Monday, May 29, 2017

Baltimore next to remove Confederate monuments? UPDATE1 Looks like St. Louis is next

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http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/blog/bal-pugh-to-explore-removing-confederate-monuments-in-baltimore-20170527-story.html...
Friday, May 26, 2017

"Why are hundreds of Confederate statues still standing?" Quoted twice in this article. I describe the emerging set of arguments set forth by academics as rationalizations for these monuments.

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http://thegrio.com/2017/05/26/hundreds-of-confederate-statues-still-standing/#oQWeYWxF2IXyGtRl.01 The link to the article is above. I wi...
Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Warning to Synagogues Part 2

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See my previous posting. http://newtknight.blogspot.com/2017/05/warning-to-all-synagogues.html#.WSWwNGgrKiM I also recommend readin...
Monday, May 22, 2017

Mississippi State Rep. Karl Oliver calls for the lynching of those who destroy Confederate monuments. Definition of "destroy" appears to include taking them down. I have updated my warning to Synagogues post. UPDATE2: Coverage of comments national and international.

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This is Karl Oliver's Facebook page with the call for lynching.  https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009056403271 UPDATE: Fac...
Sunday, May 21, 2017

"Bronze Plaques Matter" article by African American conservative

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http://www.nationalreview.com/article/447824/new-orleans-confederate-monuments-robert-e-lee-memory-hole A lot of rationalizations will no...

Burn Confederate flags on memorial day, so many to burn also

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I will be burning Confederate flags on memorial day and putting it on Youtube. I will be burning and doing periscope broadcasting also. I ...

John Sims symbolically burns Confederate flags in Detroit

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http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2017/05/artist_to_burn_confederate_fla.html This is an article about John Sims symbolically bu...
Saturday, May 20, 2017

"Confederate monument supporters say the darnedest things"

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http://www.nola.com/opinions/index.ssf/2017/05/confederate_monument_removal.html The above is the link to the article. It is a take down o...

The Democrats are the party of James Buchanan

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The Democrats are the party of James Buchanan. The Republican Party was explained to be the party of Jefferson Davis explicitly by former ...

Dallas opposition to removing the Robert E. Lee statue in Dallas.

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I blogged about it here. http://roberteleepark.blogspot.com/2017/05/the-local-dallas-opposition.html#.WSBBwGjyuiM I have a blog devoted ...
Friday, May 19, 2017

Imagining No America

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Edited for clarity and a little elaboration of ideas. As any reader of this blog knows I oppose secession movements generally, though I th...
Thursday, May 18, 2017

Robert E. Lee is going down! This is a good example for Dallas, Texas. FRIDAY, Updates Continue Friday Lunch update Evening Update

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http://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/news/article_47a6d19e-3bfa-11e7-a1c1-47f6cb96a80c.html Title of above article is, "Barricades,...

Revolution against the Confederacy is coming.

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https://newrepublic.com/article/142757/young-black-activists-targeting-new-orleanss-confederate-monuments They plan to go after everything...
Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Warning to all synagogues UPDATE1: Mississippi State Rep. Karl Oliver calls for lynching of Confederate monument destroyers

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I hope to elaborate more on this tomorrow. The anti-Semitic book "South Under Siege" by Frank Conner is offered for sale by the ...

Virginia Sons of Confederate Veterans hypocrisy

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http://www.nbc29.com/story/35441821/sons-of-confederate-veterans-issues-statement-on-lee-park-protest The Virginia Sons of Confederate Vet...

When will the Robert E. Lee statue go down? Probably soon

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I think the Robert E. Lee statue will likely go down soon. I suspect that the crew that pulls down the statue needs a couple days to rest up...

"New York Times" Op Ed "Good Riddance to Confederate Monuments"

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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/28/opinion/good-riddance-to-confederate-monuments.html?_r=0 The above article is titled "Good Riddanc...

"U.S. News & World Report" editorial that the monument needs to come down

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https://www.usnews.com/opinion/thomas-jefferson-street/articles/2017-05-16/new-orleans-mayor-mitch-landrieu-is-right-to-remove-confederate-s...

Washington and Lee University doesn't want New Orleans Confedederate mo

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http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/05/confederate_monuments_robert_e_1.html The above article reports that Washington and Lee Un...

"Boston Globe" editorial, perhaps Levin can get into a "twitter spat" with Jeff Jacoby

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https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2017/05/16/free-societies-monuments-tyranny-have-place/XQC1K2CLbg9wAxSxrgZD5N/story.html Jeff Jacoby...