Perspective on emotions... civil war... civil unrest.
Nice weather abounds... as does the pain & suffering of those that are adversity and dramatically affected both mentally & physically, and no doubt spiritually & psychologically, when they have to endure the constant painful reminders that are invoked by civil war statues & monuments.
If you side with those that feel that the quality of their life is adversely affected by history... perhaps we also need to remove reminders of the country's founding fathers that owned slaves. Rename, rededicate, of tear down national monuments of the founding fathers and historical patriots that owned slaves. Remove them from our currency and the history books.
Why you might ask? Why so those that seek to feel better about their lives now will not be affected by events from 155 years ago, nay even 250 years ago when the country was first beginning.
Since the events of last year, I'm sure that the tearing down and removal of confederate statues & monuments has greatly changed and influenced their lives in numerous positive ways. They can feel that their lives are so much better now.
AND YES.... I'M BEING 100% SARCASTIC!
Recent polling shows that 62% favor leaving the monuments alone. And those that seek to remove & rewrite history should find other ways to get a life and get on with their life.
Like everyone else in the world, learn to ignore what you find offensive rather than letting it emotionally control your life. That's basically exactly what it is... an emotional response to something you choose to blame for your own lack of well being which is nothing more than your own fault.
No one is throwing it in your face. No one is making you look at the monuments. No one is making you feel the way you feel except yourself. And the rest of us that are emotionally matured to deal with issues can not find any sympathy for your inability to deal with issues and your own emotions.
Solve the issue by a majority vote, loose with grace, and get on with your life.
Just something to think about logically... not with irrational emotions.
