Why is everyone, well, white people. Why are white people so freaked out about us finally tearing down these monuments to traitors and Terrorists? Yes, Terrorists… White, Fundamentalist, Xenophobic Terrorists. They were enemy combatants. Do we have any monuments to our vanquished enemies elsewhere? Do we have a statue of King George somewhere? No?

how about the Mexican American War. Do we have any Federal or State Monuments of our enemies from that conflict? No? Hmmmm…

Do we Memorialize all of the Britts(or their inept Generals) that died at the Battle Of New Orleans? Or do we lionize the Scrappy American victors?

How about Benedict Arnold? I mean he was a bonafide hero of the Revolution before his betrayal, surely he has a statue……

No, his leg does though….. read further below —————– America’s Monument to Its Most Infamous Traitor, Benedict Arnold – Neatorama http://www.neatorama.com/2014/01/01/Americas-Monument-to-Its-Most-Infamous-Traitor-Benedict-Arnold/

This is how we Memorialize the Traitorious here in the U.S.. He is nameless, his actions are Memorialized, even the rank to which he was promoted for those actions, but not his name.

This is, at best, what these Confederate Hero’s deserve. I understand if you want to keep the statues, but move them to private land or a museum. replace these State and Federal Monuments with Memorials that accurately portray the events, the people and the suffering of those involved and affected by the actions of the times.

And don’t tell me Robert E Lee wasn’t a Traitor. He abandoned his Post at West point, and all of those soldiers expecting to grow from his guidance. He abandoned the Country, The Flag, and The Oath he took to defend them. To give his life for. Yes, Robert E Lee was a Textbook Traitor.

Alan