"After the Civil War, these statues were a part of that terrorism as much as a burning cross on someone's lawn," said New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu.
DIX Northern oppressions. 1. Tariffs of abominations 2. Uneven taxes 3. Northerners raid on Harpers Ferry 4. War crimes like killing 60,000 civilian men, women, and children. Slaughtering and inhumanly treating prisoners of war. 5. The Looting and burning of cities and towns. They are still rebuilding Atlanta Fly every symbol of Southern pride high and proudly. P.S the Confederate flag was flown by U.S soldiers in Cuba, WW1, WW2, Vietnam, Korea, and Iraq. Also the Confederacy was extremely diverse. Mexicans, African Americans, Native Americans Jews, Irish, French Algerians, and Cubans fought for the Confederacy. Like Stand Watie, Loretta Velasquez, Moses Ezekiel, W.S Lewis, and Santos Benavides.
@@SouthernGentleman Tariffs, taxes, Harpers Ferry, war crimes...how is any of this relevant to Mayor Landrieu's argument? He's talking about a daily reminder to black and brown folks that they were once considered property, not deserving of human rights, and that the men whom these statues honor fought to preserve the system that depended upon that consideration. Why should those men be honored today? Why should the descendants of those humiliated, enslaved people be reminded daily that such men are still honored?
Timmy Turner He may be, but he presented no facts or real arguments. I don't care about any of the confederate statues except for Robert E Lee. He was a good man who was faced with an impossible decision.
David Polk His decision was not to fight the children he taught in school. Or his family, or his friends. He freed his slaves the war for him was about his home being invaded. Use empathy if you're even capable. It was a different time, almost a completely different world.
Just finished watching Mayor Mitch Landrieu 's speech regarding the removal of the confederate statues from public lands. I applaud his Eloquence and his Humanity. His words rang true to many people who truly believe that America is One Nation, not separate states, and that we, as a people, can move forward as one, as well. We are definitely stronger as we stand together. I will visit New Orleans in the near future to appreciate the diversity and beauty of a city that was smart enough to elect a man like Mitch Landrieu to lead their city through a part of the 21 st century. Thank you, Mayor Landrieu, for your inspiring words.
OK. They were 1 nation. In 1859. The war was not, I repeat, not, a war against slavery. It was STATE'S RIGHTS! Look. Here's the real story : 1. Texas was annexed until 1845. 15 Years later! That was in 1860. 1 year later, we went to war. When I say, we, I mean the Confederacy (Confederate States of America) was formed. It was not about slavery. It was state's rights. Slavery was just a part of the cause.
Lloyd B Northern oppressions. 1. Tariffs of abominations 2. Uneven taxes 3. Northerners raid on Harpers Ferry 4. War crimes like killing 60,000 civilian men, women, and children. Slaughtering and inhumanly treating prisoners of war. 5. The Looting and burning of cities and towns. They are still rebuilding Atlanta Fly every symbol of Southern pride high and proudly. P.S the Confederate flag was flown by U.S soldiers in Cuba, WW1, WW2, Vietnam, Korea, and Iraq. Also the Confederacy was extremely diverse. Mexicans, African Americans, Native Americans Jews, Irish, French Algerians, and Cubans fought for the Confederacy. Like Stand Watie, Loretta Velasquez, Moses Ezekiel, W.S Lewis, and Santos Benavides.
JohnnyBGood11 Erecting heroic statues of staunch racists who committed treason through succession is not really a proud moment. They are tearing down the statues because of what they symbolize, I honestly don't see why you'd disagree with this action unless you yourself admire the men and ideology that those statues represent. Do you?
Jayvaun Amen Northern oppressions. 1. Tariffs of abominations 2. Uneven taxes 3. Northerners raid on Harpers Ferry 4. War crimes like killing 60,000 civilian men, women, and children. Slaughtering and inhumanly treating prisoners of war. 5. The Looting and burning of cities and towns. They are still rebuilding Atlanta Fly every symbol of Southern pride high and proudly. P.S the Confederate flag was flown by U.S soldiers in Cuba, WW1, WW2, Vietnam, Korea, and Iraq. Also the Confederacy was extremely diverse. Mexicans, African Americans, Native Americans Jews, Irish, French Algerians, and Cubans fought for the Confederacy. Like Stand Watie, Loretta Velasquez, Moses Ezekiel, W.S Lewis, and Santos Benavides.
Wise words, well spoken. Unfortunately, fated to be ignored by many because these words make them examine their beliefs, and see them for the shallow, hate-filled mockery that they are. I salute you, sir.
