Regarding The Flap Over Confederate Statues

[bennyboy]

1. As a native yup those statues are a problem . Once again pushing the slippery slope fallacy .And your apathy helps no one benny .

I'm not apathetic at all. Given the double standard that will ALWAYS be implicit in memorializing warriors or political leaders, I strongly support the existence and open display of statuary. You can put up whatever plaques you want to mitigate the sense that Charlottesville supports white supremacist ideas. How about:

"General Robert E. Lee was a brilliant tactician, considered by many in the Confederate States to be among their best. However, criticism over his ownership of black slaves has led to the suggestion that he cannot be said to represent the ideals of the modern United States of America."