When are we going to tear down othe slave owner statues like George Washington and Thomas Jefferson?
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Replying to @shakes2011
Maybe, just maybe, being a leader and general in the largest act of treason against the USA is a little more than being a "slave owner".
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Replying to @Grange95
That's not the reason for the counter protest though
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Replying to @shakes2011
Not sure I follow. Protesters were white supremacists wanting to keep Lee statue. Counter protests were anti-white supremacist.
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Replying to @Grange95
Then why not tear down the statues of Washington and Jefferson, clearly they were white supremacists too
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Replying to @shakes2011
Again, I don't see the connection you're trying to draw. This wasn't a "pro-statue" v. "anti-statue" event. It was a white nationalist /
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Replying to @Grange95 @shakes2011
White supremacist rally with the Lee statue as a focal point (symbolic to their world view). Counter protests were about the white
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Supremacists, and their hate-filled message, not a "tear down the statue now" message (though they likely want that to happen).
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