'Okay, maybe the guy was a slave owner and a racist but he's also a proud symbol of our heritage
and by removing his statues we erase history!'
What if we could ask Robert E. Lee himself about his thoughts on the matter?
It's your lucky day! Because he actually did share his thoughts on the matter:
Same thing goes for people like Columbus who told - upon arrival in 'India' -
the native people (...) he was the first person to set foot on their land:
But yes, many people don't seem to know an ancient monument was desecrated
and replaced by a symbol of supression and supremacy:
(What do your children's history books state on Mount Rushmore?)
But okay, let's assume the premise is true and by toppling statues history is erased:
How do you know about Adolf Hitler?
After all: in the whole of Germany there is nu public statue of him.
And because statues of Saddam Hussein (click) disappeared so did the memory of him?
Really?
How do you know who won the war on Independence?
Do you get your information from Facebook or from history books?
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