Posted on 08/14/2017 7:46:17 PM PDT by Trump20162020
Four Confederate monuments were removed from New Orleans earlier this month following complaints that they celebrate racism, and now the city of Baltimore has plans to follow suit. But most voters oppose taking away these remnants of the past even if they are unpopular with some.
While proposals have been made to get rid of monuments such as the Jefferson Memorial and the carving on Stone Mountain in Georgia because they honor men who practiced or defended slavery, just 19% of Likely U.S. Voters think the United States should erase symbols of its past history that are out of line with current sentiments. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 69% oppose erasing these historical symbols. Twelve percent (12%) are undecided.
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Could it be Democrats wanting to change erase their history?
My ancestor fought the Confederacy. Stick the damn things in a museum.
Take the country as a whole, and most people probably don't care much. Opposition to removal is strong in the states where the statues are, though.
#AmericanHistoryMatters
The East coast and the South are the only parts of the country that actually has much history. The rest of the USA is just square buildings and fast food joints. There is more “history” involving Virginia than all of the states west of the Mississippi combined.
There are some 1600s buildings in Maine.
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