Crowd Cheers As Robert E. Lee Statue Is Removed From Richmond

After 131 years of being up on a pedestal in downtown #RichmondVA, a 21-foot statue of Confederate Gen. #RobertELee has been removed. It was one of the largest #Confederate monuments in the U.S.
It's still unknown what will be the statue's final disposition.
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[@Anedoje]

Sometimes i actually wonder if Americans read

[@digidanshow]

Most do not... they rely on a daily emesis of propaganda spewed out by the media. Say the words "state's rights" and it'll unleash a tsunami of ignorant rants that you wouldn't believe.

[@unicobuenaflor6814]

Yep so many in the comments think iam racists for saying facts about them

[@unknownwords3121]

All these historical statues that they taken down should be at least in a historical museum. No matter what kind of history it has or had it’s still part of American history which is what we are. What are our children going to learn in school in HISTORY class?! The point of having history class is learning about how America was founded and what and who made America what is it today.

[@technopriest8686]

There are no statues of Hitler in Germany and German's seem to have gotten a long just fine. Idolism is not history.

[@unknownwords3121]

@@technopriest8686 okay there are some statues that need to be forgotten like Hitler yes. You are right.

[@AttaBek1422]

@@technopriest8686 Robert E. Lee and Adolf Hitler are two very different people

[@gradypoole5366]

@@technopriest8686 actually you are mistake there are no statues of hitler but there are still many concentration camps to remember the atrocities and not repeat them. They are museums.

[@xftbllplyr2091]

The only history that statue has is between the sculptor and the financier. Lee died before the statue was even made.

[@Konoronn]

Disturbing.

[@markbeckham7298]

Meanwhile the GOP has people distracted with these silly statues and while people are watching this your right to vote is being cut harder than that statue!

[@markbeckham7298]

@Comment Warrior You are right but somewhere along the way statues should have been erected to people other than white confederate soldiers maybe then we would have a better understanding of history and we did not need all of these confederate statues!

[@OceanIgs]

I think there should be a museum and write the history behind every statue. Otherwise, future generations aren't gonna know about this and will repeat it.

[@danieleibler9727]

Why don’t Remote the Statue of Liberty ?

[@KeiPyn24]

Sad to see. If anything it will further divide our country. Lee was a great American and the South looked to honor it's citizens who stood to fight against Union tyranny. Many white, black, multinational and Native Americans fought for the South. Deo Vindice.

[@AvangionQ]

How many lies did you just stack in such a short comment? KZbin seems to be blocking all links, including History Channel content Google: civil war Native Americans fought for It'll be the top link ... learn, deprogram from the lies you've been told.

[@KeiPyn24]

@@AvangionQ No lies All Truth. Read beyond the cliff notes. I'm a living descendent of those who fought for Southern Independence. Or, stick to your blue pill.

[@AvangionQ]

@@KeiPyn24 "Southern Independence" is an interesting term for treason.

[@valmid5069]

*This move is a huge INSULT to the memory of the statue’s creators:* -Paul Goodloe McIntire (McIntire was a recipient of the French Legion of Honor in 1929 for his founding of a children's tuberculosis hospital in France for refugees from the German-occupied north) -Henry Shrady (creator of Grant’s memorial)

[@zenever0]

There’s no erasing that Confederates are traitors and white supremacists 🇺🇸

[@Svenne-man-1880]

Still traitors

[@GANTZ100pts]

​@@zenever0 They were not all White supremacist, that's a lie. Lee was opposed to slavery.

[@SouthernGentleman]

The result of ignorance. Rip Robert E Lee. Us veteran of Mexican American war, anti slavery, and teacher at a university

[@chancesareshewears]

We don't have statues of the losing side..Just win baby and you'll get a statue. and anti-slavery yet fighting for slavery? Educate us my friend..

[@keremcantekin]

And fought at a war to preserve slavery, which is why his statue was there.

[@SouthernGentleman]

@@chancesareshewears Native Americans? Roman statues? Napoleon?

[@SouthernGentleman]

“While we see the Course of the final abolition of human slavery is onward, & we give it the aid of our prayers & all justifiable means in our power we must leave the progress as well as the result in his hands who Sees the end” - Robert E Lee 1856 “I am rejoiced that slavery is abolished. I believe it will be greatly for the interests of the South. So fully am I satisfied of this, as regards Virginia especially, that I would cheerfully have lost all I have lost by the war, and have suffered all I have suffered, to have this object attained.” - Robert E Lee 1865

[@chancesareshewears]

@@SouthernGentleman genocide of the native Americans, feel proud. napoleon was a french hero, he won most of the wars he lead and the Romans had an empire. What's your point again. honouring the KKK?

