So what's the breakdown on Johnson vs Wheaton? I think Wheaton looks more fluid in his tape, but I don't know shit, so maybe someone else could provide a better analysis.
Won't change anything for us. Kyler Murray ran Lincoln's offense basically as well as it can possibly be run, and we still almost beat them twice. If he ever figures out how to coach a defense on the other hand, that would spell doom for us.
The difference is that the Confederacy's entire purpose was to preserve slavery. Glorification of its leaders is a blatant endorsement of the one value they prioritized. It should be acknowledged that figures like Washington and Jefferson owned slaves, but the American Revolution had a value beyond the personal actions of its leaders. The Confederacy only had one purpose.
(Also worth noting that Jefferson fought to outlaw the slave trade and gradually favored emancipation more and more in his later years).
Not gonna get too far into this since this thread really isn't the place for it, but I will say that defending monuments to racists under the guise of "preserving history" is just about the most bullshit argument you can make.
If you're so worried about history being lost, maybe we should increase education funding instead of honoring people who dedicated their lives to preserving one of the worst practices the human race has ever engaged in.
Don't think you should be getting negged for this. It's very relevant to look at it from a slave's perspective since Robert E. Lee used to say "The eyes of the south are upon you", which is almost certainly the inspiration for "The Eyes of Texas are upon you."
In my view, it's entirely dependent on how old the person was at the time. A 16 year-old tweeting it out? Stupid, but that shouldn't ruin a career. But Scalley was a 34 year-old man when he said that. His views were fully formed and he should have had the basic awareness to know that's never acceptable, especially considering that 2013 wasn't exactly another era when it comes to the acceptability of saying the n-word.