Fox host compares 9/11 memorial to Confederate monuments.
While doing an interview with interior secretary Ryan Zinke, Brian Kilmeade asked Zinke "Do you worry that 100 years from now someone is going to take that monument down like they are trying to remake our memorials today?" Zinke responds by saying We can learn from it. Since we don't put up statues of Jesus, everyone is going to fall morally short. And I think reflecting on our history, both good and bad, is a powerful statement and part of our DNA. So I'm an advocate of, again, learning from our monuments, understanding the period they were made. But also, we live in a great country and monuments are not Republican, Democrat, independent. The monuments are a tribute to all of us." Later on Kilmeade's question was mocked on social media when people pointed out that the confederate memorials were depicting people who rebelled against the US. Where the 9/11 memorial remembers those who died in a terror attack. I somewhat get where Zinke is coming from and how It is important to remember our history and learn from our mistakes, but he is comparing two very different things. Where one commemorates rebellion another commemorates the lives lost in the terror attack. I think Zinke had a reasonable argument, but his examples make no sense whatsoever.http://money.cnn.com/2017/09/11/media/fox-and-friends-911-memorial-confederate-statues/index.html
I see you're point. I also don't completely see why the confederate statues were so fussed over. Its part of our nation's history, and even though it's bad, it shouldn't be censored so we can learn from our mistakes in the past and make a better future.
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ReplyDeleteYou can't compare the 9/11 Memorial to Confederate statues. The Memorial was put up with good intentions. The monuments were put up way after the Civil War and they weren't so much to honor Confederate leaders and soldiers, but more to physically symbolize white supremacy over blacks. The message sent by a statue of Robert E. Lee in front of a courthouse was loud and clear.
ReplyDeleteI agree. the confederacy was against what america stood for. they fought the war and lost. we should not still be fighting to represent a group who was essentially against america. we should be moving forward as a country yet we keep bringing up our same old problems.
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