The irony is most of those statues were erected as a push back to much needed social change, not as a spontaneous effort to honor heroes. Just like the Duval County schools which were named after Confederate generals following desegregation, they were petulant responses which never should have been erected in the first place.

General Lee was a traitor and a slave owner, a larger than life statue honoring him at a state university is not appropriate.

The KKK is a domestic terrorist organization with a long documented history of violence against their fellow citizens. How is it they are given a pass to openly rally?

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