The statue of Lee on horseback was erected in 1890 in the former capital of the Confederacy. The statue itself is 21 feet high, on a pedestal almost twice as tall."Think about the message this sends to people coming from around the world to visit the capital city of one of the largest states in the country. Or to young children.
"When a young child looks up and sees something that big and prominent, she knows that it's important. And when it's the biggest thing around, it sends a clear message: This is what we value the most. But that's just not true anymore."
Not much changed since the civil war. Same northern tyranny from white liberals that have not done much for black community. Now they want to transform country into socialist/Marxist utopian. Take away freedoms. This is what south feared when north aggressively destroyed south.
Union General Grant owned a slave. He gets free pass. His statue is in front of us capitol. Makes no sense to me.
How about put a statue of an animal that lived in the area before humans destroyed all the land. 🐻
WHY THE STUPIDITY?
No more statues doesn't erase history that needs to be remembered & learned from. LEARNED from.....
A victory for what exactly?
Statues don't teach history, teachers do. Statues commemorate, books teach. Take the statues down, the history of fighting racism in America is still alive and well.
EPIC timing! Political geniuses, all.
Should have already been gone. We only have the current problems we have now because it has been socially accepted for celebrating the traitors of our nation.
Tear it down and grind it to powder. The man was a traitor, human trafficker and sadistic beyond belief.
Well, from this pic, it looks like Lee’s taken another beating. I’d say he’s ready to surrender again lol.
Former slave owner pictures are on $20, $50, and $100 bills. If you're disgusted enough to throw them away, call me.
I’m down for it being down.
Blow it the fuck up.
Keep removing history and next you will see someone come along and mislead. We need to know our history so we don’t repeat it!
Belongs in the Museum of Losers and Traitors.
What is our nation coming to
never erase history
Statues belong in a museum where there can be education lessons around their meaning, their construction, the reason for their being placed at a given time or location.
Good. Robert E. Lee was a traitor and a war criminal, which is why his home was turned into a cemetery.
But how will it be removed?
realDonaldTrump
For anyone bemoaning confederate statues coming down or claiming it's southern heritage, here's a little history lesson for you.
My dog took a huge shit at the base of that statue...on command. A fitting gift for a Confederate traitor.
So damn sad! He was doing what he felt right THEN THEN. A statue doesn’t change hearts and minds. shameful.
Get that shit outta here!
I though about my reply and really wanted it to appropriate. Fuck You just seems to work. Sorry
This man chose slavery over his country. Slavery was framed as Virginia, the head of the beast, so it is not surprising it is the last to go. He was on the wrong side as is anyone who honors him.
But her emails!
Weak people, triggered by a statue..
The National Socialist Party of Germany (NAZI) was VERY good at removing and hiding history from public view. They tore down statues and banned books just like the slave-owning Socialist Democrat Party of today.
Bulldoze his plantation after you burn it up. Start tonight. No trace of him will remain then.
Giant Jim Crow phallic symbol. Ba bye!
Wow!
good.
Should replace it a nice dragon or a large pikachu 🤷🏼♀️
Good riddance... Pretty pathetic how long that statue of a traitor has been around, hopefully they melt it down and turn it into urinals
Melt the traitor's statue down and make portapotties with the metal.
Nice
We don’t have statues to Al-Qaeda or ISIS leaders in this country, both armies that sought the destruction of our government, so why do we honor confederate generals?
It belongs in a museum and nowhere else
Might as well get rid of that traitor, too.
Good.
231,045
The Left have now become the equivalent of the ISIS monument desecrators.
May his statue find a new home. He was one hell of a fighter.
we cans renames monument ave to george floyd ave now that no cracker memorials is left
Awwww. Crying sone small tears tonight for the poor little secessionist winred, PAGOP and GOP. What the fuck country ever allowed threats to its sovereignty to be glorified with statues? The idiocy of KKK supporting radical domestic terrorists and supporters is horrifying
the US needs a national confederate musuem where all this confederate trash can be dumped, stored, and viewed for those who wish. these museums would be paid for by confederate/red states!!! EasyFixForTrash
Good. Where else in the world do they immortalize, in bronze, the guy who led an insurgency and LOST?
Bring it down. No more celebrating racist treasonists.
Donald *You WON’T acknowledge the “BLACK LIVES MATTER” movement & falsely Call them a Hate Group! YOU: *Gas/Shoot/Beat Peaceful protestors *Instigates VIOLENCE *Post a WHITE POWER chant *Fund PRO-SLAVERY Statues *Call Women of Color NASTY Do YOU acknowledge “BLACK VOTES MATTER”?
DON’S BODY COUNT AS OF TODAY 231,045 of children, Moms & Dads as he continues his plan of “IT IS WHAT IT IS” DON’S PLAN of Herd Immunity will take 80% of the citizens to become infected resulting in US 3,310,026 DEATHS! Instead of fighting his CDC & FDA, HE SHOULD JUST BE HONEST!
Democrats trying to remove evidence of their sins.
So stupid. Do some research on who he really was.
Finally
I know now, I get it..... statues can be destroyed, books are forever...
We don't need monuments to traitors.
That’s a disgrace to history!! You call me what you want but history is how we learn and no one know seems to understand what this want war was truly about!..
The mob wins, lots of that this summer
Following for all the butt hurt 😢 snowflake ❄️magats
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Can we call in a drone strike?
One of the greatest military leaders in history. Fought for political independence and to protect his home and people against invaders. 2020 America doesn’t deserve him anyway.
It makes sense to remove. Why put up target gun nuts will shoot at every 4th of July and some stray bullet then hits an innocent baby, child, man, women in the radius of a stray bullet all because they didn't see that coming? I don't buy it. Folks are patriotic, not imbeciles.
The citizens should have just torn it down. It glorifies a racist terrorist.
adios loser
Why not leave that beautiful horse and put like Tina Belcher on top
Take that piece of 💩 down
They should leave the statue, so history is not erased, but make his head a public toilet, everyone wins!
Conservatives: Democrats fought for slavery! Also conservatives: OMG don’t bring down monuments dedicated to Democrats who fought for slavery!
Traitor statue for traitor “Patriots”. Warped history. Take it down.
Replace it with General Sherman so they remember who won the war.
Monuments to the losers who defended slavery. Put it next to a Hitler statue
They shouldn't take the whole thing down. Just replace the head with that of Andy Warhol.
Bye bye Bobby
Get rid of the 10 commandments since Moses was a murderer. 🤡 We need to learn from history, not erase everything we don't like.
Look at all these dbags attacking the trophy without history
G o o d
Better off removing the ideologically corrupt judge and so called activists?
Good!
Lost causers btfo
No more statues, history erased....💭
We’ve solved all the problems now. Great work, team.
see you in the dustbin of history, loser
Buh bye bobby
The biggest participation trophy in American History.
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