Why move it?
He fought for slavery. Statues of Lee are rallying points for current day far right extremists. That is an inescapable fact.
“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not, he was a fool. If he did, Robert E. Lee was a traitor and a rebel – not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
– W.E.B. DuBois
Was Daniel O’Connell against women having a vote?
Pyramids were built by slaves. Tear them down.
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Im disappointed but not one bit surprised you continue to ignore the fact Lee was well known for his anti slavery stance but without your usual brazen way of deflecting it your entire argument collapses. My final say on this matter is all statues/monuments of Robert E Lee were erected to honour a soldier who served both his nation in the Mexican-American war and his home state of Virginia in the civil war impeccably, and while your boorish ranting and raving will be long forgotten soon enough the General will be talked of with reverence and awe the World over so long as man is around to speak of him.
He fought for slavery, he was a cunt. George Washington was a slave owner, another cunt.
It’s really not that difficult.
Read my previous post.
By who?
By racists and deluded idiots.
so should Mount Rushmore be blown up?
The Civil war wasnt about the rights and wrongs of slavery.
Ahh man seriously, you resorted to the cunt calling. Sign out there like a good man. your done for the day.
Yes. And all roads and infrastructure built by slaves or people not working in accordance with modern health and safety protocols.
There’s more it now.
Where do you stand on all statues of white people in America who directly or indirectly colonialised and stole the land from Native Americans and effected genocide on them.
I’ll wait for the non reply or the emoji.
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the righteous shall decide what shall stay and what shall go.
a righteousness that extends through time, backwards and forwards.
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@anon61878697 Id be delighted to discuss the subject with you at some stage, don’t waste your time on a fella who has nothing better to do than spew absolute rubbish for hours on end.
Selective righteousness it seems … if native Americans start releasing rap albums about their oppression he’ll be all over it
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Like the Brits and their obsession with glorifying the empire, the US has a serious problem coming to terms with its history.
The dum dums here don’t realise that they’re essentially the same “debates”. What they are engaging in is glorification of colonialism, imperialism and oppression.
The irony is a lot of these lads are the exact same people who glorify Dan Breen and the Knocklong ambush etc. in one breath, and then switch to full blown little imperialist with the next.
The exact same logic that defends the likes of Lee glorifies the rape and pillage of oppressed peoples all over the world.
When you’ve the likes of Niall Ferguson pushing this essentially ethno-nationalist, racist bullshit, and the way that mainstream right-wing politics has tied it up with other deeply regressive political positions, it’s not s,urprising that it catches on with idiots.
Mount Rushmore, yay or nay?
Sure. Slavery had nothing to do with the US Civil War.
Nothing at all.