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re: Robert E. Lee monument coming down NOW
Posted on 5/19/17 at 12:03 pm to MaHittaMaHitta
Posted on 5/19/17 at 12:03 pm to MaHittaMaHitta
BACK THE frick UP, JACK
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Posted on 5/19/17 at 12:03 pm to Tall Tiger
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It's remarkable that the city was in such a hurry take these monuments down that it had nothing to simultaneously replace them with. There is no telling how long Lee Circle is going to look like a torn up construction site
That is what Mitch's Shake Down party is for this afternoon. Time to find the cash.
Posted on 5/19/17 at 12:04 pm to cgrand
Dude is pretty good too! I have him $20 yesterday 
Posted on 5/19/17 at 12:04 pm to Nuts4LSU
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Who are those people? You realize there's a difference between erasing history and not celebrating its villains, right? Should we have a monument to Hitler? He's a part of history. Should we have a monument to bin Laden? He's a part of history. We know bad people in history existed. We just don't normally build monuments to them.
It must be an easy life to be ignorant of history and simply parrot what the MSM has told you to think. You're a bleating sheep with a shite analogy
Posted on 5/19/17 at 12:04 pm to Nuts4LSU
quote:In America we do.
We know bad people in history existed. We just don't normally build monuments to them.
There's a shite ton to Grant, who led the AmerIndian genocide. Our capital city is named for both an enslaver and a conquistador who caused the deaths of millions. Our national anthem celebrates the denial of freedom to enslaved peoples. shite, the central square in New Orleans is home to a statue of a man who wiped out indigenous peoples, caused a depression, engaged in bigamy, yadda, yadda, yadda.
The difference is that Lee, Davis, Beauregard, etc. seem alien, out-of-touch, different, no longer "American." This is definitely the application of a double standard in terms of how we choose to apply historical memory that's hypocritical moral relativism which people would not tolerate in other spheres.
This post was edited on 5/19/17 at 12:07 pm
Posted on 5/19/17 at 12:05 pm to cgrand
That picture is just the perfect metaphor for this entire rigamarole.
Posted on 5/19/17 at 12:05 pm to DownSouthCrawfish
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People will forget about this in about week.
Keep believing that.
ONE couple who lives in Metairie and eats in NOLA twice a month spends $75 per meal is $1,800 per year. 9% tax is $162.
That's one couple. Multiply that by many more and some that will cut their NOLA spending partly.
Eventually this will have an impact. Some will go back, but rest assured NOLA business will not grow, only decline. The rest of the state will have a say as well as southern visitors
Posted on 5/19/17 at 12:05 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
WWL needs to cut back to that up close view so we can see whats going on.
Posted on 5/19/17 at 12:06 pm to Alltheway Tigers!
People will not talk about this in a few weeks but they certainly will not forget it.
We need details on any company that assisted in this (which was NOT a public vote) and they will effectively be put out of business, their marriages strained financially and their kids bullied at school.
We need details on any company that assisted in this (which was NOT a public vote) and they will effectively be put out of business, their marriages strained financially and their kids bullied at school.
Posted on 5/19/17 at 12:06 pm to fightin tigers
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Yall keep saying this. It won't happen to any real extent.
nola has been running off natives and tourists for years...this stunt is only going to make things worse.
Posted on 5/19/17 at 12:06 pm to MetTiger
And that couple will bitch about the statues today and be in the quarter having lunch by the weekend.
I mean seriously. All the corrupt shite NO has been known for throughout the years and this is the straw that breaks the camel back? I find that hilarious.
I mean seriously. All the corrupt shite NO has been known for throughout the years and this is the straw that breaks the camel back? I find that hilarious.
This post was edited on 5/19/17 at 12:08 pm
Posted on 5/19/17 at 12:08 pm to MetTiger
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but rest assured NOLA business will not grow, only decline.
Tourists going away or something? The "Muh statues!" crowd isn't going to be as big as they think.
Posted on 5/19/17 at 12:09 pm to Montezuma
keep believing that, and the golden unicorn that will solve the murder issue
Posted on 5/19/17 at 12:09 pm to The Levee
Didnt MLK commit adultery? That's offensive to my wife...take his statue DOWN!
Posted on 5/19/17 at 12:10 pm to Nuts4LSU
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not celebrating its villains
Who are the Confederates villains to exactly?
Do me a favor. First read more books. Then go to Europe. Look at statues of Lenin, Stalin, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Oliver Cromwell, Napoleon, Franco, Gavrilo Principal, and a whole lot more.
They're still up even though they all lost. Why? Because their society wants to remember it's past.
It's telling that you think the Confederates were the villains here even though the north had slaves that didn't get freed until after the civil war.
This new wave of historical PC is dangerous, and you're in favor of it because of your political narrative.
Posted on 5/19/17 at 12:10 pm to The Levee
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We need details on any company that assisted in this (which was NOT a public vote) and they will effectively be put out of business, their marriages strained financially and their kids bullied at school.
Highly doubtful. Especially if most of their contracts come from Industry or Government
Posted on 5/19/17 at 12:10 pm to The Levee
Yep, adultery = slavery
Posted on 5/19/17 at 12:10 pm to MetTiger
The statues were all about the crime rate? Seems like that is the only thing folks keep mentioning. Keep believing that the two are linked, and is a selling point to your argument. 
Posted on 5/19/17 at 12:12 pm to Montezuma
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Tourists going away or something?
The thing with tourism is that it's an important economic sector, but it cannot be your end all. The simple economics of it and general volatility of tourism is not enough to sustain a metropolitan area's economy.
When you start pissing off your base of workforce for true wage earning jobs (engineering, manufacturing, finance, etc.) that then support the service industry as tourism ebbs and flows, you've got an economic challenge that's hard to reverse.
Orlando, FL...the mecca of all things tourism and vacation in America has a massive engineering, defense, and technology sector. Which is the reason why it's the fastest growing metro area in the country.
This post was edited on 5/19/17 at 12:15 pm
Posted on 5/19/17 at 12:12 pm to MetTiger
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ONE couple who lives in Metairie and eats in NOLA twice a month spends $75 per meal is $1,800 per year. 9% tax is $162.
That's one couple. Multiply that by many more and some that will cut their NOLA spending partly.
Eventually this will have an impact. Some will go back, but rest assured NOLA business will not grow, only decline. The rest of the state will have a say as well as southern visitors
Hope you enjoy Chili's and The Cheesecake Factory
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