Depends on which parts of history are relevant, Lincoln was a Republican, who was against equal rights and pro repatriation.
Surprisingly, the KKK was a product of the Democrats.
I'm obviously not aware of every statue in the world, but is there really any precedent for statues of people to remind people to not let things happen again? Generally that sounds like a memorial and they are always in honour of the victims, not statues of the culprit. It's a very strange argument/excuse that people seem to be making. Statues are almost always to celebrate a person aren't they? Really can't think of many of these "warning statues" that people seem to be trying to argue this is
Get it correct
It is pc to tear down statues of historical figures at random
There are many people from erstwhile colonies in the UK
Should we tear down all statues to churchill, Nelson, Wellington, Clive?
That argument would hold a lot more weight if the statue wasn't made in 1924. Ironically Lee himself didn't want monuments made of him because he wanted the country to move on, but then white supremacists and the KKK made him a champion long after his death and built the statueIsn't that what these statues were THEN, as opposed to what they are seen as NOW?
They were put up by those partisan to their actions who wanted heroes in their eyes to be remembered.
If anyone equated them to building them now, or to commemorate what they stood for, it would be a different logic.
Putting them in a museum would (to my mind) be preferable to destruction, but would need to be done carefully so as not to create a shrine.
That argument would hold a lot more weight if the statue wasn't made in 1924. Ironically Lee himself didn't want monuments made of him because he wanted the country to move on, but then white supremacists and the KKK made him a champion long after his death and built the statue
Kicking off with the business leaders now. Tough week for The Don. Can he bounce back....??
I've never understood how things get taken out of context so easily in the age we live in. All you have to do is look something up and verify it. Common sense tells me that there's no way HRC would have ever said that Dumb Donald's supporters are deplorable. It's all part of the right-wing smear machine she's talked about for years, people who live in that bubble are so easily manipulated because they either don't have any other sources of information or they don't believe anything they hear unless it comes from inside the bubble.I read the transcript. You're right. In fact she even called out those "desperate for change" as half of his base. She also said "we need to understand and empathize" with them too. Clearly there was a perception that she couldn't, wouldn't or didn't.
It's a good lesson in context and paying closer attention for me.
However, I still don't think that politically it made sense to say it, however she felt. Indeed some of Trump's supporters wear it like a badge of honor (as City fans wear . . . or, rather, wore ridicule as badge of honor even :)).
For what it's worth, I voted for her because (among other reasons) I knew exactly what Trump is, and have known for nearly two decades. I would have voted for Kacich had he won the Rep nomination.
Yes they do, but seeing as Lincoln wasn't an abolitionist until the war was virtually won, did not want black jury members,Correct.... but party views change.
No.The American Civil War was fought over slavery, wasn't it?