Duke University Removes Robert E Lee Statue (religion, african, socialism)

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Originally Posted by trlhiker

How is taking down a statue erasing history? I think it is good to remove statues of traitors.

Lee was the exact opposite of a traitor.

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Originally Posted by wilful

So what he was on the wrong side of history and a supporter of an evil and pernicious system - slavery, lynching,of black men women and children and rapes of innocent black women.

Slavery was real, but the rest of your comment is based more on your imagination than reality.

[Valhallian]

Good on them!!

[MongooseHugger]

Originally Posted by sd-bound

I agree prior to the civil war, he was well thought of, just like Benedict Arnold was before he turned traitor...

"...He joined the growing army outside Boston and distinguished himself through acts of intelligence and bravery..."

And I imagine a lot of traitors, murders, swindlers, etc. were well thought off before they committed crimes and offences, so?

How exactly was Lee a traitor? He didn't support secession and he didn't seem overly fond of slavery either. He was more pro-Virgina than anti-Union. Besides, whatever Lee had done, he's got NOTHING on Obama and Hillary (and I don't think Benedict Arnold or Aaron Burr did either.)

[GotHereQuickAsICould]

Originally Posted by hbdwihdh378y9

Lee was the exact opposite of a traitor.

Is it backwards day on your planet?

Lee was a traitor to the U.S.A., the nation he had given his oath to protect and defend.

A number of other West Point cadets and graduates joined him and they proceeded to launch a brutal, ugly war in defense of slavery.

I don't care how good a tactician he was, he was a traitor.

He and his cohorts tore the nation apart, left the south in shambles, and left us with 150 years of divisive Confederate BS.

[Heavenese]

Originally Posted by tripleh

terrible decision, you dont get to erase history you dont like.

Putting up the statue is revising history.

[GotHereQuickAsICould]

Originally Posted by MongooseHugger

How exactly was Lee a traitor? He didn't support secession and he didn't seem overly fond of slavery either. He was more pro-Virgina than anti-Union. Besides, whatever Lee had done, he's got NOTHING on Obama and Hillary (and I don't think Benedict Arnold or Aaron Burr did either.)

You have been misinformed.

Lee supported secession and was quite fond of slavery. Read up on it.

Who the hell cares if he was pro-Virginia? He was a traitor to the U.S.A. Many southerners, including relatives and fellow West Pointers didn't follow in Lee's footsteps.

Neither Obama nor Clinton led an insurrection army agains the U.S.

You post the damnedest dumb stuff.

[GotHereQuickAsICould]

Originally Posted by Heavenese

Putting up the statue is revising history.

That's exactly what the Daughters of the Confederacy where trying to do and it worked.

Look at all the people who think Lee was some noble character.

[sd-bound]

Originally Posted by MongooseHugger

How exactly was Lee a traitor? He didn't support secession and he didn't seem overly fond of slavery either. He was more pro-Virgina than anti-Union. Besides, whatever Lee had done, he's got NOTHING on Obama and Hillary (and I don't think Benedict Arnold or Aaron Burr did either.)

I would have thought it was quite obvious. He didn't support secession?!? Jeez, he led a failed insurrection against his own country, the same country that he was born and grew up in for God's sake.

Read some history, most people who take an active role in a failed coup d'état are hanged. Just because President Johnson was soft on Lee and the south doesn't make them any less traitorous...

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Originally Posted by workingclasshero

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