Myths About Confederate Monuments | NowThis

‘They are saying it as plainly as they can and yet we are still having a debate in this country about what this stuff means’ - ACLU Deputy Legal Director Jeffrey Robinson exposed Confederate monuments for what they really are.
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[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@jordanshadows3253]

Man that was powerful!

[@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

[@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.

[@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!

[@jamescooper3571]

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

[@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!

[@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?

[@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

[@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.

[@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!!💕💯

[@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"

[@iseeyou736]

Thank you for explaining these symbols. Context is everything

[@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.

[@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....

[@ZachuratedPhat]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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!

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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 🥘

[@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

[@raylopez4656]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@winnileesboy]

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

[@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.

[@undercovercop2000]

Regardless of your position on the statues don’t forget which political party was pro slavery in the south, and which one was wasn’t.

[@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!

[@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.

[@SouOfAWolf]

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

[@MrFernando58763]

One thing that blows my mind is the confederates last general to surrender was a Native American Indian Stand Waite a Cherokee Indian.

[@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.

[@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.

[@alphamale451]

Where can I find the full video??

[@grmpEqweer]

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

[@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.

[@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".

[@adammacgrath1404]

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

[@peterpaigefanqaf]

We still dealing with theses pieces of junk here in Jacksonville Florida in 2023.

[@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)

[@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.

[@mariaandrade2442]

This over it’s past... it’s really sick why they don’t let it go....it’s unbelievable ....

[@dalejones9919]

That was powerful~!

[@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

[@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.

[@whitecrow1949]

Thank you for this!

[@tripakastayw6872]

Breaking down statues will not solve the problem.

[@AlisonCasilli]

No but it sends a message. Much like the people who put those statues up in the first place were trying to send a message.

[@anaf8779]

And keeping them up does? Or?? What’s your solution?

[@ThaNarc]

People are just too ignorant to understand that

[@fdrilla]

why are people ruining these monuments? It’s been dealt with for over a century.

[@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....

[@mpmguy1722]

Just like he said at the end, "Taking down these statues won't end slavery, but it will mean that we are moving forward."

[@lawrencegaceta4839]

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

[@wolfstephens]

Best part to take for debates is the RIGHT DEMOCRATIC PARTY called the DIXICRATS put up these statues. Not "Democrats"

[@Speck79]

And we dont owe them anything? 😢

[@GizStudPrez]

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

[@NotoriousJ.J.B.]

You know, I have a simple philosophy finding the truth: GO OUT and look for it.

[@Elitecommando501]

They should put a statue of Ulysses S. Grant, A great American general who destroyed confederate forces in many battles. All monuments in the south should be replaced with Union generals

[@bristolgriggs4576]

There was one. The leftist idiots tore it down.

[@charleswilliams8248]

This is bold truth and shameful and sad 😞 at the same time!

[@aceleone215]

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

[@edwardbrown3721]

Even if having those stupid monuments is wrong, they should stay there, not glorifying the confederation, but preventing people from forgetting about it

[@randal_gibbons]

Racists should be treated the same way slaves were.

[@gyromurphy]

I feel like it's the same as having statues of Osama bin laden or Hitler. The Confederate states literally fought against this country and we put up monuments celebrating them.

[@sandrameesala6804]

A lot of people need to see this video.

[@gpfreak1]

Tearing down statues that they have no clue about will definitely fix everything

[@anaf8779]

Did you watch the video? I think I know a little something about the statues after watching this video

[@grizzlyblue486]

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

[@ssiipp7848]

Man... I am so happy that I don't live in the US... How can a failed state, that seceeded from the Union and then proceeded to attack the US be considered heritage or something to be celebrated??? I seriously don't get it..... Throw every single thing regarding the confederacy in museums... And don't touch the statuses of the founding fathers. Except for statuses that are obviously problematic, like one of Lincoln's statuses from what I've seen. The confederacy is the literal definition of un-american... How are they still celebrated...

[@paulmillbank3617]

What bothers me is the 500 + thumbs down. How can you watch this and not get an ah-ha moment? Are you kidding me? Stand against hate and for equality.

[@jimmieleepatterson]

We gotta keep going through the post to find the counter point.

[@Haaaveeyy]

And right now the University of South Carolina REFUSES to rename a building on campus named for Strom Thurmond!

[@ithacacomments4811]

Why do we need monuments in the first place? We need to be very careful who we honor.

[@nathan2000100]

TAKE. THEM. DOWN. FFS.

[@arddel]

Thank you.

[@GroteGlon]

It's real simple. Museum. You won't offend people (not entirely because people always have a problem with something) and you can still keep your heritage.

[@jamessanders7212]

That’s never been their actual point.... they have to smugly display it in the faces of those who would be offended.... never been about not offending, it’s always been....”so what ya gonna do bout it... nothing.... but take it or die...”

[@GroteGlon]

@@jamessanders7212 in your opinion*

[@jamessanders7212]

Swift did u not watch n see the timing n placing of this ”heritage“.... not my opinion but ok....

[@GroteGlon]

@@jamessanders7212 yes I did. And in each case it was multiple years after. Some were on a historical date of said person and some were just placed just because. And saying that something has to with something that happened 3 years before is dumb. If you rish it you can get a statue within the month

[@christineesposito8169]

A rainbow of voices are shouting "ENOUGH".

[@liamtaggart57]

The world is behind you.❤️ from 🇮🇪

[@Parnel-kj1ou]

I don't consider myself superior because my skin is pale. That's just the most ridiculous idea

[@buttonpetrelli]

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS!!! ✊🙏✌

[@K.L.M.Online]

Thank you! Truth really does matter.

[@tsubadaikhan6332]

We Are Not Going Back!

[@katalyst73]

You need to know the truth. And it can be painful. But as they say it will always set you free.

[@SeaScoutDan]

Confederate statues and flags are a celebration of what the Confederacy could have been. Flying a confederate flag on the state capital, is like having a picture of the person that you had an affair with, right next to your wedding pictures. Is like the teenager that is forced to go to thanksgiving, and keeps wearing his headphones, technically present, but not really buying in.

[@clownanaround7996]

Its about fudging time.

[@Jeff.with.a_G]

I think we found 471 racist🤷🏽‍♂️

[@debbiethompson14]

THANK YOU!

[@farouqomaro598]

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

[@johnhood578]

Thank you Sir.

[@hitreset0291]

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

[@victorgabrielbuena]

I am hoping for a future where racism is agreed by everyone to be bad.