I'm genuinely surprised he's not suggesting we replace them with statues of himself
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Shhh. Don't give him any ideas.
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Wonder if POTUS wants to repeal Sedition Act of 1918, so he can posthumously bestow Congressional Medal of Honor on Confederate "heroes?"
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If we leave the statues, we should put up statues of MLK, Denmark Vesey, Nat Turner, Fred Hampton, may be even Stokely Carmichael.
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Does POTUS want to raise debt ceiling to reimburse descendants of plantation owners4property they lost when owning humans became illegal?
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groups like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Northfield_Minnesota_Raid … the James Younger gang, many of whom butchered w/William Quantrill's Raiders. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Quantrill … ML
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Davis and Lee's staff did not want surrender at Appomattox. Wanted 25,000 remaining in Army of Northern VA to melt away and reform as terror
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blame Lee, who didn't like slavery. Longstreet was an abolitionist. Grant's family owned slaves. Per Winik in https://www.amazon.com/April-1865-Month-Saved-America-ebook/dp/B0049B1VOA/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1502981762&sr=1-1&keywords=1865 … Jeff
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to teach America about the big cotton plantation owners, who materially supported Rebel army? Can we erect statues them too? IMHO unfair to
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They educated their slaves and were too nice. Didn't squeeze enough profit out of them. Opportunity for
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FWIW, don't think Lee owned slaves--his Dad blew all their money. His wife's family--Custis--did and other owners despised/laughed at them.
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Does this apply to our national parks?
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He is one ignorant SOB. He is so intrenched in his on Malignant Narcissistic mind he can't crawl out.
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70% of the country agrees with Trump on preservation. How many votes is monument destruction worth to Dems in upcoming elections?
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