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"“I think it wiser,” the retired military leader wrote about a proposed Gettysburg memorial in 1869, “…not to keep open the sores of war but to follow the examples of those nations who endeavored to obliterate the marks of civil strife, to commit to oblivion the feelings engendered.” - Robert E. Lee. The man who would lead the Confederate Armies himself saw this as a burden a healing nation did not need to show, and would only promote hate and misgivings amongst the citizens. So where did what he said get to where they are revered as demi-gods when they were mortal as anyone else?
Taking them down is not erasing history, most were NOT made right after the war, most were put up after the turn of the century, and there is no equitable means of showing the suffrage given by the war to those who couldn't fight, those who were forced to fight, or those who families were sold and split apart from the war. Thinking taking them down is "removing history" when most were only made to remind certain folks "who really runs this place" is foolhardy and self centered. If these monuments are the best thing you can think of while saying they represent history, maybe you should go to school again and learn about history, not HIS-story. Take them down and put them in museums that can show like other exhibit's what they stood for, give folks the chance to either reflect on them there, or just walk on and move to the next exhibit. Kinda hard to shuffle on when your drive to work/exercise route (for those who run or walk) goes through or around a major intersection where it is the prominent "decoration".
If you think or believe a statue of a man who in some cases is what would be considered a felon in todays world, possibly a war criminal in other countries, and a divider of a nation is true representation of your culture, your race, or the catalyst for you to "rise again", you should take a seat because you are a fool. "I'm ready and hyped plus I'm hyped cuz I'm amped, Most of my heroes don't appear on no stamps". "Fight the Power" Public Enemy. Or on monuments.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/robert-e-lee-opposed-confederate-monuments
Taking them down is not erasing history, most were NOT made right after the war, most were put up after the turn of the century, and there is no equitable means of showing the suffrage given by the war to those who couldn't fight, those who were forced to fight, or those who families were sold and split apart from the war. Thinking taking them down is "removing history" when most were only made to remind certain folks "who really runs this place" is foolhardy and self centered. If these monuments are the best thing you can think of while saying they represent history, maybe you should go to school again and learn about history, not HIS-story. Take them down and put them in museums that can show like other exhibit's what they stood for, give folks the chance to either reflect on them there, or just walk on and move to the next exhibit. Kinda hard to shuffle on when your drive to work/exercise route (for those who run or walk) goes through or around a major intersection where it is the prominent "decoration".
If you think or believe a statue of a man who in some cases is what would be considered a felon in todays world, possibly a war criminal in other countries, and a divider of a nation is true representation of your culture, your race, or the catalyst for you to "rise again", you should take a seat because you are a fool. "I'm ready and hyped plus I'm hyped cuz I'm amped, Most of my heroes don't appear on no stamps". "Fight the Power" Public Enemy. Or on monuments.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/robert-e-lee-opposed-confederate-monuments
Robert E. Lee opposed Confederate monuments
White supremacists, neo-Nazis and others have protested the removal of Confederate monuments. But the Confederate general Robert E. Lee himself never wanted such monuments built.
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