Regarding The Flap Over Confederate Statues

[Rev. Rye]

Well, then, put them in museums. I've made clear throughout the thread it's the motives behind it that concern me. I have made that abundantly clear in the vast majority of posts I've made in this thread.

And with regards to the whitewashing of history, the impression I've gotten throughout this thread is that we've noticed that the "Lost Cause of the South" mentality is bullshit, and rightly so, and decided the best thing to do is turn it on its head. Lee was certainly not the saint people want to see him as, but from my research, he was a bit more complicated than that. Lee was no abolitionist, but he did have some qualms about the effect slavery had on society, even if he did not act on them. The CSA was founded on the desire to perpetuate slavery in its worst form, but Lee stuck with the union until Virginia seceded and he decided he could not bear arms against Virginia. He was notoriously silent on civil rights issues after the war. But then again, even his enemies in the North had respect for him.