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Originally Posted by Bay Kid
Still partying in Richmond Va., I mean protesting. Now, after painting really bad things I won't repeat, on Gen. Lee's statue the king is having all historical statues removed as soon as possible. So destroy and rewrite history.
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It's not being destroyed and rewritten. It's being cleaned and moved to a more appropriate place. They haven't decided the place yet. Most suggestions involve museums. They provide historical content and context to our country and should be preserved, so future generations can understand how our country ended up being what it is, and why. But statues that honor people who led troops to kill other troops in order to preserve the slave culture don't belong in places where descendants of those slaves have to pass by, or see every time they leave their homes. And responsible, civilized people whose ancestors owned slaves, don't need to be reminded constantly of the shameful past of their families.
These things SHOULD be preserved. And they SHOULD be made available to anyone who WANTS to see them and learn about them. That's a museum. Not a the middle of a public park.