Certain things get me angry or upset in life, but none more than this controversy over Confederate Statues in America. Look, I know that the South succeeded from the North and the Civil War happened. It happened not over Freedom for the Slaves folks it happened over Economic differences between the two sides. It was well into the war when Abraham Lincoln declared it a War for the Emancipation of The Slaves, thus freeing the African Americans from the bonds that held them to slave owners.
The statues being destroyed and torn down of General Robert E. Lee, StoneWall Jackson and others who fought on the Confederate side is wrong for many reasons, some historic is just the top of the subject. They are historic statues folks of men who fought for what they believed in at the time of the war and they were heroes to many in the South and should be transferred and saved in Museums not destroyed. I won’t go where Donald trump went, tearing down of statues of Washington, Jefferson or any other President prior to Abraham Lincoln, is stupid. Washington, Jefferson both were born in an era when slavery was the norm of the southern part of America, and both have historical significance to Americans everywhere. Both men Washington and Jefferson freed the slaves they had when they died and both have a personal part in creating the country we live in. One was our First General and fought for the freedoms we all gained when we won the revolutionary war and gained independence. Washington was the first General who led the way then made vital decisions in office limiting terms of the Presidency, and Jefferson god bless his soul and heart he wrote and produced the Declaration of Independence we live under and both were members of the Constitutional Congress that produced it. Let’s be realistic when we talk tearing down monuments and statues, not stupidity. we would tear down Lincoln.s Monument or Martin Luther King Jr.s, or any other statues or monuments that represented an African American who stood up for freedom and peace, why would we do so to great Americans who led the way. I know I will hear how they had slaves and they were wrong and no one is arguing that point, what I argue is simply the fact that they did more to create America than others and they represented the dream that became America and it was before Americans even thought of freeing their slaves when both Washington and Jefferson released their slaves on their death beds. So think of this folks, do we condemn Martin Luther King Jr. or Rosa Parks or any other African American for mistakes they did in a five-year, part of their lives. Then why should we condemn those who fought for the South and tear down the monuments and statues to those who fought for what they believed in their time? I ask this my fellow Americans, why do we the people have the right to condemn those who in the past did what they believed was right in their era? And One More question for all,, Is it right to destroy historic figurines and memories of people we don’t fully understand and can never live in their shoes when they mean something to the people who study and admire them? American History is as Diverse as the people who live in America and all should be saved and preserved so we don’t repeat the mistakes of those before us, you don’t want the statues in your streets to see for all, then move then to museums and preserve them there, not destroy them. we will lose so much of our history in the destruction of these monuments and statues, and what happened in the 1860s, in American will happen again, because of stupidity, anger, and foolishness, let’s not start a new Civil War or destroy what reminds us not to do it again.!
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