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In reply to the discussion: Biden Says We Should 'Protect' Columbus, Washington and Jefferson Statues [View all]LisaM
(27,811 posts)As far as the statues, I think most of the Columbus ones should come down. Few, if any, have any relationship to the places where they are set up. But I don't see the need for an aggressive timetable. I think you get farther taking them quietly, after some discussion, without a bunch of fanfare.
Regarding the Confederate ones, which I also think should come down, I wish people would qualify when they were erected when they talk about them. I think they'd get a lot more traction for removal by saying, "This status of Robert E. Lee, erected in conjunction with KKK rallies in the 1920s...." or "This status of Jefferson Davis, put up by the Daughters of the Confederacy thirty years after the Civil War ended"....
If people realized that the statues had very little to do with the actual aftermath of the Civil War, I think they'd have a far more open mind to taking them down. I think everyone here mostly agrees on the offensiveness of the Confederate statues, but a lot of people in this country don't know how or when they were put up, and I (maybe I'm naive) think it would make a difference if they did.