Bloody Bill Anderson lololololol, you think that all of the other members of your so-called "ethnic group", the African-Americans and the Natives, would be in favour of the legalization of slavery, and rendering it protected by the Constitution? Hahahahahahahahahahaha you're funny 😂
Bloody Bill Anderson Lololol, English? Australian? Nope. I am Canadian! We also use the English spelling, as you obviously didn't know. As for my education, Canadian schools are superior to American schools, especially those in the South. You specifically told me to Google the Corwin Amendment, which was an attempt by Southern politicians to enshrine "States Rights", and amend the Constitution to provide a legal basis for continuing slavery in those States that practiced that "Peculiar Institution". If such an amendment had passed through the House of Representatives, and the Senate, and been signed into law by the sitting President, then slavery might well have continued to the present day, though I doubt that would be the case, as anti-slavery sentiments were on the rise in the North, while the majority of the civilized countries of the world had already banned that odious practice, or were in the process of doing so at the time in question. Perhaps the only moral stand the British Empire ever took in its heyday was to ban slavery in all of the territories claimed by the Throne of England. As for your question regarding when you threatened me, you implied such a desire by ending your reply to my comment with a desire to kill Liberals, which you obviously thought I was. Wishing to kill people over their political philosophy while you live in a Democratic society, shows you for the fool you are, as the strength of any Democratic society is allowing, actually demanding the freedom of all people in said democracy to choose their own philosophy. Without that freedom, there can be no democracy. Of course, America isn't really a democracy anymore, is it? It stopped being a democracy the day the SCOTUS allowed corporations to buy your politicians with "campaign contributions", and sweet patronage deals guaranteeing politicians high payed jobs when they retire from "public service" (hah!) The last election showed how far the US has fallen - one party, the Democrats, colluding with their favoured candidate to insure her victory, and the Republicans choosing a so-called "populist", who promptly showed his true colours after his election by using Executive Orders to slash environmental protections, gutting protections for workers so corporations can make even larger profits than they already were. His next action was to replace Obamacare, which will cause tens of millions to lose their health insurance - estimates range from 21 million to 36 million people will be affected. America, the country that was one of the first countries to choose a Democratic system of government has become an Oligarchy. This isn't the usual America-bashing from a Canadian, this is sorrow that our neighbours have changed so much that they're hardly recognizable. I admire many of the accomplishments of America, I like Americans, and treasure the friendship our two countries have shared, but truth must be the foundation of any friendship.
The Constitution of the USA sets forth the powers of the Federal government, and also limits that power, dictating which political circumstances lie within the purview of the "Several States" and which are Federal in nature. This was intended to give common rights that cannot be infringed upon by State governments, ensuring that each State conforms to that central group of rights and freedoms, while allowing each State to control certain matters that enhance and define their own cultural norms. "States rights" were never intended to set up independent, de facto countries within the central body of the United States. The Civil War started because of several factors, that is true, but the BASE cause was slavery, with the other factors propping up that central issue, essentially to allow the argument that "it isn't just about slavery", an argument that is still being propagated to this day. Why? It's difficult to accept that you seceded from the Union because your ancestors wanted to continue owning people, I'd imagine. Canadian schools are objectively better, with continually higher results on standardized tests, compared to American schools. This isn't an opinion, this is fact. My claim that Southern schools are inferior to Northern schools is also objective fact, based on standardized test results, not subjective opinion. As for my stance on President Trump, the statements I made in my previous reply are also facts - he has gutted the EPA, removed protections for workers, and is in the process of gutting healthcare, all for the benefit of corporations and the wealthy. Did you know that there are 40 members of the House of Representatives who collectively own tens of millions of dollars worth of stock in healthcare corporations? That this stock will appreciate in value by over 23 million dollars if Trumpcare passes? A similar situation exists in the for-profit Prison industry, which has led to the closure of Publicly funded Prisons in favour of increased investment in for-profit prisons. For-profit prisons are inefficient compared to Publicly funded prisons, the rate of recidivism is higher in inmates of for-profit prisons, and the number of conflicts between prisoners and guards that result in increased sentences for the inmates is nearly double. It makes sense, of course - a never-ending source of prisoners guarantees increased profits for the corporations, and if the lives of prisoners and their family's are destroyed, they're just poor people, right? Why do you think that the "war on drugs" is still being escalated, despite the fact that it has been an abject failure since it was declared? The head of your Justice Department has publicly stated that he will instruct prosecutors to seek the harshest possible sentences for low-level drug offenders, leading to yet more people being given what are effectivly life sentences for simple possession of marijuana, while violent criminals are receiving short sentences, and being released from prison to commit further violent crimes. How can this be explained? Simple, there's a profit to be made. And profit is all that matters to corporations and the wealthy. As far as your claim that Canada is a "vassal state" goes, do you know which country is the largest supplier of oil to the US? The largest supplier of electricity? That would be Canada. During the economic meltdown that began in 2008 Canada suffered very little loss, and recovered far quicker than any other country in the world. Why? Because you continued to purchase our oil, electricity, and other natural resources despite the dire financial situation your country was in. Lol, who's the vassal? Obviously, that's a joke, but our two countries have a unique relationship, unlike any other that exists on Earth, and to describe Canada as a "vassal" shows a lack of understanding as to the nature of that relationship. We are family, and I hope that never changes.
americans need this type of person with this type of common sense and heart as their leader. (ps: an advice from non us citizen from another country. ). he is a very good man 👍..
black centipede any one with common sense would know that this is just stupid. Erasing history? Fuck it tear it out of the books next. Act like it didnt happen
DLS I am very well aware that the democratic party used to be the racist KKK party. But it all changed after the civil rights movement. Maybe you should read about the southern strategy. Today, we all know the republicans are the party of conservatists, Trump, And the KKK etc. while democratic party is the party of Obama, and progressives.
