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Virginia Governor Announces Removal of Robert E. Lee Statue
06-06-2020, 10:27 AM
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RE: Virginia Governor Announces Removal of Robert E. Lee Statue
Quote:People are misinformed when they believe those are only monuments to states rights and slavery.

Read this, and then see how you feel.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/c...180970731/

No one is denying a private citizen who wants to put up a monument on his or her own property. It's only on public grounds, owned by us all, that the community feels does not represent its values (and in the particular case of African-Americans, never did). Hence, why I made the comment about the political ramifications of taking them down.

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