Regarding The Flap Over Confederate Statues

[Aegon]

If we only had monuments to perfect people there would be no monuments.

I don't mean to rag on you in every topic but you just keep surprising me with your lack of logical reasoning. I always pegged you as smarter than most.

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Statues of confederate heroes erected during the Civil Rights movement of the 50's and 60's, were clearly not erected to honor the victims and the dead of the Civil War, nor where they erected to memorialize American patriots since they are American traitors. The fact that so many people still cling to these people as some sort of inspiration, is disturbing. You can learn about the history without having to memorialize it. You can honor the fallen and respect the soldiers who fought on both sides, without having to memorialize the traitors.

This.

The fact that modern fetishism of the Confederacy really started during the Civil Rights Movement says all one really needs to know.