Nestor Pelayo I don't understand how you can be a Trump supported and just brush off all of his racist and sexist behavior. He's not even competent. He's a very ineffective bullshit artist who is in way over his head.
If you lose the war you don't get statues or the ability to fly your flag. How would we feel if the original 13 colonies wanted to fly the British flag or have monuments of English kings and queens?
Knowledge? Wisdom? Whenever voters realize Democrats were against abolition, were the Confederacy really, as well as the ones who erected those statues they start thinking about what you guys have actually gotten done. You'll remove those statues, then you'll put in the history books they were Republican haha. Just like how all of a sudden, when all the liberals were pushing communism on campuses they slowly took fascism from a leftist to a extreme right. History is important dude. Don't run away from it. Run towards it like a trans who needs affirmation.
serious question for all of those who are against this move...if we teach our kids history in school, if we has dozens of history museums that speak about the confederacy, how is removing statues erasing history?
The Civil War was a power grab as much as it was a war of ideas. Born in mid 60's, and grew up in Carolina pulling for the Tar Heels in basketball, all I knew about this history was the t v. Series Roots, and elementary teachers telling us how the good guys beat the bad guys. I had to learn on my own about my North Carolina history. Peasant farmers removed in the Scottish lowland clearances, getting their thatch roof houses burned to the ground. Moved to Down and Antrim and found no peace, basically living in exile. Moved to the Colonies, came through Philadelphia and settled in frontier providing a buffer between the native people and the wealthy English living closer to the Atlantic. Moved to Carolina and started the Revolution against the English. Moved to Alabama as squatters. Coerced again to fight a rich man's war between rich factory owners in the North and rich land owners in the South. Fighting the same Irish Catholics they were encouraged to fight in Northern Ireland. Survived and never brought up that damned war to their offspring. Celebrated 4th of July in 1866 calling a huge family reunion. Never looked back. But no one told me this. Later I learned I'm 70% Celtic and 1% African in my spit as are a lot of other Carolinians. In the 1%, there is East African hunter-gatherer and their Bantu Congolese speaking oppressor mixed and intertwined together. I also have English oppressor in my spit mixed with the Celtic. Who isn't a descendant of sin? Who isn't wearing clothes made by slave labor? Who wears the nickname "pimp" with pride? We Americans need to get over ourselves. We are the proudest country in human history. The world sees us all the same. Deserving. They're not impressed with our good intentions.
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Great speech but I still don't agree with the removing. Those men should be honored for standing up for what they believed in, regardless if it was right or wrong. Even though you may disagree fundamentally, that is the most important lesson to teach. To fight for what you believe in. I'm proud that the colonists stood up against G.B. to start this country. If the Americans lost, we probably would have looked upon them as traitors as well. It's kinda funny cause I love the U.S.A just as much as i'm a proud Southern patriot. I respect the sacrifice that each side made for their families and citizens.
Robert E. Lee was a gentleman's gentleman. The North was the aggressor in the Civil War, and of course, they owned slaves! Grant had slaves throughout the war and was reluctant to set his slaves free after the war. Sherman also owned slaves and was a pyromaniac who burned Atlanta and committed other brutal acts! I WANT HIS STATUE REMOVED! The North did not wear a white hat and the South did not wear a black hat. It was the bloodiest war in history with good guys and bad guys on both sides. Taking down Southern monuments is denying my right to free speech. It is unconstitutional! I like what Judge Judy said about the law - "The law does not give a rat's ass about feelings!" The radical minority does not care about a 156-year-old CIvil War; they want black power and they are coming to everyone's neighborhood!
Someone commented that Robert E Lee was a "great American". He may have been a great man, I won't argue that point, but he was not a "great American". He chose Virginia over the United States - making him, perhaps a great Virginian.
The confederates we're just as well entitled to those monuments as the federa troops are, they fought as ardent patriots against a government they found oppressive and in someways were. To sit and say they were the "bad guys" throughout the civil war is a sad representation of the horrors and evil of the civil war. There were no good guys, just look at Sherman's March to the Sea, tearing railroads, burning farms, stealing food, and valuables. Each side had their just causes, and each side had their, unjust beliefs. They were all equal patriots fighting for a better America, at a time when states rights over federal rights was the important thing.
I would tell her that the civil war was not about slavery. That when the voting majority went to Lincoln the gov was scared. These men daughter against gov NOT SLAVERY. I would also tell her that slaves were sent back to the plantations a year after emancipation!
Dwelling on things from the past leads to nothing. I think that not all confederates were terrible but they were fighting for a terrible cause. Trying to correct wrong things from the past doesn't change a thing. You can't look forward if your looking back.
"No refuge could save the hireling and SLAVE, from the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave..." ".....O'er the land of the FREE and home of the brave." Colin Kaepernick's decision not to stand was met with a great deal of hostility towards his patriotism. But if you review the original version of the song, the "land of the free" was a wolf-in-sheets-clothing jab to the hireling/indentured servant/slave or however you want to dress it up. The national anthem needs to be removed and replaced right along with these monuments... .....And Kaep deserves an apology.... 1000 likes if you get it and want to see it changed... 1000 hates if you swallowed the blue pill....
