Stupid People and other not so bright institutions.

[Red Kayak]

There should be more statues dedicated to Nathaniel Prentice Banks.

 

[PayrollHRGuy]

There should be more statues dedicated to Nathaniel Prentice Banks.

Oh good God, why? He was the original flip-flopper and he damn near lost Louisiana to the Confederacy.

 

[Red Kayak]

That's revisionist history. He switched parties because he was consistently anti-slavery.

He deserves more credit for his pre-Civil War politics as Speaker of the House and Governor of Massachusetts. Yes, he should never have been appointed general, having absolutely no military background; it was an odd political appointment, but there is more to him than his inept military service.

And at least he was for the right cause.

 

[PayrollHRGuy]

He switched parties because he was consistently anti-slavery.

While history shows he was always anti-slavery he made the part he really got into it because it was politically a good move for him.

There are also some very not PC things about him during reconstruction such as requiring freed slaves to sign one-year employment contracts and requiring them to also work for no pay for public works projects.

 

[Zigner]

You can erase history, remove monuments, and try to rename parks/ bridges et. al. Doesn't change the history of this great country.

In other words, the removal of present-day monuments doesn't change the fact that these things happened and simply allows people to not be confronted by an ongoing idolization (by some) of the perpetrators.