I really don't care if there are statues of Lee or Jackson around. That isn't what matters here as much as it is the intent and thought process (really the lack thereof) of the removal of these monuments. There's a profound stupidity that is being enabled in our country. It's really no different than what other totalitarian regimes have done throughout history to change or alter history. One need only look around the world and throughout history to see which people are the ones that remove monuments or try to take away references to history. If that's the company those people wish to keep, I am happy to be on the other side. It is the province of evil.
Further, there's only one person here who mentioned race in all this. It's the usual suspect who likes to condescend and stir the pot from the lowest basement around. That makes me sad because it does nothing but shine a bright light of stupidity for all to see.
Our history is important. Who we are, where we have come from and what we have done right and wrong are all things that we should study and appreciate. We have come so far in certain areas and in many others, we have fallen so far. There is very seldom anything progressive about progressive thought. It is often a linear, single minded pursuit of group think and intolerance. It's a shame we've headed so far in that direction.
So while taking monuments of Robert E. Lee down won't change history, it does take away a reminder of mistakes made and triumphs achieved. We are a people that have come far. Unfortunately, we've repaved the roads of the past with our ignorance and anger and now we're headed right back to where we started in so many ways. A statue isn't going to change that but it's a shame that we won't know the eyes of history when we see them so they can provide us warning when we stray back into troubled waters.
