RE: White supremacists and counter protesters clash in Charlottesville
August 14, 2017 at 12:25 pm
(This post was last modified: August 14, 2017 at 12:29 pm by Kosh.)
(August 14, 2017 at 10:37 am)Mr.wizard Wrote: So we should remove all traces of anybody who had slaves or was on the side of slavery from government property? Going to have remove half of Washington D.C.
Nah, that's not it at all. In its simplest sense of the word, he was a traitor. You don't see any statues of Jefferson Davis in DC?
(August 14, 2017 at 10:44 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Didn't robert e lee have the same views about blacks and slavery as Lincoln?
Even if that is true.. Does that matter? It almost makes it worse that he couldn't be bothered to stand up for what he thought was right regarding slavery.
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