My black people we are worried about wrong change or removal of flags and status we need to push for change of laws that hold us back or allow cops to violate your rights court as well its easy to remove objects that dont mean anything but changing and removing laws create real change
Robert Lee elite was a soldier in 1812 he was a hero in 1812 that's why he is honored because he was a general for the United States at 1 time to spite his views on the Confederacy which were probly wrong Even his grandfather crazy horsley was a general in the Revolutionary War the Jala to ignorance understand
now's the time to move the rebel scum out of Arlington cemetery,there's no good reason those traitors are lying next to our honored who fought&died For this nation,#MoveTheTraitors
"With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations." -- Abraham Lincoln
I would love for the people who say that Colin's kneeling disrespected the flag, to tell me how the confederate army, white supremacy, and the KKK honour the flag that all of their fathers and grandfathers fought for.
speaking of robert e lee. to be fair to the *entire* memory of the man he did at the end of his life and after the civil war renounce the confederacy and swore an oath to the union
Fact 68 percent don't want the removal of monuments and I am one of them. Let's protect history and show future generations the struggles of our young republic
nobody said we can get rid of history. just the giant monuments to the monsters of history. we can still talk about what awful inhuman trash they were in history books and in our schools. in fact, they need to be talked more about, they changed the course of american history in such a horrific and disgusting way.
I know that the true patriots of our country are looking at this and most see a connection to trump and the GOP well I do, perhaps ignoring the trolls can be a better way to fight back,it just feeds their anger to fight back to ignore could be a way to shut them up, because to ignore them shows that their voice is worth nothing, it will be hard for me but I am going to try, seems like a lot are Russians, perhaps I am wrong but in the long run I am confident patriotism ill win over greed
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Well spoken, god bless this man 👏🏽🙏🏽
Just so you know it;'s spelled "G"od
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True American words.... that's what America is.
DIX Northern oppressions.
1. Tariffs of abominations
2. Uneven taxes
3. Northerners raid on Harpers Ferry
4. War crimes like killing 60,000 civilian men, women, and children. Slaughtering and inhumanly treating prisoners of war.
5. The Looting and burning of cities and towns. They are still rebuilding Atlanta
Fly every symbol of Southern pride high and proudly.
P.S the Confederate flag was flown by U.S soldiers in Cuba, WW1, WW2, Vietnam, Korea, and Iraq. Also the Confederacy was extremely diverse. Mexicans, African Americans, Native Americans Jews, Irish, French Algerians, and Cubans fought for the Confederacy.
Like Stand Watie, Loretta Velasquez, Moses Ezekiel, W.S Lewis, and Santos Benavides.
@@SouthernGentleman one word: Slavery
Relative Genius Four words. Every country had it.
Relative Genius 70% of the confederacy didn’t have slavery, the north had 5 slave states, and Grant was a owner
@@SouthernGentleman Tariffs, taxes, Harpers Ferry, war crimes...how is any of this relevant to Mayor Landrieu's argument? He's talking about a daily reminder to black and brown folks that they were once considered property, not deserving of human rights, and that the men whom these statues honor fought to preserve the system that depended upon that consideration. Why should those men be honored today? Why should the descendants of those humiliated, enslaved people be reminded daily that such men are still honored?
This man could make america great again.
This Man is a True patriot. U. S. A!
Timmy Turner U.S.A.!
Timmy Turner He may be, but he presented no facts or real arguments. I don't care about any of the confederate statues except for Robert E Lee. He was a good man who was faced with an impossible decision.
His decision was to fight for his state rather than his nation.
David Polk His decision was not to fight the children he taught in school. Or his family, or his friends. He freed his slaves the war for him was about his home being invaded. Use empathy if you're even capable. It was a different time, almost a completely different world.
Empathy? For Lee or for the thousands he fought to keep enslaved? He had a choice and he made it.
Just finished watching Mayor Mitch Landrieu 's speech regarding the removal of the confederate statues from public lands. I applaud his Eloquence and his Humanity. His words rang true to many people who truly believe that America is One Nation, not separate states, and that we, as a people, can move forward as one, as well. We are definitely stronger as we stand together. I will visit New Orleans in the near future to appreciate the diversity and beauty of a city that was smart enough to elect a man like Mitch Landrieu to lead their city through a part of the 21 st century. Thank you, Mayor Landrieu, for your inspiring words.
OK. They were 1 nation. In 1859. The war was not, I repeat, not, a war against slavery. It was STATE'S RIGHTS! Look. Here's the real story : 1. Texas was annexed until 1845. 15 Years later! That was in 1860. 1 year later, we went to war. When I say, we, I mean the Confederacy (Confederate States of America) was formed. It was not about slavery. It was state's rights. Slavery was just a part of the cause.
very well said!!
Lloyd B Northern oppressions.
1. Tariffs of abominations
2. Uneven taxes
3. Northerners raid on Harpers Ferry
4. War crimes like killing 60,000 civilian men, women, and children. Slaughtering and inhumanly treating prisoners of war.
