegoat? Finding a scapegoat doesn’t solve problems.

[@xr500t]

@@koobea4859 Ok, Karen. The Nile is a river, you, however suffer from Denial. In other words, You are exactly who I'm referring to. Thank You for outing yourself.

[@adammacgrath1404]

I approve of this form of opposition to racism, intelligent, peaceful, well-thought out... Freaking masterpiece.

[@grizzlyblue486]

So grateful for presentators like him 💗 keep spreading the knowledge!

[@ThaNarc]

People are just too ignorant to understand that

[@WoahthereIan]

Lol @ the same people that wanted the Columbus statue not put up for being Italian and Catholic, are now whining that he must stay up. You can’t write this stuff, this is genuine comedy in 2020

[@dorothysay8327]

Trying to make Christopher Columbus a devil? Is ahistorical and stupid.

[@WoahthereIan]

Dorothy Say [Citation needed] for your first point. No one said devil. He is extremely important to history, but he is no hero

[@maymay5600]

@@WoahthereIan yeah was no hero and didn't foot in america at all but has a statue? columbus the very man who came to the islands and his men wiped out an entire tribe of native is considered a hero and importance in history?

[@OfMiceAndMegabytes]

Ain't it? Almost as if their prerogative is to be on the wrong side of history

[@altareggo]

GREAT video!! This man (and his supporting team) has done his homework well and presents the facts regarding Confederacy memorials and monuments EXCEPTIONALLY well. KUDOS!!!! Keep up the excellent work.

[@sashasuber1670]

Powerful. Very Plain And Simple.

[@TabithaElkins]

Here is my idea: Let's replace these sculptures with sculptures of our cultural heroes. As a musician, I nominate the following list of American cultural heroes: Scott Joplin, Billie Holiday, Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong, Leadbelly, Muddy Waters, BB King, Thelonius Monk, Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Odetta, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Wonder, Tupac Shakur, Lenny Kravitz, Aretha Franklin, Etta James, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr., Dinah Ross, Whitney Houston, Beyonce.... see how easy it was to make this list? We have enough heroes.

[@buttonpetrelli]

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS!!! ✊🙏✌

[@jacobrosenthal7843]

You can’t tell me what something symbolizes to me

[@anaf8779]

I thought it was facts > feelings/opinions

[@jacobrosenthal7843]

Ana F yes it is fact u can’t tell me how something registers in my brain. For me I would never fly a confederate flag Bc I know what it is associated with. But at the same time I respect the fact that some people don’t see it that way and some people see it as a symbol of their southern pride or culture or whatever it may be (excluding a racist reason of course)

[@GizStudPrez]

As someone who grew up in the south, I am embarrassed, we should be better than this....

[@r2witco]

Thank you for sharing this. Where is this footage from? Is it a TED Talk? I’d like to see the whole talk.

[@toritori5835]

The entire lecture is no longer online since Netflix did a documentary of him. The sad thing is that there were points in the lecture that didn’t make it into the Netflix documentary. Thanks for posting this bit of it.

[@farouqomaro598]

This is new information to me. Thanks. I need to read up more

[@staceyme1480]

This is powerful, I was as a foreigner quite confused about what the deal was with the statues, assuming they were there for hundreds of years or for something that they did right. But it didn't sit well with me that they were causing so much pain. I do understand now where it comes from and I hope they recycle the metals to form freedom and equality statues. I hope the tipping of the scales will happen in favour of equality for all male, female, non-binary, black, white, caramel, heterosexual, homosexual, etc. Equality for all.

[@sandrameesala6804]

A lot of people need to see this video.

[@tsubadaikhan6332]

You want a Monument? How about one of Clinton Briggs. He served bravely & honorably in the US army in WW1, even though they didn't want him. He was a Black Man from Arkansas. On his return he was lynched for the alleged crime of not getting out of a White Woman's way quickly enough. That's some Southern history that should be remembered....

[@AdrianBrown]

Do the people that NEED to listen to this...even GET IT?

[@debbiethompson14]

THANK YOU!

[@noahi.1381]

North Korea: *_the tea is sweet today_*

[@aceleone215]

..WELL SAiD... ..WELL SPOKEN... ..&..THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO..!!

[@mr.roboxihuman4344]

Well done. Thank you for your thoughtfulness and heart felt words of logic.

[@troublewithweebles]

When can we get a link to the entire talk?

[@jos3g679]

Great attention to detail, telling it like is...Truth. 👨🏾‍🏫 Is there a volume I we can order?

[@hitreset0291]

Troubling history lesson to listen to but thank-you thank-you for its delivery. 🙏 🙏

[@liamtaggart57]

The world is behind you.❤️ from 🇮🇪

[@geewhite2241]

This Director has done his home work frfr. I am overly impressed with this truth.

[@jeffreyduncan4464]

Thank you, very well said!

[@goodnessgrace1230]

Good logic💯