warspite1
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ORIGINAL: AcePylut I, personally, think it's absolutely ridiculous to have statues of men that tried to destroy our nation, on "gov't" property. I don't care if Robert E. Lee was for or against slavery, I don't care if he was a good man or a bad man by todays or 1860s standard of judgement. In my opinion, the man was a traitor, nothing more nothing less. As as a result, not one single gov't penny or parcel of gov't land should should have his (or any other Confederate leader) image, likeness, bust, statue etc. on it... unless it's in a museum or a history book. This is the crux, that all the "Washington, Jefferson . . ." apologists miss. The Confederacy was a traitorous enterprise. It was never a nation (see USSC decision.) The officers of the CSA, especially Lee, were traitors by the plain wording of the US Constitution. Put the statues in museums, with plaques explaining they were traitors. Get them off public streets and out of public parks. Yes, but the American Revolution was a traitorous enterprise. warspite1 Well said. I can't believe how many "tear down the monuments apologists" simply miss this fundamental point. Depending on whose 'side' you sit, someone is going to be a bad guy to someone. So for example, depending on whose side you sit, one of Charles I or Oliver Cromwell was a traitor. The 1640's were a massively important time in British history. There are monuments, there are memorials to both. That time needs to be remembered. So does the US Civil War. Condoleezza Rice - you put it perfectly. warspite1 One other pertinent point on the US Civil War. This was a war fought between unequal sides its true, but the southern states were still a sizeable group in numbers of states and population within. Had they, their populace and their leaders been shunned, vilified and hounded after the war with no memorials or statues to their fallen, their leaders, allowed, how would that make them feel? Part of a Union? Instead the Union stayed together, the US grew strong united and those descendants of the southern states can remain proud of their country (USA) but also their south, their state or whatever, while remaining within the Union. That was - whether wholly by design or by luck - the sensible way to deal with the defeated. Had they tried the age old way perhaps resentment and anger (and fear) would have simply festered and the USA would be very different to the one we know today.
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