5. The Looting and burning of cities and towns. They are still rebuilding Atlanta
Fly every symbol of Southern pride high and proudly.
P.S the Confederate flag was flown by U.S soldiers in Cuba, WW1, WW2, Vietnam, Korea, and Iraq. Also the Confederacy was extremely diverse. Mexicans, African Americans, Native Americans Jews, Irish, French Algerians, and Cubans fought for the Confederacy.
Like Stand Watie, Loretta Velasquez, Moses Ezekiel, W.S Lewis, and Santos Benavides.
thanks for having the integrity and fortitude to give this speech!
fantastic speech
How many kids of any race today look up to our past Presidents that they see as statues let alone generals?...typical far left nut job
JohnnyBGood11 Can you reword that sentence? Sounds strange.
Here you go, How many kids of any race today look up to our past Presidents that they see as statues let alone generals?...typical far left nut job
JohnnyBGood11 you make no fucking sense at all, see our presidents as statues? wtf are u talking about.
JohnnyBGood11 Erecting heroic statues of staunch racists who committed treason through succession is not really a proud moment. They are tearing down the statues because of what they symbolize, I honestly don't see why you'd disagree with this action unless you yourself admire the men and ideology that those statues represent. Do you?
This speech is AWESOME!
VERY WELL SPOKEN because it appeals to the rare virtue called COMMON SENSE!
Jayvaun Amen no it's for far left scum
Get outa here
Jayvaun Amen yeah coming from what black Logics f*** out of here with that
Jayvaun Amen Northern oppressions.
1. Tariffs of abominations
2. Uneven taxes
3. Northerners raid on Harpers Ferry
4. War crimes like killing 60,000 civilian men, women, and children. Slaughtering and inhumanly treating prisoners of war.
5. The Looting and burning of cities and towns. They are still rebuilding Atlanta
Fly every symbol of Southern pride high and proudly.
P.S the Confederate flag was flown by U.S soldiers in Cuba, WW1, WW2, Vietnam, Korea, and Iraq. Also the Confederacy was extremely diverse. Mexicans, African Americans, Native Americans Jews, Irish, French Algerians, and Cubans fought for the Confederacy.
Like Stand Watie, Loretta Velasquez, Moses Ezekiel, W.S Lewis, and Santos Benavides.
amen
Whoa, that was powerful. Kudos
Cant we just trade Trump for this guy? Please?
Plus Pack I wish 😂😂
Plus Pack
Then move to ISIS. .
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Mitch is a common political criminal. Him and his sister. The true face of the Democrap party.
ℛɛᴛʀᴏ ℛɛᴅ so he's the democrats Trump? I don't know much about him but from what I've seen he appears to be a lot smarter than Trump.
J M Or, dust bunny, we could impeach assmouth trumpf now.
Wise words, well spoken. Unfortunately, fated to be ignored by many because these words make them examine their beliefs, and see them for the shallow, hate-filled mockery that they are.
I salute you, sir.
Bloody Bill Anderson
lololololol, you think that all of the other members of your so-called "ethnic group", the African-Americans and the Natives, would be in favour of the legalization of slavery, and rendering it protected by the Constitution?
Hahahahahahahahahahaha
you're funny 😂
Bloody Bill Anderson
Lololol, English? Australian?
Nope.
I am Canadian!
We also use the English spelling, as you obviously didn't know.
As for my education, Canadian schools are superior to American schools, especially those in the South.
You specifically told me to Google the Corwin Amendment, which was an attempt by Southern politicians to enshrine "States Rights", and amend the Constitution to provide a legal basis for continuing slavery in those States that practiced that "Peculiar Institution". If such an amendment had passed through the House of Representatives, and the Senate, and been signed into law by the sitting President, then slavery might well have continued to the present day, though I doubt that would be the case, as anti-slavery sentiments were on the rise in the North, while the majority of the civilized countries of the world had already banned that odious practice, or were in the process of doing so at the time in question. Perhaps the only moral stand the British Empire ever took in its heyday was to ban slavery in all of the territories claimed by the Throne of England.
As for your question regarding when you threatened me, you implied such a desire by ending your reply to my comment with a desire to kill Liberals, which you obviously thought I was.
Wishing to kill people over their political philosophy while you live in a Democratic society, shows you for the fool you are, as the strength of any Democratic society is allowing, actually demanding the freedom of all people in said democracy to choose their own philosophy. Without that freedom, there can be no democracy.
Of course, America isn't really a democracy anymore, is it?
It stopped being a democracy the day the SCOTUS allowed corporations to buy your politicians with "campaign contributions", and sweet patronage deals guaranteeing politicians high payed jobs when they retire from "public service" (hah!)
The last election showed how far the US has fallen - one party, the Democrats, colluding with their favoured candidate to insure her victory, and the Republicans choosing a so-called "populist", who promptly showed his true colours after his election by using Executive Orders to slash environmental protections, gutting protections for workers so corporations can make even larger profits than they already were. His next action was to replace Obamacare, which will cause tens of millions to lose their health insurance - estimates range from 21 million to 36 million people will be affected.
America, the country that was one of the first countries to choose a Democratic system of government has become an Oligarchy.
