Robert E Lee's descendant okay with removal of Confederate monuments

[Wyrt]

But Texas just redid all its textbooks a couple years ago. All that money to try and paint history differently would be wasted.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...cies/19175311/
http://www.businessinsider.com/ameri...vil-war-2015-7

No wonder we have so many people defending monuments to slavery.

[Orbitus]

I think it is a non-issue. Where I live, the government changes history in textbooks to erase its war crimes. At least things like that don't happen in the US, except maybe glossing over the deaths of Native Americans a bit but that is different.

You must live in Texas. They have done that in Texas.

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By the way, the family of Andrew Jackson just said the same thing. Here is the open letter they published.

This is a big deal, as we all know, Trump insists Jackson would have stopped the war in the first place.

The great-great grandson of Jefferson Davis said something similar on CNN. http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/16/us/rob...val/index.html

[Masark]

"It has nothing to do with slavery!"

Ignoring the 15+ years of furious debates revolving around slavery in the territories and the Fugitive Slave Laws and fears of abolitionist movements that lead directly to the civil war breaking out in 1860 . . .

Not just debates.

[Adam Jensen]

Not just debates.

Yep, Kansas was basically tearing itself apart before the Civil War even started.

[Bryntrollian]

Can't forget about the fact that a lot of these monuments were put in place as a way to support Jim Crow and the segregationist movement, along with the formal return of a certain Confederate Battle flag thanks in part to the States' Rights Democratic Party(Dixiecrat).

[Mittens]

TBH we should replace those statues with statues of WW2 generals. Seems like a win-win to me.

[Wyrt]

TBH we should replace those statues with statues of WW2 generals. Seems like a win-win to me.

Seems like a good plan.

[GennGreymane]

TBH we should replace those statues with statues of WW2 generals. Seems like a win-win to me.

I don't have issue with this. Eisenhower could use a bunch.

[Mormolyce]

I personally have no stake in whether some old statues get pulled down or not.

I do have to laugh my ass off at the accusation that the people who are in favour of removing them are "erasing history" though. They want those statues torn down precisely because they REMEMBER WHAT THOSE MEN STOOD FOR.

By the way, the family of Andrew Jackson just said the same thing. Here is the open letter they published.

This is a big deal, as we all know, Trump insists Jackson would have stopped the war in the first place.

Maybe they could listen to them, they could stop the war that's brewing right now...

[Travis B]

Guys we can't tear down these ancient, beautiful statues. Just look at this one of Confederate general and KKK Grand Wizard Nathan Bedford Forrest that dates back all the way to 1998. If it was an actual person, it'd almost be old enough to legally drink.

[Breccia]

Just look at this one of Confederate general and KKK Grand Wizard Nathan Bedford Forrest that

OH GOD WHY

Forever in my nightmares. Crazy-ass motherfucker looks like he took every drug in Fallout 4 and is shown here raping a carousel, firing a cap gun, and farting hard enough to shit his pantaloons and he's okay with that.

It looks like a college-level art project the guy knowing he was going to fail anyhow made while chain-watching Steven King's IT and probably on mushrooms.

And look at that head-neck ratio. LOOK AT IT. I've seen less painful ratios in National Geographic.

[Beazy]

There is a petition in Austin to have Robert E Lee rd changed to Whataburger dr, and change the sign from green to Orange /w white stripes.

I didn't give two shits about the statues and monuments, that's for the antifa and klan dip shits to fight about, but I do support the name change of the street because Whataburger is a TX state treasure and Lee wasnt, hes from Virginia FFS!

[Vanyali]

There is a petition in Austin to have Robert E Lee rd changed to Whataburger dr, and change the sign from green to Orange /w white stripes.

I didn't give two shits about the statues and monuments, that's for the antifa and klan dip shits to fight about, but I do support the name change of the street because Whataburger is a TX state treasure and Lee wasnt, hes from Virginia FFS!

Hoooly shit you've reminded me of how much i miss Whataburger. Their portion size and their prices... 0.0

[Beazy]

Hoooly shit you've reminded me of how much i miss Whataburger. Their portion size and their prices... 0.0

They know some kind of black magic because their fries can only be eaten with their own ketchup, if you try to use another ketchup, ANY ketchup, it tastes off and ruins your day.

I know what I'm having for lunch now.

[Vanyali]

They know some kind of black magic because their fries can only be eaten with their own ketchup, if you try to use another ketchup, ANY ketchup, it tastes off and ruins your day.

I know what I'm having for lunch now.

I hate you, wendy's is not an adequate substitute and that's all i got near work.