Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: moviePig Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Snopes Finally Debunks Left-Wing Claim of "Very Fine People" in Charlottesville Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2024 13:01:52 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 64 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: nobody@nowhere.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2024 19:01:55 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="864d14e99f792d1401475f19d242f8f5"; logging-data="28288"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19f3qBAAutTuL/Ss3oBdz7/ukHfJP5K4rU=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:uVi6vIdrImEdchd17jpmXwXp07I= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 3870 On 6/29/2024 12:22 PM, trotsky wrote: > On 6/28/24 5:22 PM, moviePig wrote: >> On 6/28/2024 5:10 PM, shawn wrote: >>> On Fri, 28 Jun 2024 19:39:52 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman" >>> wrote: >>> >>>> BTR1701 wrote: >>>> >>>>> It's seven years after the fact and the damage has long since been >>>>> done, but >>>>> the left-wing fact checkers at Snopes have finally come out and >>>>> admitted the >>>>> whole claim that Trump called neo-Nazis "very fine people" was a >>>>> hoax. I have >>>>> no idea why, but credit where it's due, I suppose? >>>> >>>>> https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-very-fine-people/ >>>> >>>> Eh >>>> >>>> It's another example of the more Trump talked, the more he buried >>>> himself. There was no way for him to win. He should have ignored it, or >>>> limited his comments to condemning the murder. >>>> >>>> I don't put the "let's go beat up Nazis" counterprotestors on a high >>>> moral plane. As far as I could tell, the protestors on both sides had >>>> pretty low morals. >>>> >>>> I've personally objected to the removal of Civil War monuments making >>>> the generals god-like, but MY reason is rather different than the >>>> neo-Nazis: I don't think the modern generation should be re-writing >>>> history. A past generation erected those monuments and we need to look >>>> the ugliness of American history square in the face so we never forget >>>> that Civil War generals were honored by certain Americans for the >>>> modern >>>> politics of that era. >>> >>> People are worried about those statues glorifying the actions of those >>> people. I don't think the reasons behind the erecting of the statues >>> or the timing is brought up that often. Certainly I never knew growing >>> up the time frame for the erecting of the statues or the actual >>> reasons behind it. It would be better to have kept the statues and put >>> more effort into teaching the history behind their erection. >>> >>> Not that I think it would change things as it seems most people forget >>> what little bit of history they get taught in school not long after >>> leaving school. >>> >>> >>> >>>> I despite prettying up history. Trump was still wrong. >>> >>> Agreed. History is full of ugly moments that are best remembered in >>> the hopes that we don't repeat them. >> >> A descriptive plaque with any such statue would seem to be so obvious >> a solution that you have to wonder if both sides vehemently oppose it. > > > We don't need statues to learn history. In fact, these statues seem to be about forgetting it...