This isn't the usual America-bashing from a Canadian, this is sorrow that our neighbours have changed so much that they're hardly recognizable.
I admire many of the accomplishments of America, I like Americans, and treasure the friendship our two countries have shared, but truth must be the foundation of any friendship.
The Constitution of the USA sets forth the powers of the Federal government, and also limits that power, dictating which political circumstances lie within the purview of the "Several States" and which are Federal in nature. This was intended to give common rights that cannot be infringed upon by State governments, ensuring that each State conforms to that central group of rights and freedoms, while allowing each State to control certain matters that enhance and define their own cultural norms.
"States rights" were never intended to set up independent, de facto countries within the central body of the United States.
The Civil War started because of several factors, that is true, but the BASE cause was slavery, with the other factors propping up that central issue, essentially to allow the argument that "it isn't just about slavery", an argument that is still being propagated to this day.
Why?
It's difficult to accept that you seceded from the Union because your ancestors wanted to continue owning people, I'd imagine.
Canadian schools are objectively better, with continually higher results on standardized tests, compared to American schools. This isn't an opinion, this is fact. My claim that Southern schools are inferior to Northern schools is also objective fact, based on standardized test results, not subjective opinion.
As for my stance on President Trump, the statements I made in my previous reply are also facts - he has gutted the EPA, removed protections for workers, and is in the process of gutting healthcare, all for the benefit of corporations and the wealthy.
Did you know that there are 40 members of the House of Representatives who collectively own tens of millions of dollars worth of stock in healthcare corporations? That this stock will appreciate in value by over 23 million dollars if Trumpcare passes?
A similar situation exists in the for-profit Prison industry, which has led to the closure of Publicly funded Prisons in favour of increased investment in for-profit prisons. For-profit prisons are inefficient compared to Publicly funded prisons, the rate of recidivism is higher in inmates of for-profit prisons, and the number of conflicts between prisoners and guards that result in increased sentences for the inmates is nearly double.
It makes sense, of course - a never-ending source of prisoners guarantees increased profits for the corporations, and if the lives of prisoners and their family's are destroyed, they're just poor people, right?
Why do you think that the "war on drugs" is still being escalated, despite the fact that it has been an abject failure since it was declared? The head of your Justice Department has publicly stated that he will instruct prosecutors to seek the harshest possible sentences for low-level drug offenders, leading to yet more people being given what are effectivly life sentences for simple possession of marijuana, while violent criminals are receiving short sentences, and being released from prison to commit further violent crimes.
How can this be explained?
Simple, there's a profit to be made.
And profit is all that matters to corporations and the wealthy.
As far as your claim that Canada is a "vassal state" goes, do you know which country is the largest supplier of oil to the US? The largest supplier of electricity?
That would be Canada.
During the economic meltdown that began in 2008 Canada suffered very little loss, and recovered far quicker than any other country in the world.
Why?
Because you continued to purchase our oil, electricity, and other natural resources despite the dire financial situation your country was in.
Lol, who's the vassal?
Obviously, that's a joke, but our two countries have a unique relationship, unlike any other that exists on Earth, and to describe Canada as a "vassal" shows a lack of understanding as to the nature of that relationship.
We are family, and I hope that never changes.
How far we have fallen that we get to praise common sense and decency..... Tho I do, in this instance, also applaud it! 👏👏👏
I find the lack of empathy in this country quite disturbing.
In Louisiana, everyone loves the Landrieu family. They are good people.
americans need this type of person with this type of common sense and heart as their leader. (ps: an advice from non us citizen from another country. ). he is a very good man 👍..
black centipede very good men don't run for president in this country unfortunately
I am from the New Orleans area. He is a deceptive man. Do some research.
black centipede any one with common sense would know that this is just stupid. Erasing history? Fuck it tear it out of the books next. Act like it didnt happen
If we only had more such forthright and graceful men.
Mitch Landrieu 2020
He won't run the win the bible belt.
What an awesome speech!
I am waiting for Trump supporters to put on their robes and comment..
Camer Pikin You know it's Democrats taking down their historical monuments.
DLS
I am very well aware that the democratic party used to be the racist KKK party.
But it all changed after the civil rights movement. Maybe you should read about the southern strategy.
Today, we all know the republicans are the party of conservatists, Trump, And the KKK etc. while democratic party is the party of Obama, and progressives.
+Nestor Pelayo
Not all Trump supporters are KKK, but all KKK are Trump supporters.
Camer Pikin Camer pikin, trump supporters are too busy cleaning their guns and brushing their three teeth
Nestor Pelayo I don't understand how you can be a Trump supported and just brush off all of his racist and sexist behavior. He's not even competent. He's a very ineffective bullshit artist who is in way over his head.
Bravo !!
If you lose the war you don't get statues or the ability to fly your flag. How would we feel if the original 13 colonies wanted to fly the British flag or have monuments of English kings and queens?
Awesome speech, based on knowledge and wisdom!
Knowledge? Wisdom? Whenever voters realize Democrats were against abolition, were the Confederacy really, as well as the ones who erected those statues they start thinking about what you guys have actually gotten done. You'll remove those statues, then you'll put in the history books they were Republican haha. Just like how all of a sudden, when all the liberals were pushing communism on campuses they slowly took fascism from a leftist to a extreme right. History is important dude. Don't run away from it. Run towards it like a trans who needs affirmation.
