Preparation for Debate on Confederate Flags and Monuments
All three articles made very clear, great points on their views of how we should handle confederate monuments and the confederate flags placed in the US.
J. Pepper Bryars seems to think that all the monuments should stay. He tells a story of a confederate soldier, Elijah Morrison, who had courage and " did his duty best he could", he left his family behind and died fighting. He then mentions that grandchildren and children that never knew where their loved ones were buried erected memorials across the south to remember them and their courage and now people are trying to tear them down, but "Elijah Morrison and those like him deserve to be remembered and honored." - J. Pepper Bryars
LeeAnna Keith believed that "monuments must be removed or effectively supplemented by new and more sensitive materials" to help end things such as arrests, defacements, and deadly confrontations.
she talked a lot about republicans then and now and different perspectives they hold on these monuments.
David Persons believes that confederate monuments should be taken down. He does not like the symbol the flag holds, but agrees that others can hold their own opinion on the confederate flag and can hang it on their private property, because it is their right. He points out many other opinions and quotes many peoples opinions on the confederate symbols around the US, and the meaning it holds for them. He quotes '"Don't tell me that it's about heritage. It is about heritage: the heritage of holding slaves."'- Dr.Abel Bartley.
I do not fully agree with J. Pepper Bryars, LeeAnna Keith, or David Persons opinions. I understand Keiths opinion in the fact that monuments should stay because they honor the ancestors and the duty and courage they had. But like Pearsons view many monuments are disgraceful and to show the heritage of slave holding. I agree with Keith that monuments should be replaced by more sensitive ones but, I do not think simply changing the monuments will put an "end to defacements, arrests, and deadly confrontations on the site."
J. Pepper Bryars seems to think that all the monuments should stay. He tells a story of a confederate soldier, Elijah Morrison, who had courage and " did his duty best he could", he left his family behind and died fighting. He then mentions that grandchildren and children that never knew where their loved ones were buried erected memorials across the south to remember them and their courage and now people are trying to tear them down, but "Elijah Morrison and those like him deserve to be remembered and honored." - J. Pepper Bryars
LeeAnna Keith believed that "monuments must be removed or effectively supplemented by new and more sensitive materials" to help end things such as arrests, defacements, and deadly confrontations.
she talked a lot about republicans then and now and different perspectives they hold on these monuments.
David Persons believes that confederate monuments should be taken down. He does not like the symbol the flag holds, but agrees that others can hold their own opinion on the confederate flag and can hang it on their private property, because it is their right. He points out many other opinions and quotes many peoples opinions on the confederate symbols around the US, and the meaning it holds for them. He quotes '"Don't tell me that it's about heritage. It is about heritage: the heritage of holding slaves."'- Dr.Abel Bartley.
I do not fully agree with J. Pepper Bryars, LeeAnna Keith, or David Persons opinions. I understand Keiths opinion in the fact that monuments should stay because they honor the ancestors and the duty and courage they had. But like Pearsons view many monuments are disgraceful and to show the heritage of slave holding. I agree with Keith that monuments should be replaced by more sensitive ones but, I do not think simply changing the monuments will put an "end to defacements, arrests, and deadly confrontations on the site."
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