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Originally Posted by DiracSpike
It's different though because people are more complicated than symbols. There's nothing ambiguous about the Confederate battle flag and what it stood for.
There's at least a reason the legacy of Lee is slightly more mixed, there'd be a lot less controversey if this was a statue of Jefferson Davis or Nathan Bedford Forrest.
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Did he fight to maintain slavery? Do you think that is a good thing or a bad thing? Do you believe that there is anything to be gained from having a statue of this individual in a public area?
It's really that simple