That man was very Presidential
If you actually _listen_ to what this man is saying, it is impossible to disagree with him.
Wow. Well said.
Great speech!
serious question for all of those who are against this move...if we teach our kids history in school, if we has dozens of history museums that speak about the confederacy, how is removing statues erasing history?
DIDNT REALIZE THAT AMERICA STILL HAS GOOD AND DECENT POLITICIANS !!!!!! RUN FOR HIGHER OFICE MITCH !!
good snippet of the speech. well done!
The Civil War was a power grab as much as it was a war of ideas. Born in mid 60's, and grew up in Carolina pulling for the Tar Heels in basketball, all I knew about this history was the t v. Series Roots, and elementary teachers telling us how the good guys beat the bad guys. I had to learn on my own about my North Carolina history. Peasant farmers removed in the Scottish lowland clearances, getting their thatch roof houses burned to the ground. Moved to Down and Antrim and found no peace, basically living in exile. Moved to the Colonies, came through Philadelphia and settled in frontier providing a buffer between the native people and the wealthy English living closer to the Atlantic. Moved to Carolina and started the Revolution against the English. Moved to Alabama as squatters. Coerced again to fight a rich man's war between rich factory owners in the North and rich land owners in the South. Fighting the same Irish Catholics they were encouraged to fight in Northern Ireland. Survived and never brought up that damned war to their offspring. Celebrated 4th of July in 1866 calling a huge family reunion. Never looked back. But no one told me this. Later I learned I'm 70% Celtic and 1% African in my spit as are a lot of other Carolinians. In the 1%, there is East African hunter-gatherer and their Bantu Congolese speaking oppressor mixed and intertwined together. I also have English oppressor in my spit mixed with the Celtic. Who isn't a descendant of sin? Who isn't wearing clothes made by slave labor? Who wears the nickname "pimp" with pride? We Americans need to get over ourselves. We are the proudest country in human history. The world sees us all the same. Deserving. They're not impressed with our good intentions.
they need to take the monuments up north where they can be taken care of and preserved.
nah, we'd like to keep our stuff
Been on youtube for 43 years, this is my very first comment and like. How the fuck did I think I could make it to 50 years without doing it? hmm
welcome to the party pal. grab a cold beer and have a seat. and try not to spill it on the new carpet this time o,k, please.
TH-cam isn't that old....
Well said, Mr. Mayor.
the confederate monuments are history of what made us today and they should put them back because history should never be forgotten !
Mr nightmare
History of slavery belongs in a museum. The Confederate flag belongs in a museum.
Mr nightmare Ever heard the saying "History is written by the victors?"
Movie Nerd shut up asshole
I encourage everyone to watch the entire speech, it is great, hopefully Mitch runs for higher office in the future
The only monuments this country needs are sports heroes, definitely not political ones.
Well said.
Could not have been said better.
right or wrong, good or bad, you can not undo the past. It is what it is.
Hypocrites as always! Nothing new under the sun. 😒😒
Potential presidential candidate.
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White Nationalist
"Here come the Putin paid trolls... Putins web Brigade" NO we just have you.
FATAL NEWS NETWORK so let's start an open dialogue can you tell your son, daughter any young person in your life why Robert E. Lee is great?
Great speech but I still don't agree with the removing. Those men should be honored for standing up for what they believed in, regardless if it was right or wrong. Even though you may disagree fundamentally, that is the most important lesson to teach. To fight for what you believe in. I'm proud that the colonists stood up against G.B. to start this country. If the Americans lost, we probably would have looked upon them as traitors as well. It's kinda funny cause I love the U.S.A just as much as i'm a proud Southern patriot. I respect the sacrifice that each side made for their families and citizens.
I know not many mayors run for President, but this guy is very good
Robert E. Lee was a gentleman's gentleman. The North was the aggressor in the Civil War, and of course, they owned slaves! Grant had slaves throughout the war and was reluctant to set his slaves free after the war. Sherman also owned slaves and was a pyromaniac who burned Atlanta and committed other brutal acts! I WANT HIS STATUE REMOVED! The North did not wear a white hat and the South did not wear a black hat. It was the bloodiest war in history with good guys and bad guys on both sides. Taking down Southern monuments is denying my right to free speech. It is unconstitutional! I like what Judge Judy said about the law - "The law does not give a rat's ass about feelings!" The radical minority does not care about a 156-year-old CIvil War; they want black power and they are coming to everyone's neighborhood!
Well said
Yankee in Southern politics...They are not a statement but history...
Amen brother amen
great speech ...awesome job
Someone commented that Robert E Lee was a "great American". He may have been a great man, I won't argue that point, but he was not a "great American". He chose Virginia over the United States - making him, perhaps a great Virginian.
Im waiting for the media to devote a couple hours to a historian to explain the civil war to people again.
Let's get on the right side of history, people.
