Those were statues of Democrats. They were installed under Democrats. Not our problem.
“Those were statues of Democrats. They were installed under Democrats. Not our problem.”
It was not the place of a mob to pull the statues down. That turned what could have been a profitable discussion about history into an act of lawlessness. The statues needed to come down. But, that was the wrong way to do it.
I understand people wanting to remove statues of confederate generals. Read the Confederate Constitution. It was a pretty evil government that wanted to perpetuate slavery for ever. I am, incidentally the descendant of a confederate general, but he was on the wrong side of that war.
I’ve been to Germany. It is a beautiful country with an atrocious history. Some of that history was made by military men that were great, innovative, and justifiably famous leaders but they don’t have statues to Irwin Rommel, Heniz Guedarian, Frederich Paulus, Walter Model, Albert Kesselring, or Karl Donitz. (Who had Chester Nimitz as a character witness at his Nuremberg trial BTW) or even the WW1 guy Ludendorff. They were great generals and at least in Ludendoff not even NAZI’s but, they were affiliated with an evil regime.
Should Lee & Jackson and other confederate generals be remembered as great leaders? Yes, as Rommel and Guedarian should be remembered, but we should never have named elementary schools after them just as there are no elementary schools named after Rommel or Guedarian.