Editor,

You’re an idiot to the highest order. Your article, “Monumental Problems” just exposes how out of touch you are. I am sure that you voted for Hillary, and was (and probably still are) in total shock when Trump blew the doors off of the Electoral College not that long ago.

Do you know why I know this? Because you make poorly researched, lazy, flippant statements like, “And the commonly held, consensus core values, in year 2017 simply do not include glorifying or romanticizing the Confederacy in any way.”  

I’m sure you thought the commonly held, consensus core values were in favor of Hillary too. Be honest.

 And that didn’t happen, did it? 

And neither will the far Left’s attempt to purge our Confederate monuments. You DO NOT have consensus as you falsely claim. You DO NOT have the majority.

You are wrapped up in your liberal media bubble and refuse to hear the vast majority’s opposition to bringing down these beautiful monuments that have stood erect for over 100 years.

These monuments do not represent slavery. It represents our proud Southern heritage.

Your liberal mind has been brainwashed to automatically believe that any white person who is proud of their heritage & country is a racist.

People like you believe that unless a white person is groveling at the feet of a black then they are a Nazi. It’s sickening really. And people are fed up.

And there are legions of us who feel the exact same way. Even out here at the Landings where I live, the Board of Governors tried to change the name of Plantation Club, until the majority of its members fought back with severe opposition.

Since then, They have wisely reconsidered and decided to shelve the stupid idea.

Over my dead body will these monuments be taken down because some pansy-ass who writes for a loser left wing publication like “Connect” says so.

Chalk up because the game is ON.

Neil Jurgensen, Esq.

This article appears in Sep 6-12, 2017.

6 replies on “Reader: Confederate monuments will come down ‘over my dead body’”

  1. Alys Spillman- You say ,”letting folks here and elsewhere know that we’ve learned from our mistakes” WE have not made the mistakes. If mistakes were made they were made by people long dead. Who fought for what they thought was right. I am not a racist but all this that the left and “people of color” are trying to shove down our throats, make it hard to not turn against those who are causing all of this. At this time in history, y’all are the ones making the mistakes.

  2. Linda, we may not have created the situation, but does that excuse complacency? Why would you feel like POC are shoving something down your throat when we had, as you say, no responsibility in creating the socioeconomic systems of privilege in which we exist? If you feel threatened by people asking for a level playing field, maybe this is a great opportunity to have a conversation with yourself about your own ethical priorities. I had to do it, and am doing it on an ongoing basis. Why is it a mistake to evolve?

  3. I am certain that many can speak more eloquently than I as to why the statues should come down. Certainly, I’d be hard pressed to find someone to speak LESS eloquently than ol’ Neil as to why they should stay. Wow am I glad I moved out of the landings!!!! This letter sure makes the landings club seem like a welcoming place…

    If folks want to be willfully ignorant of the facts surrounding the Confederacy than that is on them. But for the rest of us who choose to live in the 21st century, it’s time for the statues to come down. If GA law (and whoa, there are some doozies) prohibits removal then at the very least we can expand the story to show the cruel lie that The Lost Cause is built on. Now some like our friend Neil will be quite upset that dignity is given to other experiences. To them I say, human dignity is not a zero sum game.

    But what do I know? I’m just a pansy snowflake.

  4. Neil,

    OK Butter Cup even if you are not a racist why would you want a monument for second place? Fold the dumb flag up and put it in museum do the same with racist monuments!

    Richard A. Ellison Sr.

  6. Wow interesting reading. Is Neil for Real. That slogan would look good on a placard or on a sign in front of a church. I think an addition to the Classifieds section Connectsavannah.com might be just the answer. “Monuments for sale cheap”

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