EDITOR:

As a proud American, Im beginning to think this cancel culture movement of destroying Confederate statues and erasing Confederate history might be good for America. Why? What was the Confederacy? The Confederacy represents the white Souths horrific sins of slavery, lynchings, Jim Crow laws and every other sin committed under the sun against the African-American community.

If the left erases Confederate history in the name of absolution, which is what this is, wouldnt that mean we as Americans are no longer obligated or need to feel guilty for these sins against the black community? In other words, there is no reason for the discussion of slave reparations, the need for social programs like Affirmative Action, quotas and the like. The erasure of Abraham Lincoln, abolitionists and the Union Army would complete the task, which why they are also being targeted. Cant have people asking what slavery was and why we fought over it with Lincolns abolishing it.

Think about it: If there is no evidence then there is no way to prove slavery ever existed the lefts true agenda. This applies to all targets of the cancel culture. Who would benefit the most? Leftists white society. Who would suffer the most? The minority, mainly, but ordinary Americans as well.

Monumental exploits like the Civil War Buffalo soldiers, World War IIs Tuskegee airman, 761st Tank Battalion and 92nd Infantry Division as well as the personal accomplishments of Jesse Owens, Jackie Robinson, Hiram Rhodes Revels and Joseph Rainey would be trivialized mere ordinarily insignificant deeds lost to history. Even Obamas legacy would be relegated to just the 44th president.

Yes, Confederate history and all that it imbues is a truly tragic chapter of our history but without it we cant gauge our progression as a society or the African-American communitys advancement. This is why a society needs to add to its history rather than its removal.

RYAN FORDPlacerville

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Cancel culture will not bring the left absolution - Mountain Democrat