[@colinecollard533]

I visited St. Petersburg, Russia on a weekend trip with my father back in 1994. As the tour bus drove past a small museum the tour guide said:"If you look outside you'll see the only statue left of Lenin in the city. It's standing on the lawn in the right corner. All the other statues of Lenin have been torn down and taken to the scrapper." So Russia tore every statue of Lenin by 1994 already (the Soviet Union fell in 1991) and distanced itself from its past but the U.S. still has statues of a man who was an enemy of the Union, who lost the Civil War and who is generally revered by people wanting a return to the "good 'ol days" ? Something isn't quite right here... Like I said: That small statue of Lenin was outside some museum where he has "historical" value as a symbol of the past. These Robert E. Lee statues can be put inside museums or the houses of private collectors. But to have them in public??

[@danielsykes7558]

🤩

[@Plissken68]

Next they will be outlawing soccer balls...because a perpetual victim is always offended by the black spots.

[@rs6109]

cry some more ,snowflake

[@TruthOverFear21]

This proves that history will come back and haunt you. Robert E. Lee might need some water and SPF 1000

[@gradypoole5366]

You right history will come back and haunt you when it repeated itself because no one knows about this terrible guy. This women says when she was born black people couldn’t vote and it reminds her of all the bad. That is why we should keep it there to remember and not forget the atrocities of the past so we don’t repeat them.

[@salentino]

@@gradypoole5366 we don't have statues of German WW2 generals and party members standing around Germany. We have history lessons about it, and memorial sites for the victims. No need for that statue to stay in place to remind people of racial injustice in the USA.

[@coolg7982]

@@salentino bs

[@coolg7982]

They should have kept them statues up.

[@salentino]

@@coolg7982 Elaborate if you can on how my statement is bs...

[@dougmarkham6791]

Small gathering. Smaller intellect.

[@mrpepe1408]

Oké bot

[@Kain59242]

Lee believed in trial by combat and wrote against glorifying their lost cause.

[@SouthernGentleman]

“While we see the Course of the final abolition of human slavery is onward, & we give it the aid of our prayers & all justifiable means in our power we must leave the progress as well as the result in his hands who Sees the end” - Robert E Lee 1856 “I am rejoiced that slavery is abolished. I believe it will be greatly for the interests of the South. So fully am I satisfied of this, as regards Virginia especially, that I would cheerfully have lost all I have lost by the war, and have suffered all I have suffered, to have this object attained.” - Robert E Lee 1865 “I can anticipate no greater calamity for the country than a dissolution of the Union. It would be an accumulation of all the evils we complain of, and I am willing to sacrifice anything but honor for its preservation.” Robert E Lee 1861 “I will never raise my sword against Virginia.” - Robert E Lee All hate comes from ignorance

[@longliveethiopia123]

@@SouthernGentlemancool but he still lost lol 😂 he was ignorant not to listen to his own advice

[@GunggusRama-zo3ly]

Now i can see why america is goin down soon

[@justjoshua5759]

Kind of crazy that it was still up there but…… HOORAY

[@AsmrWorldvids]

Freemasonry was why

[@idrinkrawmilk554]

He wasn't that bad tho...

[@AlajSaint]

Another one bites the dust! This is,great now if Puerto Rico can remove the columbus statue in San Juan and every other statue or symbol of racism in all of the americas and the carribean, that would be awesome. 😂😆👏🏾✊🏾🙏🏾

[@chesterjade7630]

Read about Christopher Columbus because he did some horrific things. He didn't discover America either. Those WERE LIES.

[@tiffanywyatt5137]

We gonna rear down the Washington monument too

[@AlajSaint]

Yes! All symbols of racism and Hate.

[@sector783]

History is not there for anybody to like or dislike. It’s there for us to learn from. And if it offends you, even better. Because you are less likely to repeat it. History is not yours to change or destroy. Moron

[@Konoronn]

Let's also tear down mosques. They are halls to worship and glorify a pedophile. We should no longer tolerate this in our society.

[@yahspoetyahu-thepoeticword7322]

You can remove any Confederate statute and it still WILL NOT undue systematic racism in this country!!!!!

