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    Matt Lewis‏Verified account @mattklewis 15 Aug 2017

    Matt Lewis: Is Jefferson Next On The List | The Daily Callerhttp://dailycaller.com/2017/08/15/cnn-commentator-says-tearing-down-statues-is-a-slippery-slope/ …

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      1. Cr8z13‏ @Cr8z13 15 Aug 2017
        Replying to @mattklewis

        Jefferson wasn't a Confederate.

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      1. Sean Smith‏ @protanope 15 Aug 2017
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        The slope isn't slippery, but your argument is.

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      1. Barbara C Yavorcik‏ @BYavorcik 15 Aug 2017
        Replying to @mattklewis

        This is just a ridiculous premise. The Confederacy was not America! Confederates killed Americans! Why do we celebrate them w/statues?

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      2. Derek Brown‏ @DerekVideogamer 15 Aug 2017
        Replying to @mattklewis

        Respectfully, why should we be honoring confederates on government property? Jefferson isn't a confederate. There are reasonable lines here.

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      3. Erick Brown‏ @Erick_J_Brown 15 Aug 2017
        Replying to @DerekVideogamer @mattklewis

        I'm not sure I'm all in for the "no confederate statues" thing but the position that there is no reasonable line seems odd to me.

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      4. Derek Brown‏ @DerekVideogamer 15 Aug 2017
        Replying to @Erick_J_Brown @mattklewis

        Considering they were largely put up during times of heightened racism I'm more in that direction than against, but best a local decision.

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      1. Cheryl B‏ @Cheryl707 15 Aug 2017
        Replying to @mattklewis

        Great point. Cities through their elected officials can choose to remove statues from public spaces, but mob action like this is never OK.

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      1. Horace Pendlebury Davenport‏ @RobertKYarbro 15 Aug 2017
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        Live reenactors would be the next logical step.

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      2. Ian Gillespie‏ @IanRGillespie 15 Aug 2017
        Replying to @mattklewis

        The *only* reason Lee is a significant historical figure is his role defending slavery. Failing to get this distinction is passing bizarre.

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      3. Ian Gillespie‏ @IanRGillespie 15 Aug 2017
        Replying to @IanRGillespie @mattklewis

        Srsly, no one outside the US understand this. Statues of ppl best/only known as Confederates celebrates the worst villains of US history.

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      4. Ian Gillespie‏ @IanRGillespie 15 Aug 2017
        Replying to @IanRGillespie @mattklewis

        Lee might be, at best, as tragic figure, rather than a villain. But certainly no hero. Statues are for heroes.

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      1. Charles C‏ @gordongekko126 15 Aug 2017
        Replying to @mattklewis

        Its as if people believe that if you take down these statues somehow you've erased your past. These statues are just moments in our history

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      1. Brent Orrell‏ @orrell_b 15 Aug 2017
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        The butcher's bill of slavery has not yet been paid.

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      1. Joe Albanese  🌊‏ @AlbaneseJoe 15 Aug 2017
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        🚨 FALSE EQUIVALENCY ALERT! 🚨 🚨 FALSE EQUIVALENCY ALERT! 🚨 🚨 FALSE EQUIVALENCY ALERT! 🚨

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      1. OvertonGringo‏ @OvertonGringo 15 Aug 2017
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        Finally something we can see eye to eye on!

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      2. Nate Watkins‏ @NateWatkins 15 Aug 2017
        Replying to @mattklewis

        Slippery slope fallacy. Confederates were uniquely traitorous.

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      4. Nate Watkins‏ @NateWatkins 15 Aug 2017
        Replying to @tewell4u @mattklewis

        Jefferson is an enigma and he should be spoken about in a truthful manner. Confederates were an entirely different issue.

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      6. Nate Watkins‏ @NateWatkins 15 Aug 2017
        Replying to @tewell4u @mattklewis

        Who said anything about destroying history? Are you not smart enough to grasp the difference btwn public promotion and history?

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