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Leif Erikson didn't do anything with the information though. He changed nothing. Columbus getting here was crucial.

No. that would be, at absolute, mindboggling stupid worst, a hijacked symbol. A white person is no more inherently evil (or good) than a black person. But the confederacy is an inherently awful country, founded on slavery. Just like the USSR is an inherently awful country, also founded on...

@Bacle, I think the big issue is that you are arguing morality, they are arguing tactics. It's a fair point to say that removing statues just encourages the Left to go crazier. You are basically talking past people. But @LordsFire, let's pretend the Left wouldn't be encouraged or discouraged by...

No. Some in the north might have felt this, but the South definitely seceded over slavery. Practically every one of their documents references slavery as the reason for secession. It turns out that there was an evil side to this war.

The thing is, there are some wars where there was an objectively wrong side to be on. This is one of them. They may not have owned slaves, but they were fighting for the subjugation of one race by another. So taking from this, I don't value the flag, I don't value the officers, and I extend to...

Not here, maybe, but there is a real alternate history of slavery that was successfully pushed by the South, in one of the great propaganda coups of the world. They re-framed the conflict as if it were about states rights, not slavery (which you just fell into, btw, and part and parcel of the...

The real question that matters is does it cause disharmony in the ranks? I could see a confederate flag doing that. I don't see people caring if the name of their base is named Ft Hood.