Powerful speech
The confederates we're just as well entitled to those monuments as the federa troops are, they fought as ardent patriots against a government they found oppressive and in someways were. To sit and say they were the "bad guys" throughout the civil war is a sad representation of the horrors and evil of the civil war. There were no good guys, just look at Sherman's March to the Sea, tearing railroads, burning farms, stealing food, and valuables. Each side had their just causes, and each side had their, unjust beliefs. They were all equal patriots fighting for a better America, at a time when states rights over federal rights was the important thing.
10.5k views is "viral" lol
Landrieu for president 2020!
We are americans ..stop letting them divided us.. A house divided can not stand...
The 4th Reich Then speak in united terms not in dem v rep terms
I would tell her that the civil war was not about slavery. That when the voting majority went to Lincoln the gov was scared. These men daughter against gov NOT SLAVERY. I would also tell her that slaves were sent back to the plantations a year after emancipation!
Incredible speech.
Dwelling on things from the past leads to nothing. I think that not all confederates were terrible but they were fighting for a terrible cause. Trying to correct wrong things from the past doesn't change a thing. You can't look forward if your looking back.
"No refuge could save the hireling and SLAVE, from the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave..."
".....O'er the land of the FREE and home of the brave."
Colin Kaepernick's decision not to stand was met with a great deal of hostility towards his patriotism. But if you review the original version of the song, the "land of the free" was a wolf-in-sheets-clothing jab to the hireling/indentured servant/slave or however you want to dress it up.
The national anthem needs to be removed and replaced right along with these monuments...
.....And Kaep deserves an apology....
1000 likes if you get it and want to see it changed...
1000 hates if you swallowed the blue pill....
preach white brotha
They should just move them to a local museum. Everyone's happy.
outstanding
this feels great. I didn't even know if he was Democrat or Republican - he is speaking as an American and Patriot
Never remove our history or it will repeat
I applaud this man, well said.
#MayorMitchlandrieu for president
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👏🏻👏🏻EXCELLENT 🗽
My black people we are worried about wrong change or removal of flags and status we need to push for change of laws that hold us back or allow cops to violate your rights court as well its easy to remove objects that dont mean anything but changing and removing laws create real change
Amen to this Mayor, very well spoken :)!
by the way, this man needs to be president!!!!
Absolute Greatness!
Robert Lee elite was a soldier in 1812 he was a hero in 1812 that's why he is honored because he was a general for the United States at 1 time to spite his views on the Confederacy which were probly wrong Even his grandfather crazy horsley was a general in the Revolutionary War the Jala to ignorance understand
Presidential timber
now's the time to move the rebel scum out of Arlington cemetery,there's no good reason those traitors are lying next to our honored who fought&died For this nation,#MoveTheTraitors
"With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations." -- Abraham Lincoln
They fought for their nation and probably wouldn't appreciate someone on the internet disrespecting them
powerful.
The Democrats should probably change the name of their political party just out of respect for all of us people who were enslaved
Very inspiring. The truth can never be avoided.
First time a cnn video not being called fake😂😂
Why was thé statue removed ?
Great Speech...
why didn't Mayor Nagen or whatever the fuck his name was have them removed? you know chocolate city and all.
I would love for the people who say that Colin's kneeling disrespected the flag, to tell me how the confederate army, white supremacy, and the KKK honour the flag that all of their fathers and grandfathers fought for.
Eloquence belongs to the conqueror.
The Confederate statues and Monuments are not in The wrong side of History you are
What does Satan remind us about the Almighty God? Disobedience and rebellion above all.
yeah is there a way we could trade Trump in for this guy
I'd rather that not happen
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If you take em all down and get your way, then what?
no more confederate stains on our city, that's what. Maybe we can replace them with monuments to people who actually deserve it
@@stfwho stains? Ill fly my flag proudly. If you dont like it then tough. Those were great men who fought against tyranny.
speaking of robert e lee. to be fair to the *entire* memory of the man he did at the end of his life and after the civil war renounce the confederacy and swore an oath to the union
Too late
@@TXGladiators never too late to do the right thing.
Fact 68 percent don't want the removal of monuments and I am one of them. Let's protect history and show future generations the struggles of our young republic
it is still history. We can't just get rid of it. I love the North and I am glad we won but history is history.
nobody said we can get rid of history. just the giant monuments to the monsters of history. we can still talk about what awful inhuman trash they were in history books and in our schools. in fact, they need to be talked more about, they changed the course of american history in such a horrific and disgusting way.
What did they do with the statue's? Virginia would love to have them.
the Confederate soldiers fought for state rights.
Jack Beretta yee
yeah state rights to keep slaves. the confederate state was going to be built on racism. don’t fool yourself
but not -United States- rights, big difference, you cannot tell me that USA isn't better as one nation, that many people did not need to die
THANK YOU SIR .
These two minutes are the best two minutes of politics in my lifetime.
I know that the true patriots of our country are looking at this and most see a connection to trump and the GOP well I do, perhaps ignoring the trolls can be a better way to fight back,it just feeds their anger to fight back to ignore could be a way to shut them up, because to ignore them shows that their voice is worth nothing, it will be hard for me but I am going to try, seems like a lot are Russians, perhaps I am wrong but in the long run I am confident patriotism ill win over greed