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Charlottesville Robert E. Lee statue to be melted down to create 'art that will reflect racial justice'
The Hill ^ | 12/07/2021 | OLAFIMIHAN OSHIN

Posted on 12/07/2021 1:02:30 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27

The Charlottesville, Va. city council on Tuesday unanimously approved for the statue of Confederate leader Robert E. Lee to be melted down to create public artwork "that will "reflect racial justice," The New York Times reported.

The city council will give the statue to the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center, which plans to melt the monument to create a new piece of public artwork, according to the proposed measure.

The city council selected the Jefferson School’s proposal “Swords Into Plowshares,” from other potential bidders for the statue, according to The Times.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: art; bidenvoters; lcharlottesville; lee; statue
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To: freedomson

And here I thought we had solved our racist problems when we got rid of Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben…oh and the Land’O Lakes Indian girl.


21 posted on 12/07/2021 1:23:46 PM PST by yukong ( )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Pathetic virtue signaling.

What a bunch of empty-headed pukes!


22 posted on 12/07/2021 1:25:29 PM PST by Redleg Duke (“I’m not the only one!”)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

When I saw the headline, I checked to see if this was the Babylon Bee. Unfortunately, it wasn’t.


23 posted on 12/07/2021 1:25:49 PM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: ChicagoConservative27

What idiots...

If I remember correctly, when war broke out Lee was in DC trying to negotiate an end to slavery, and was offered a commission by the Union, which he declined, saying he would not fight against his friends and neighbors just a half hour ride (on horseback) away.

I find it strange that he would do that, fight a war for a cause he didn’t believe in, rather than against it, but I think that’s what I read about it a while back.

Now these people want to melt his statue down to force some sort of idiocy on us, certainly to tell us how evil whitey is, just because he’s white...

what a boondoggle...


24 posted on 12/07/2021 1:27:13 PM PST by Paleo Pete (Well shucky darn and slop the chickens....)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Reflecting Racial Justice:


25 posted on 12/07/2021 1:28:02 PM PST by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: Flick Lives

It never ends well for them I suspect before it’s all said and done they’ll have to flee the country or die vigilante justice


26 posted on 12/07/2021 1:28:53 PM PST by Levy78
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Standby, you are about to witness black IQ shoot up past its 85 points, maybe all the way to 120. The black murder rate will drop from its current 56 percent down to 10 percent. All it takes is to remove flags and statues.


27 posted on 12/07/2021 1:46:34 PM PST by euram
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To: ChicagoConservative27

This is literal barbarism.


28 posted on 12/07/2021 1:47:56 PM PST by Antoninus (Republicans are all honorable men.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

That’s really awful.


29 posted on 12/07/2021 1:49:33 PM PST by FlyingEagle
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Salute to one of the greatest Virginian’s ever.


30 posted on 12/07/2021 1:50:58 PM PST by cranked
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I used to live in Egypt - lots of Pharoah statues have their face smashed off. Now I understand.


31 posted on 12/07/2021 1:51:09 PM PST by FlyingEagle
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To: ChicagoConservative27

32 posted on 12/07/2021 1:52:35 PM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
lawn Jockeys
33 posted on 12/07/2021 1:54:16 PM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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To: ChicagoConservative27
ML/NJ
34 posted on 12/07/2021 1:54:23 PM PST by ml/nj ("If the Representatives of the People betray their Constituents ..." Federalist #28; READ IT!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Sculpt some brimstone with the material and set it in a fire for all to look at. It will make sense to you later.


35 posted on 12/07/2021 1:55:35 PM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: NohSpinZone

If you think they will stop with CSA generals you are sadly mistaken.


36 posted on 12/07/2021 1:57:48 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: Antoninus

Soviet tactics coming back.


37 posted on 12/07/2021 2:00:21 PM PST by Texas resident (Sucks to be named Brandon now)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“art that will reflect social justice” - a looted store, perhaps?


38 posted on 12/07/2021 2:00:28 PM PST by 1956tbyrd
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Those who beat their swords into plowshares shall plow for those who do not.


39 posted on 12/07/2021 2:02:21 PM PST by RussRoberts
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To: ml/nj
August 9, 1960

Dear Dr. Scott:

Respecting your August 1 inquiry calling attention to my often expressed admiration for General Robert E. Lee, I would say, first, that we need to understand that at the time of the War between the States the issue of secession had remained unresolved for more than 70 years. Men of probity, character, public standing and unquestioned loyalty, both North and South, had disagreed over this issue as a matter of principle from the day our Constitution was adopted.

General Robert E. Lee was, in my estimation, one of the supremely gifted men produced by our Nation. He believed unswervingly in the Constitutional validity of his cause which until 1865 was still an arguable question in America; he was a poised and inspiring leader, true to the high trust reposed in him by millions of his fellow citizens; he was thoughtful yet demanding of his officers and men, forbearing with captured enemies but ingenious, unrelenting and personally courageous in battle, and never disheartened by a reverse or obstacle. Through all his many trials, he remained selfless almost to a fault and unfailing in his faith in God. Taken altogether, he was noble as a leader and as a man, and unsullied as I read the pages of our history.

From deep conviction, I simply say this: a nation of men of Lee’s calibre would be unconquerable in spirit and soul. Indeed, to the degree that present-day American youth will strive to emulate his rare qualities, including his devotion to this land as revealed in his painstaking efforts to help heal the Nation’s wounds once the bitter struggle was over, we, in our own time of danger in a divided world, will be strengthened and our love of freedom sustained.

Such are the reasons that I proudly display the picture of this great American on my office wall.

Sincerely,

Dwight D. Eisenhower


40 posted on 12/07/2021 2:02:39 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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