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IronLionZion

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7. Exactly, it's not about heritage

Reply to recovering_democrat (Reply #5)

Wed Aug 16, 2017, 12:49 PM

Aug 2017

and it's important to point out why.

So Charlottesville renamed Robert E. Lee park to Emancipation park. Similarly, many monuments to slavers who lost wars could be replaced by civil rights leaders or local historical figures who did good things. If it has to do with local history, then a case could be made for why it's more relevant to a place's heritage than the confederate stuff.

Many of the "heritage not hate" crowd don't personally have any family who were involved in the confederacy. They just like the benefits.

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