Save the Statues! Petition : [ powered by iPetitions.com ]

#	Name	Comments
151	howard r hall	better to stand up now than lay down later dont ever sell out your ancestors i live in the north there are people who will try to deatroy you and this is the 1st step god bless robert e lee
152	Larry Fafarman	The Civil War is by far the greatest legend of American folklore. Without Confederate mementos, America would just not look like America anymore. Please stop the cultural genocide.
153	Johnny Pat Baughman, UT Grad '65	This is just further proof that UT has been taken over by the left-leaning northern academics that have no Texas values or southern values and actually despise our heritage and culture.
154	Steve Skinner	These were righteous, God-fearing and truly great men . Don't allow todays political correctness movement to change history. Preserve the statues of Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis!
155	John Jeffers
156	Brock Townsend	Lee served in Texas before the War, and had a pet rattlesnake who died while there. Lee was upset, and wrote home about him. Lee was a compassionate man, something which seems to be lacking at your university.
157	Chris S. Knapp	Why is it that those who demand "diversity" and "tolerance" refuse to be tolerant towards others? The statues at UT are not only Southern icons, they're Texas one too, and should be left where they are.
158	Chris S. Knapp	Why is it that those who demand "diversity" and "tolerance" refuse to be tolerant towards others? The statues at UT are not only Southern icons, they're Texas one too, and should be left where they are.
159	Larry Lee Spence	These statues honor great men.When has american history become offensive..What next get rid of statues of George Washington and Abe Lincoln.This is our history.We need to remember our history and to honor and celebrate all of our history.American History..Other countries honor theirs and don't destroy it.It upset me to know end to have these racist groups destroy Southern history.Leave History alone. Larry Lee Spence
160	Anthony & Patti Carter	Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis were both honourable men. These men were fighting for independence, home and hearth. Leave the statues alone. All Southerners should repsect and honour these men from the South.
161	Raymond Graham	This destruction of the history of the Southern States sounds very like the efforts of the Nazi party of 1935 germany . this was done to enable totalitarian government. Is this the true agenda of the so called political correctness lobby which is sweeping ,not only America but throughout the democratic world. Stop it now before all freedom is lost
162	Billy E. Price	Teaching is the purpose of a university. Instead of removing statues of Confederate leaders do your jobs and teach your students the truth about the Confederacy. They already know the politically correct version.
163	Anonymous	History will never go away !
164	Billy E. Price	Teaching is the purpose of a university. Instead of removing statues of Confederate leaders do your jobs and teach your students the truth about the Confederacy. They already know the politically correct version.
165	K Ahlblad	It is sad that modern day Talibans are so ready to trash statues of great human beings in the name of current political correctness. Where is the diversity? Where is the tolerance?
166	D. A. Anthony	For an organization that had its beginnings for the purpose of encouraging equality, tolerance, and respect for others, the N.A.A.C.P. has become one of the most intolerent and bigoted organizations of the far Left fringe of American politics. It is extremely disconcerting that organizations and corporations that truly espouse the freedoms upon which this great nation was founded would even acknowledge the mean-spirited and meritless demands of the N.A.A.C.P. in their fund-raising efforts.
167	Kathy McBride	We encourage every minority group to honor their heritage. Fly your Mexican flag and celebrate Cinco de Mayo. We respect hypenated Americans...unless they are Southern-Americans. The NAACP has fought the good fight for Civil Rights. This isn't a Civil Rights issue. The is an issue for Southern-American heritage. Win one for the South!
168	Kathy McBride	We spend our time promoting political correctness and diversity. Fly your Mexican flag and celebrate Cinco de Mayo. We honor hypenated Americans...unless they happen to be Southern-Americans. The NAACP has won its fight for Civil Rights. This isn't about Civil Rights. It's about history. Save the history of the South!
169	Clint Jones	If the NAACP gets every Southern item removed from view in the United States, I wonder what they'll go after next so people will donate to their bigoted organization...Southerners?
170	Todd Thompson	Save our history! When will it end?
171	justin harcum
172	Jack Sheffield	Keep the statues. They're part of our Texas and Southern Heritage. All of those depicted were Honorable men.
173	Dale Rodgers
174	William Potter	Jefferson Republican Party, Alabama
175	Paul Williams
176	Cody Clayton	Texas left the union on Feb. 1st 1861. That's not being racist THAT'S FACT.
177	r. m. baggett
178	Donnie R. Perdue, Jr.	Jefferson Republican Party of North Carolina http://jeffersonrepublicanparty.com
179	Jim DeArman	When you try to take away history, you are not after telling people the truth, but becoming the Nazi's of the 21st. Century.
