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Originally Posted by Terry
Robert E Lee ended up on the losing side in American history. Yet he is still part of our history. Tearing down statues and monuments hasn't been restricted to those who fought, lost, and died on the side of the Confederacy, but also abolitionists such as Frederick Douglas, and the memorial of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. Anything pertaining to US History is being destroyed or defaced, but not the statue of Lenin in Seattle. No one is touching that.
No, it's not about covid, but about a country and the freedom and liberty for which it stands. Removal of statues and monuments is an effort to erase or recreate history.
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We shouldn't be proud of those that attacked America in support of slavery. We shouldn't be proud of traitors to America..