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lees1975

(3,859 posts) Tue Jul 13, 2021, 12:04 AM Jul 2021

Some thoughts about the example set by Charlottesville's Removal of Confederate Statues [View all]

https://signalpress.blogspot.com/2021/07/charlottesville-brings-down-confederate.html

There are some very good reasons why statues that memorialize and honor leaders of the Confederacy, which was a rebellion against American idealism embodied in its Democratic Republic and Constitution, should be taken down. Why would there be statues erected in the United States to the enemies of the United States?

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Some thoughts about the example set by Charlottesville's Removal of Confederate Statues [View all] lees1975 Jul 2021 OP

So the current enemies of the United States can have someone to idolize. Aristus Jul 2021 #1

Museums would be a good place for them lees1975 Jul 2021 #2