Robert E. Lee Statue Removal. Virginia

[Gman]

Then they burn the books and filter or remove Internet access (Like China does to their citizens). After a few generations, history just becomes rumor or a 'scary campfire story'. It's no longer a part of their conscience.

It's not being erased. Having a statue of a traitor erected 30 years after he lost is like putting up statues of Aldrich Ames or Robert Hanssen, or Benedict Arnold.


He was a traitor. Why should we support someone who didn't care about the United States?

Through the distillation and twisting/interpretation of history by those that didn't actually experience it, your conclusion is that there was no reason for the statues to have ever been built. Yet they were built by people a lot closer to the situation than you ever were. Perhaps your understanding of the situation isn't entirely accurate?