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You should be ashamed for being so cavalier about someone's death.
Now if Tucker Carlson were forced to spend a week in freakish agony because his genitals were caught in a rusty bear trap and the surrounding forrest were on fire . . . well no one's died yet.
Vanquish is quite the word choice >

It's a military academy, they're gonna wage trench warfare against the symbols >

A battle hard(ly) fought over the last 157 or so years. Makes the trench warfare of WWI look positively efficient. >

But seriously,

the oversized plaques, dedicated in 1965, not only featured Lee and other supporters of the Confederacy but an image of an armed man in a hood, with “Ku Klux Klan” written below.

That says a lot that the US military institution put this up in 1965 of all years.... >

A not insignificant segment of Americans "rediscovered their heritage" post WWII. 
Before you ask, it was 100% coincidence that this increased recognition of their heritage coincided with the civil rights movement, because the confederate flag is a symbol of heritage, not racism, and it had absolutely nothing to do with the fact that marginalized groups demanding equality under the law made smooth brained, racist ass WASPs scared that they might have to live in a world where people were not judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
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A not insignificant segment of Americans "rediscovered their heritage" post WWII.

Sadly many of my American friends still believe it was the 'war of Northern agression' and talk fondly of the confederacy and pretend it had nothing to do with slavery and that is was all about states rights. >

Ugh, if I had a dollar for every time I've heard the "states' rights" argument - always conveniently overlooking that the only states' right at stake was the right of white slave owners to own slaves. >

Not strictly true. The Southern states also wanted the federal goverment to overrule the Northern states' rights and impose fugitive slave laws there, making it a legal requirement for Northern, anti-slavery members of the public to aid slave catchers, and ruinously penalise anyone who assisted escaped slaves. >

People with absolutely no connection to West Point are gonna go crazy over this. >

"This is an outrage! No son of mine will go to an academy that disrespects the heroes that fought for states rights!"
"Sir, your son was rejected because he reads at a 3rd grade level. It's the opinion of the academy that he should not have a highschool diploma."
"I don't have to stand here and take insults like this! My son is going to apply to other institutions, get accepted, and show you what a fine southern gentleman he is!"
"Cool. Trump University has been shutdown, so maybe try the Wendy's down the street." >

It's about goddamn time! If the military's mission is to protect the United States from all enemies foreign and domestic, then how the fuck were monuments to traitors allowed at military academies? >

Lost cause propaganda infesting the nation since the moment the war ended. >

Teddy Roosevelt was the first president to order the desegregation of the federal government. 
Then the Daughters of the American Confederacy started a massive PR campaign through monuments and early film to convince the country that black men would rape every white woman they saw if given the opportunity. 
Woodrow Wilson then resegregated the federal government and ordered the showing of Klan propaganda in the White House.
If you think about it the civil rights gains of the 1950s and 60s could have happened around WW1 and the 20s if it wasn't for the lost cause propaganda that they spread in the early turn of the century. >

I like how our society celebrated "The Birth of a Nation" given it's racism based plot.
And how we haven't really evolved beyond hatred. Just last night Tucker Carlson declared that Zelensky, a jew, has declared war on Christianity. Literally recycling old KKK ideology. >

Considering how much of the Ukrainian military tends to be made up of hardcore Orthodox Christians, this makes zero sense. >

Very little of what Carlson says makes sense unless you're a member of his target audience. >

I watched his segment on Zelensky's visit, the first time I've watched a full segment of his in years. He'd say awful, insulting, incendiary things and then play a clip of Zelensky that refuted literally everything he'd just said, then when it cut back to Tucker he'd act like it proved everything he'd just said. It was fucking bizarre.
He also said Zelensky looked like a "strip club manager" and then referred to him as a strip club manager throughout the entire segment. It was fucking foul. >

That's par for him.
Also, there's nothing wrong with being a strip club manager, as long as you're not shady about it.
If Tucker Carlson randomly died, I wouldn't be sad.