Robert E Lee statue in Richmond cut in half and torn down

[evince]

Hey Joe B, this thread is about Statue removal, remember?

Yeah



It’s wonderful racists who also hate women are not being honored anymore

[evince]

I take it you ignore that left wingnuts act much like Nazis

This thread isn’t about your heros the nazis

[Stringfellow Hawk]

Yeah



It’s wonderful racists who also hate women are not being honored anymore

Poor Joe Biden, off topic again

[Grumpy]

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Any of you JPP dimlibs remember john brown ???

[evince]

Why did Biden get so many black Americans votes then idiot?



Black people hate you racists is why

[signalmankenneth]

I would like to see, stone mountain in Georgia destroyed too?!! We need to wipe all vestiges of the confederacy out of this country?!!

Germany does not honor the Nazi's, with statues and monument?!!

[evince]

These people sought to destroy the Union of the United States


They wanted us to crumble as a nation



They are the enemy of everyone who loves the United States

[evince]

Maybe we should build new statues of the confederate heros swinging from ropes

[Jarod]

Statue of Confederate Robert E. Lee coming down in Virginia (msn.com)

About time.

I am very glad to see my great great uncle’s statue come down.

I hope they find a nice easier to put it in.

[Guno צְבִי]

Confederate Statues Were Never Really About Preserving History

The biggest spike in Confederate memorials came during the early 1900s, soon after Southern states enacted a number of sweeping laws to disenfranchise Black Americans and segregate society. During this period, more than 400 monuments were built as part of an organized strategy to reshape Civil War history. And this effort was largely spearheaded by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, who sponsored hundreds of statues, predominantly in the South in the early 20th century — and as recently as 2011.

Black Americans have long understood the symbolism of those monuments. “I know what this statue means,” said Brooks. “It's a reminder to stay in my place.”

Not just statues were erected during this period, either. Following the landmark Brown versus Board of Education decision in 1954, which said maintaining racially segregated schools was unconstitutional, there was an uptick in the number of colleges and schools named after Confederate soldiers and generals: From 1954 to 1970, at least 45 were named after Confederates.

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com...erate-statues/

[Nordberg]

R.E. Lee in 1869
I think it wiser not to keep open the sores of war, but to follow the examples of those nations who endeavored to obliterate the marks of strife, to commit to oblivion the feelings it engendered
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/...rate-monuments The lingering hatred in the south shows he was correct.

[Taft2016]

Driving down Monument Avenue in Richmond was once an amazing experience. The statues were majestic, until you came up to a skinny guy holding a tennis racquet. Arthur Ashe.

I can't believe the people of Richmond just let that all go.

[Micawber]

It happened, therefore it is history. Because you do not like what happened does not alter the fact. Grow up.

You can't stop us from tearing it apart because we won and you lost the war.

If you'd like we can commission a replacement one of him on his knees begging for his life while Grant has a sword to his neck.

[Lionfish]

You can't stop us from tearing it apart because we won and you lost the war.

If you'd like we can commission a replacement one of him on his knees begging for his life while Grant has a sword to his neck.

It is comments like yours that reinforce how stubborn and ignorant the alt-lefties have become.

[LV426]

Just like the NAZI party the liberals are now tearing down history, book burnings to follow

So because that statue was removed, you now don't know who lost the Civil War?