Alabama Democrats are missing out on a golden opportunity to bring the state together, gain some political steam, and notch a big win.
As is their custom, they are blowing it.
The party apparatus of the Alabama Democratic Party is targeting State Representative Will Dismukes (R-Prattville) and referring to him as a Confederate sympathizer by saying, “If little Will wants to play dress-up and pretend to fight for the lost cause, he should resign.” This happened because he opposes any effort to defund Confederate Memorial Park.
That doesn’t make him a Confederate sympathizer or a bad person. Painting him this way makes most normal people roll their eyes, but what if Alabama Democrats were being reasonable here?
What if Democrats decided that Confederate Memorial Park would be a good end spot for all of these monuments they want to be taken down?
Before America got into the business of tearing down monuments to the Confederacy, as well as George Washington and Ulysses S. Grant, the common argument for removing statues was to put them in Confederate cemeteries or in museums.
Well, this park is both.
Dismukes on Huntsville WVNN’s “The Dale Jackson Show” appeared to be open to some form of compromise and change to the Alabama Memorial Preservation Act.
Dismukes said Monday that he could envision an amendment that would allow cities to move the monuments without breaking the law or waiting for a mob to tear them down.
“I think if a city takes it down, it has to go to Confederate Memorial Park and the city has to pay for the transportation and the setup fees,” Dismukes advised.
My takeaway:
What if a compromise was created that would allow all of the monuments around the state that will be coming down to be moved to Confederate Memorial Park? Maybe we could go further and create a commission to help paint an accurate picture of the Civil War-era in Alabama that everyone can appreciate and learn from, good and bad.
We could do that, or we could continue to demonize each other, call our fellow Alabamians racists with no reason and further divide ourselves.
Listen:
Dale Jackson is a contributing writer to Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 7-11 AM weekdays on WVNN.
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