In 2017, several protests erupted in Charlottesville, VA after the City Council there voted to remove a statue of Robert E Lee. The statue was built in 1924 as a tribute to Lee who was the commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia from 1862 to 1865. After the protests cities Wisconsin, North Carolina, New York City and Kentucky all voted to remove confederate statues. Opponents of the statue’s removal argue that the statues are a part of Civil War History. Proponents of their removal argue that the statues are racists since they idolize individuals who fought to keep slavery in the U.S.
43% Yes |
57% No |
28% Yes |
47% No |
14% Yes, and move them to museums |
10% No, we should preserve our history instead of sanitizing it |
1% Yes, and remove monuments of anyone who was a slave owner |
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If you want to ban that then go ahead and take the Lenin statue down in Seattle
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