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| Sanctuary City Mayor Trashes American Hero Robert E. Lee |
| 2017-05-17 |
| [Daily Caller] Mayor Mike Signer--who had declared his intention to make Charlottesville, Virginia, the "capital of the resistance" to President Trump and a sanctuary city "to protect immigrants and refugees"--is refusing to protect a symbol saluting one of America’s greatest men. Yes, Robert E. Lee was a great American. If Signer knew the first thing about human valor, he’d know that there was no man more valorous and courageous than Robert E. Lee, whose "two uncles signed the Declaration of Independence and [whose] father was a notable cavalry officer in the War for Independence." The battle flag of the Army of Northern Virginia--known as "Lee’s Army"--is not to be conflated with the "Stars and Bars," which "became the official national flag of the Confederacy." According to Sons of the South, the "first official use of the ’Stars and Bars’ was at the inauguration of Jefferson Davis on March 4, 1861." But because it resembled the "Stars and Stripes" flown by the Union, the "Stars and Bars" proved a liability during the Battle of Bull Run. Skipping to last para: Born in New York (confirmation of which Sergey Brin’s Google search is reluctant to cough up), steeped in Berkeley and Princeton--Mayor Mike Signer is nothing but a carpetbagger. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #8 he did a hell of a job winning the Mexican-American War for us too...... |
| Posted by: 746 2017-05-17 23:44 |
| #7 After reading the "Civil War Trilogy" by Shelby Foote I completely changed my opinion of Lee. When he knew the Civil War was lost he continued to fight which killed many more Union and Confederate soldiers that had no reason to die. Do you know that many of the Politicians who voted for Secession said that they were opposed to it while campaigning? |
| Posted by: Snaith Bucket8400 2017-05-17 18:06 |
| #6 There is rampant stupidity running across our land. Erase history and you will never learn its lessons. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-05-17 15:08 |
| #5 Robert E. Lee is a hero for helping heal the divide caused by the war. He is honored for what he did after the war. |
| Posted by: Penguin of the Desert 2017-05-17 11:35 |
| #4 If you wanna talk about treason, I'm not defending Lee, but this whole concept of sanctuary cities is as treasonous as it gets. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2017-05-17 11:06 |
| #3 I don't think anyone should be calling Robert E. Lee an "American Hero". He might have been an incredible military man, and had super patriotic uncles and father, but he was a military leader in an armed rebellion against the United States of America which is treasonous by most definitions. Call him a hero of the south, a military hero, whatever you want but "American Hero" doesn't sound right. Having said that the Mayor sounds like a tool. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2017-05-17 10:44 |
| #2 Such horseshit. I often wonder when the enlightened masses are going to come after my alma mater, Washington & Lee University, named after 'Saint Bob' (and George Washington) and of which he was president for 5 years immediately following the end of the Civil War. For the record, he took the job expressly to heal the wounds of the North and South through education. Those jackwads in Charlottesville should know better. |
| Posted by: Whitch Turkeyneck3879 2017-05-17 10:42 |
| #1 Lee was a complex man and unlike this idiot mayor, actually changed with the times. After the surrender, he was a full supporter and vocal advocate for the North's policies. He didn't want to grant the vote to the freed slaves right away, but not from racism. He pushed for them to be educated at the landed elites expense so they would be on an equal footing with the whites when they did vote and become full citizens so their ignorance wouldn't be taken advantage of. Needless to say, his plan didn't happen. I often wonder what the south and the US would look like if he plan was put into action. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2017-05-17 09:47 |