The Confederate statues remain a source of irritation for the University of Texas. The story behind the statues is that when Major Littlefield died, there were changes. Littlefield had been working alongside Pompeo Coppinni in placing the statues on the campus. The original artists idea was to place the statues in such a manner that they would convey a sense of reconciliation between north and south. When Littlefield died, the University officials decided that they knew better. That bastion of supposed "free speech" and "artistic expression" censored Coppinni and chose where and how to place the statues themselves. Coppinni warned them that placing them in that arrangement would send a message of defiance and irritation to the viewers of the statues. UT officials ignored Coppinni and did what they wanted to do anyway.

Now the statues come back to haunt them. Will UT accept responsibility for their errors? No way. A proper liberal school will blame society or someone else rather than assume responsibility for their debacle. They blame the dead white men of the Confederacy. Well, it was those men who gave their money to keep the University’s doors open after the war. It was not the Lincoln-loving Yankees or Carpetbaggers, it was Texans, Confederate Texans. Every student at that University owes a debt of gratitude to those men who provided the funds to keep their beloved orange and white University doors open. Will they express gratitude? I doubt it. I do find it humorous that Coppinni did the statues at UT and the Sul Ross Statue at Texas A&M as well. At least the Aggies show some respect for their founders.

Does this issue bother me? Yes, the arrogance of the UT administration and students towards the statues is a shame for Texas. The University only believes in free speech when it promotes liberal or communist ideas. They hold marches for socialist writers and those freedoms. Will they hold a march to keep the statues? I doubt it. If they were truly interested in free speech they would.

If you want to keep the statues, consider voting in the Texas Monthly poll link below. You may want to read the article first and get your blood boiling, then vote.

http://www.texasmonthly.com/authors/dongraham.php

Texians,

Texas is not going to get better on its own without our effort. Do something! Vote-Read-Write-Speak-Do something. Just don’t send your sons, daughters, grandchildren or nebs to UT. They trash the Confederacy. They talk free speech, but when there is a price for speaking out, they have taken their whimpy orange butts to the clubhouse.

For (the Republic) of Texas! [to remove any confusion or possibility of thinking I support UT]

J Murrah

If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!