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    The Associated Press‏Verified account @AP 6 Sep 2021

    A towering statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia, is set to get taken down Wednesday, more than 130 years after it was raised in tribute to a Civil War hero now widely seen as a symbol of racial injustice, state officials said.http://apne.ws/pOaPv64 

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      1. ꓭOꓭ in the Desert  🌵‏ @bobpress 6 Sep 2021
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        It was installed in 1890 after Reconstruction had ended and when the Jim Crow era had started.

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      1. Storm Cilley‏ @RStormC 6 Sep 2021
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        Reminder. It wasn't erected to honor Lee, who did not want any war memorials. It was erected to remind the uppity blacks of their place.

        4 replies 13 retweets 194 likes
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      1. Calabrin‏ @DanteDLT 6 Sep 2021
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        “Widely seen as”? No. Objectively a symbol of racism. There aren’t two sides to this.

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      1. Stan Van Gundy‏Verified account @realStanVG 6 Sep 2021
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        Glad it’s coming down. Robert E Lee fought a war for the right to own Black people. We shouldn’t be honoring him.

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      1. Anne McCarthy‏ @AM_McCarthy 6 Sep 2021
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        So you think that "hero" is a fact, but the fact that he was a racist is just "widely seen?"

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      2. Evariste‏ @Evar_Galois 6 Sep 2021
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        “Civil War hero” is a funny way to describe someone who led an armed rebellion against the United States so that his fellow southerners could continue owning slaves.

        137 replies 893 retweets 9,919 likes
      3. hippie@heart‏ @heartofhippie 7 Sep 2021
        Replying to @Evar_Galois @AP

        Southerners born there didn’t have any choice of where they were born or what was going on majority like today in government decisions. Unless you had enough money to own slaves and most didn’t. Don’t put in one basket. None of my ancestors did. Poor farmers

        52 replies 5 retweets 38 likes
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      1. Dad Jokes Panda‏ @TrashPandaFTW 6 Sep 2021
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        Hero? Do better @AP

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      1. David Rothschild‏Verified account @DavMicRot 6 Sep 2021
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        Robert E. Lee led a violent insurrection against US in order to perpetuate owning people (and their descendants) as slaves: while the @AP calls him a hero, I call him a traitor.

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      1. brad‏ @brk7391 6 Sep 2021
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        You don't need to both sides the civil war. Jesus Christ

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