180	Matthew Lee	PROWD CONFEDERATE SUPPORTER AND CHRISTIAN.
181	Victor D. Gabriella	I do not care who you are, what you are or where you come from. I do not care what state you are from or what your state of mind. LEAVE OUR STATUES AND OUR HISTORY ALON. If you don't like just simply go away.
182	James Maxwell	It's always the squeaking wheel that gets the grease and I am sick of the NAACP getting all the grease.It's high time for all true Southerners to stand up and be counted. Deo Vindice
183	Anonymous	Don't mess with Texas! The Confederate Statues, that is. This is history and heritage, and has nothing to do with slavery and racism. Let this issue die.
184	Carleton Wilkes	Save the statues. These are honorable men. Time for healing just like George W. Littlefield said. To dishonor Littlefield's bequest will adversely affect future UT donors who won't have confidence in UT to honor their bequest (e.g. Joe Jamail's statue comes down 50 years after his death. Nobody will be there to defend him, and UT won't be honorable if it takes any statue down).
185	Geeorge and Kathy Tremble	To remove the statue honoring the Greatest, Noblest and Gentlest, Rbt, E Lee, of ALL Americans would be a disgrace!
186	Theodore R. Uecker	weather or not you agree with something, makes it no less a part of the history and culture of a people or place.
187	Richard Uhlig	The very suggestion to move/remove the statues is outright racist. When is America going to wake up and put their collective foot down on this kind of double standard? When are Americans going to wake up and see that this issue is never about equality. It is solely about advancing a leftist socialist aganda. It is ludicrious to assume that those statues stand in anyones way to a higher education so what other reason could "those people" have for wanting the statues removed? This is in your face political correctness and I hope that texas students and alumni at UT will tell those people to go take a hike. This attack on American heritage is an insult to all Texans and especially black Americans because it suggests that blacks cant cope with something that they dont undestand. It is an insult to blacks because it suggests that they cant think for themselves. It suggests that blacks are so thin skinned that their whole life is dependent on how sensitive they are treated.
188	Richard Uhlig	The very suggestion to move/remove the statues is outright racist. When is America going to wake up and put their collective foot down on this kind of double standard? When are Americans going to wake up and see that this issue is never about equality. It is solely about advancing a leftist socialist aganda. It is ludicrious to assume that those statues stand in anyones way to a higher education so what other reason could "those people" have for wanting the statues removed? This is in your face political correctness and I hope that texas students and alumni at UT will tell those people to go take a hike. This attack on American heritage is an insult to all Texans and especially black Americans because it suggests that blacks cant cope with something that they dont undestand. It is an insult to blacks because it suggests that they cant think for themselves. It suggests that blacks are so thin skinned that their whole life is dependent on how sensitive they are treated.
189	Jim Busbin	Outrageous!! Leave those beautiful statues of honorable Christian Men of integrity alone!!
190	Joseph Payne	Cultural genocide against the Southern people began during Reconstruction and has not ceased to this day. The South's fight during the Second Revolutionary War (same principles applied) aka The War of Northern Aggression was led by the greatest military minds this nation ever produced. If not why are their tactics studied at West Point today. We honor them for their brilliance and dedication to The Cause as they led our ancestors against Yankee Imperialism and for States Rights.
191	David Smith	Texas has a rich history and institutes of higher learning should use these instances of the state's southern heritage supposedly offending someone to educate people as to what these symbols really commemorate.
192	Bob Brewer	Leave the Statues!! they have been there for how many years?? and havnt been a problem before. Why now??
193	Gary Patrick	Why destroy the history of two courageous men? Where is it written that our history should have to be on some sort of 'approved' list? SHAME on you !!
194	Lamont G Sible Jr.	There is an excellent [paper back] book called, "Lee The Gallant Christian Soldier" written by Lee Roddy. Many good copies are available at bookfinder.com This is just one of the vast numbers of books of Robert E. Lee, which clearly show Lee as one of the Greatest Americans that ever lived. Removing these statues would be a tragedy.
195	mindi
196	John Lahmeyer	I wish the NAACP would get it through there thick head that this is heritage not racisim! Everyone else in America can stand up for there heritage and so can we without people complaining.
197	Harry D Hurst	I truly hate to see the land my 13 generations of ancestors built being destroyed by misguied and ignorant members of our society. Shortly we will have to kiss the USA, as we know it, goodbye.
198	Harry D Hurst	I truly hate to see the land my 13 generations of ancestors built being destroyed by misguied and ignorant members of our society. Shortly we will have to kiss the USA, as we know it, goodbye.
199	Joseph Gresham	The ONLY racism here is that of the Marxist bigots who desire to commit genocide against the Southern people. Wiping out the history of a people is genocide, it is criminal AND it is wrong...period! God grant these ignorant Marxists either a mind or a mute tongue.
200	Steve Elkin	It's time to stop this hate against the South!