Oh the sounds of the Alt-Right bleeding hearts right now. The family of General Robert E. Lee, one of the primary leaders of the confederacy during the Civil War, has thrown a monkey-wrench into the symbolic stance of confederate monuments, signs, and markers . The descendants of Lee are speaking out and denouncing White Nationalists and Nazi’s, after the violence that occurred in Charlottesville, Virginia. Not only are they denouncing these cultural heretics, they also have some interesting opinions about how the nation should handle confederate symbols and statues that still stand throughout the United States today. From the family of Robert E Lee:
Robert E. Lee V, the great-great grandson of Lee told Newsweek, “There’s no place for that hate.” His sister, Tracy Lee Crittenberger, pushed this message of love by condemning white nationalists and stating, their Confederate ancestor “would not have tolerated such behavior.”
Lee-Crittenberger also believes the place for confederate monuments are in a museum: “I think that is absolutely an option, to move it to a museum and put it in the proper historical context. Times were very different then. We look at the institution of slavery, and it’s absolutely horrendous. Back then, times were just extremely different. We understand that it’s complicated in 2017, when you look back at that period of time. If you want to put statues of General Lee or other Confederate people in museums, that makes good sense.”
Now, if the blood relatives understand the impact of removing these confederate symbols and putting them in their proper place, then what’s wrong with the rest of you all?
Source: The HIll
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