(January 19, 2022 at 3:11 pm)Ranjr Wrote:(January 19, 2022 at 2:42 pm)Spongebob Wrote: Its an interesting issue. We certainly don't want to dismiss or hide history and Lee's military prowess is definitely something to be acknowledged. What we don't want to do is honor anyone who took part in the Confederacy with monuments. That's not something to be celebrated. I don't believe there's any danger of Lee's accomplishments being lost to history and there are very appropriate places for historical items to be displayed. The lawn of city hall is not that place.
I was joking. It is equally ridiculous for southerners to glorify a yankee con man as it is Lee.
Yes, but it is amazing how many times I hear this. The reaction is always about rewriting history when of course that's not what's happening. What I would love to happen is for people to speak honestly. No intelligent person can believe removing monuments has anything to do with rewriting history; it has to do with what we deem worthy of honor and celebration. They may say "rewriting history" but what they mean has to be "honor the Confederacy".
Why is it so?
~Julius Sumner Miller
~Julius Sumner Miller
