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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If this argument holds, should we tear down all the monuments that “glorify” George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, etc? They all arguably had more racist stances than Lee him self, who only fought not for the cause of slavery but for the cause of his own state. Better so, how about we just rename our capital city, Washington Monument, every school that has Thomas Jefferson in it, and rename the Jefferson memorial? [/quote]

BS. He had a choice. And he chose to fight FOR slavery. 
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If you read his stances, he never supported slavery. He initially wanted to fight for the Union under Lincoln, but couldn’t fight his own brothers and sisters and his home state. Oh and nice deviation from my proposal about Washington and Jefferson, I guess you get to pick and choose the racists. :roll: [/quote]
Lies.

“According to historians, not only did Lee own slaves, but he also fought in court to keep working slaves from his father-in-law’s estate. Claims casting Lee as an anti-slavery figure are tied to a false narrative known as the Lost Cause, which says the Confederate experience in the Civil War was not about slavery, but state’s rights.

Defenders of Lee point to a portion of a letter he wrote to his wife where he refers to slavery as a “moral & political evil.” But it is taken out of context. In the rest of the letter, Lee underscores that the “subjugation” of the slaves needs to go on longer and only God can free them.

“If you judge him by his actions, he separated families through sale, he beat slaves who ran away,” said Ariela Gross, professor of law and history at University of Southern California. Gross focuses on race and slavery in the United States. “He was completely engaged in the work of slave holding and supporting slavery.”

Learn more here if you care to blow up your entire bullsh|t worldview.
https://apnews.com/article/archive-fact-checking-9009420680[/quote]

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