Compared to the rioters who pulled down his effigy, that Confederate soldier atop the pedestal in Durham was a moral colossus...

What Did That Confederate Statue in Durham Stand For?

by Stephen Klugewicz

Radical Leftists like these can find a racist under every bed...

As I watched a crowd of militant Leftists pull down a statue of a Confederate soldier, I was left not only angry but befuddled by the vitriol that the mob focused on this seemingly inoffensive monument depicting a common soldier, seemingly war-weary and tired, not vengeful and triumphant. The common Confederate soldier was surely flawed. But what he and his counterparts stood for were duty, devotion, sacrifice, principle, courage, tireless effort, and the quiet heroism of the humble who toil for something greater than themselves: for wife, child family, God, country. Compared to the rioters who pulled down his effigy, that Confederate soldier atop the pedestal in Durham was a moral colossus...


Read more here: www.theimaginativeconservative.org