Confederate Toppling Looms Over Debate About Other Statues

www.usnews.com ^ | 8/21/18 | Waggoner and Drew

[Midwesterner53]

Toppling of Confederate statue in North Carolina could make it harder to negotiate a resolution to the fate of other such monuments in the state. CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Protesters at North Carolina's flagship university took advantage of a non-confrontational police response to topple a century-old Confederate statue that's long been the target of critics who say it symbolizes racism.

Now, backlash over the Monday night takedown could make it harder to negotiate a resolution to the fate of other Confederate monuments in the state — including three on state Capitol grounds being debated Wednesday by a state historical commission.

[wardaddy]

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[Verginius Rufus]

Maybe they can just move the graves of those who were racists.

I had a distant cousin who died in the Union army in 1864 and is buried at Arlington. I don't know if he was a racist or not...never met him.

[Midwesterner53]

Excellent.