Yeah, state rights to support slavery!
During the mid to late years of the Civil War the Confederacy was beginning to ban slavery. During the Civil War and well after Lincoln's Emancipation there were slaves in the North.
Generals leading the Union had slaves.
If you want to view Gen. Robert E Lee purely through his involvement of the Civil War that's like viewing Bill Clinton's 8 year term purely for his 50 second sex session with that chick who wasn't his wife. Lee was
well respected in America, Lincoln even requested that he lead the Union Army, but being from Virginia he didn't want to go against his home. Lee served during the American Mexican War, even reluctanly obeyed the, then War Department (Pentagon) into being the headmaster of West Point back when it was a shitty place. Lee didn't like slavery he hated it, and even claim that if he owned every slave in the south he'd free them. He was the supreme advocate for integrating former slaves into a free society, giving them education, health care, and
equality after the war.
Arlington Cemetery is on his Lee's former property.
I have to agree with Trump, whats next removal of George Washington? Or Ben Franklin because he liked being nude? We're talking about a different time. There are statues of Lenin standing tall.
The moment the counter-protesters began walking towards the white supremacists they were looking to pick a fight. And they fell into the trap the racists set. This was never about the statue of Lee. The supremacists wanted a fight and came prepared for it, while the antifa and company thought there wouldn't be consequence for marching into the face of a phalanx formation so came empty handed.
This is worrisome. These racists are no longer in the shadows or walking around burning crosses with hoods on. They are real. They are flexing their muscle and have shown they prepared for a long time.