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I'm really sad they took down the statue of Robert E. Lee at Lee Circle in New Orleans. I passed that statue every day when I lived there and it was an icon and NOT an icon of racism. That's like the Taliban destroying historic Buddhist temples in the Middle East.
Posthumously, he was tried and convicted for the murder of Charles I and as a result. had his grave removed from Westminster Abbey.
And realize, this man could have been "psychotic", as he'd felt that the success of his military dictatorship was God's way and he was his instrument. Still, centuries later, his statue is right there near Parliament because in effect ... his reign ended the notion that the divinely anointed king would be able to railroad a parliamentary based society by regal aegis.
Good or bad, he's history and thus, his statue remains.
Good or bad, he's history and thus, his statue remains.
Rin saysPosthumously, he was tried and convicted for the murder of Charles I and as a result. had his grave removed from Westminster Abbey.
And realize, this man could have been "psychotic", as he'd felt that the success of his military dictatorship was God's way and he was his instrument. Still, centuries later, his statue is right there near Parliament because in effect ... his reign ended the notion that the divinely anointed king would be able to railroad a parliamentary based society by regal aegis.
Good or bad, he's history and thus, his statue remains.
Boldface mine, and the reason I disagree with the removal of the civil war stuff
On what basis would people demand that his statue be removed? Now compare that with Lee...
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