Comments by "Stephen Jenkins" (@stephenjenkins7971) on "Veteran Silenced for Sharing Black History of Memorial Day" video.

@feeler6670 And that will always be the case. The goal is to lessen that issue as much as humanely possible. Perfection is a goal, but not achievable.
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@feeler6670 I actually saw it as organizers fearing what progerssives and shutting him up so he doesn't "offend" anyone. Impossible to know for sure. Edit: Likely you were correct, actually. Looking up the guys involved. Disgusting.
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@kassieraine110 There's some leeway here, and you're taking an extremist approach. This is the same logic that let people tear down statues of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, or Gandhi. Past figures are always going to be filled with controversy. Heck, modern ones are. Statues of Mansa Musa exist in West Africa, despite hte fact that he owned like millions of slaves -at what point does tearing down just become attacking a country's history? Whether you or I admit it or not, the Confederacy was a part of the South's history. That isn't gonna change. There wasn't and won't ever be a unified way of thinking of these figures since they represent one thing to someone, and another thing to another. Now, for something like the KKK which has no cultural significance, I can 100% understand not allowing such a statue to come up. Or Mao, or Stalin, or Hitler. Ultimately, for me, I'd say that its up to the local community as long as they have a good reason to have such focus on a historical figure or monument. That's my take.
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@dipthongthathongthongthong9691 That underbelly respects minority rights than almost any other nation on Earth. There is far more room for progress, but by dismissing the gains made, you give credence to people that just flat-out want the topic of minority rights to be dea in their own countries. Where nations like Russia or China focus on suppressing their minorities, or Western European countries ignore their minority issues -the US is among the few to talk and address them. Your bitterness lets progress die and let people that want people like to shut up win. Shame on you.
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@PatinaEdochie People like you really do like stepping on other minorities, huh?
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@PatinaEdochie What are you even talking about here? Where did I argue that the Soldier didn't get disrespected and that he wasn't shamed? I 100% agree that he was, and 100% support that the organizers get named and shamed for this likely racist action. But instead of checking how I feel, you just sorta...run away and guess that I don't??? Like, sis, are you OK???? I am having a blast today. I just wish you'd look at the bigger picture while fighting the good fight. But hey, you wanna stay ignorant, be my guest.
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