Sorry they changed the names in response to the death of Floyd, but why should we honor generals who led the charge for slavery rather than freedom? Slavery was wrong, period, and conservatives clinging to the old South need to get over it.
> ...why should we honor generals who led the charge for slavery rather than freedom? <
I struggle with that a bit. Some Confederate generals fought for states’ rights. I can’t fault them there. Others fought to preserve slavery, and that’s a problem. But every person must be judged within the context of their times. So there’s that.
I suppose a fair analogy might be with American Indians. Chiefs like Sitting Bull and Geronimo are respected in this country. Yet they were America’s enemies. If we can honor them, I suppose we can honor Lee and Jackson - not for what they stood for but for the content of their characters.
By accepting that they were men of their times and views towards slavery were not the same then as they are now.
Because they didn’t “lead the charge for slavery”. Leftist PC Revisionists who want to rewrite Southern history need to get over it.