Monuments 'Tear 'Em Down'

[Bruce Vail]

Prof. Erik Loomis is an influential blogger, so it is a little disheartening to see some of the comments on his post about the removal of New Orleans monuments, which began this weekend:

http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2017/04/tear-em-down

 

[19thGeorgia]

Prof. Erik Loomis is an influential blogger, so it is a little disheartening to see some of the comments on his post about the New Orleans monuments:

http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2017/04/tear-em-down

"What goes around comes around"

When some item they have reverence for is removed or destroyed, I'll shed a bucket load of crocodile tears.

 

[jgoodguy]

Prof. Erik Loomis is an influential blogger, so it is a little disheartening to see some of the comments on his post about the New Orleans monuments:

http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2017/04/tear-em-down

Just posting a URL is discouraged on CWT, please quote and comment.

 

[Bruce Vail]

Just posting a URL is discouraged on CWT, please quote and comment.

I've already commented extensively on the monuments issue, and see no point in repeating myself. I posted the link here because I thought some of my friends at CWT would be interested in reading the comments, which come from a very different perspective than what we are used to here.

 

[jgoodguy]

I've already commented extensively on the monuments issue, and see no point in repeating myself. I posted the link here because I thought some of my friends at CWT would be interested in reading the comments, which come from a very different perspective than what we are used to here.

I can make it red text as needed.

 

[RobertP]

http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2017/04/tear-em-down[/QUOTE]
Loomis blogs, "history and shouldn't be torn down. But let's be clear. New Orleans is a black city and was a black city in the 1890s. These monuments, among them some of the most imposing Confederate monuments erected, were placed there an overt symbol of post-Reconstruction white power. They were intended to intimidate African-Americans into submission. "

Wrong. New Orleans was a predominantly white working class city in 1890 (24% black) and remained that way until the late 20th century when crime and sub par services brought about flight to the suburbs. The influential professor should know that but probably watched too many Show Boat type movies and listened to ex-Mayor Ray "chocolate city" Nagin in forming his opinion.

 

[Bruce Vail]

Interesting, I wondered about that.

I'm surprised at the times I hear the same thing here in Baltimore, that it has 'always' been a 'black city'. Well, like New Orleans, Baltimore has not always been a black city. In fact, it was a majority white city until the 1980s.