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Sailor65x1

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7. Well there is one interesting thing about it, honorable or not...

Reply to Pugster (Original post)

Mon Oct 30, 2017, 11:18 PM

Oct 2017

All of the effort and desire today to remove his statues is not nearly a new thing although we'd like to pretend we are seeing/acting as the first enlightened generation. On the contrary, the first person to object to statues of Lee was Lee himself. Yet up they went, and only now do they finally come down.

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John Kelly just called Robert E. Lee an "honorable man" [View all] Pugster Oct 2017 OP

The guy is a racist asshole JI7 Oct 2017 #1

More confirmation. Pos. Glimmer of Hope Oct 2017 #2

This has been the narrative for well over 100 years HopeAgain Oct 2017 #3

For me, I didn't think he'd be "an adult in the house" awesomerwb1 Oct 2017 #4

Wow! kentuck Oct 2017 #5

Wish the ghost of George Henry Thomas would come back to haunt Kelly... renegade000 Oct 2017 #6

Well said. There could never be enough statues for Gen. Thomas, nor enough praise . . . Journeyman Oct 2017 #12

It is a huge shame that he's not as widely known. renegade000 Oct 2017 #16

Well there is one interesting thing about it, honorable or not... Sailor65x1 Oct 2017 #7

John kelly is an empty barrel. yortsed snacilbuper Oct 2017 #8

And . . . peggysue2 Oct 2017 #9

He was a traitor to his country. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2017 #10

I believed that for many years Nevernose Oct 2017 #11

Like most people, Robert E. Lee was an extremely complicated individual . . . Journeyman Oct 2017 #13

That would explain why he attacked the congresswoman and refused to procon Oct 2017 #14

Lee took an oath to honor and protect the UNITED STATES Constitution mikehiggins Oct 2017 #15