[@Keepskatin]

Yes, whites only want to provide symbolism, we Blacks demand reparations and reservations.💪🏾

[@yahspoetyahu-thepoeticword7322]

@@Keepskatin word!! And the powers that be would rather exterminate us then pay what they owe the indigenous people!!!! SMDH!!

[@Mark-dl8sw]

@@yahspoetyahu-thepoeticword7322 Indigenous people? Do you mean indignant? Is this your attempt at "wordsmithing"? Communism is not an idea that originated in America. It is an evil ideology of theft devised in eastern Europe. Also, unlike you, I am a native American, and nobody owes me anything but to keep their hands out of my pockets. So mind your own business.

[@unicobuenaflor6814]

@@Mark-dl8sw and why don't they remove shemans and grants statues those guys did atrocities mostly in the south and read the speech that abraham lincoln said read not listen to media this is why the great american image is dying if the us made everthing that was illegal in Afghanistan they could have won in 2 weeks

[@Technocratos90]

You BLM drones are hilarious.

[@imperialcommisar5279]

DOWN WITH THE TRAITOR, UP WITH THE STARS

[@SouthernGentleman]

“While we see the Course of the final abolition of human slavery is onward, & we give it the aid of our prayers & all justifiable means in our power we must leave the progress as well as the result in his hands who Sees the end” - Robert E Lee 1856 “I am rejoiced that slavery is abolished. I believe it will be greatly for the interests of the South. So fully am I satisfied of this, as regards Virginia especially, that I would cheerfully have lost all I have lost by the war, and have suffered all I have suffered, to have this object attained.” - Robert E Lee 1865 “I can anticipate no greater calamity for the country than a dissolution of the Union. It would be an accumulation of all the evils we complain of, and I am willing to sacrifice anything but honor for its preservation.” Robert E Lee 1861 “I will never raise my sword against Virginia.” - Robert E Lee All hate comes from ignorance

[@imperialcommisar5279]

@@SouthernGentleman HATRED IS MY LITTANY SACRIFICE MY DUTY SUFFER NOT THE TRAITOR TO LIVE *BLAM*

[@SouthernGentleman]

@@imperialcommisar5279 Lee was never convicted of treason for fighting for his birthplace and is a hero of the Mexican American war and helped reunite the country after the civil war

[@zenever0]

@@SouthernGentleman you’re sharing white supremacy propaganda. He wasn’t allowed to hold any positions in government or military and had his land seized by the government.

[@fowchiiiliedpuppiesdied]

How disgusting and ignorant. He was completely opposed to slavery.

[@Svenne-man-1880]

He still became a huge idol for the white supremacist idiots post civil war and he himself wanted no statues period.

[@adrians380]

LMAO suuuuuureee

[@GANTZ100pts]

​@@Svenne-man-1880 His statue was put there because his efforts to reunify the nation.

[@Svenne-man-1880]

@@GANTZ100pts Suuuuure and it had nothing to do with his service to a slaveholding nation?

[@purpleblastoise]

You hillbillies lost the Civil War! Lol

[@SouthernGentleman]

“While we see the Course of the final abolition of human slavery is onward, & we give it the aid of our prayers & all justifiable means in our power we must leave the progress as well as the result in his hands who Sees the end” - Robert E Lee 1856 “I am rejoiced that slavery is abolished. I believe it will be greatly for the interests of the South. So fully am I satisfied of this, as regards Virginia especially, that I would cheerfully have lost all I have lost by the war, and have suffered all I have suffered, to have this object attained.” - Robert E Lee 1865 And this is bad?!

[@krishall4586]

Hmm did he really say that after he lost? If so what was he fighting for? Was it to be a two country nation? If so how much weaker would we be if we was? Would anything get done to the efficiency it does now (even though I believe it's crap lol)? So many questions I'm sure you don't have the answer to. So stop the 🧢😂

[@stevemathew5281]

@@krishall4586 You don't know nothing about history that's your problem

[@ferocient]

Talk is cheap and these quotes sound like nothing more than a cheap salve to his conscience. After having lost the war and being forced to acknowledge these new realities he was spinning his own narrative. What should we believe - his actions or his post-facto rhetoric?

[@krishall4586]

@@ferocient exactly but most racist white people don't even understand what spinning the narrative mean and can't spell rhetoric so... it's like speak to kids who just made it to 5th grade. But that would be disrespectful if you say that to their faces...the 5th graders I mean 😂😂😂😂

[@stevemathew5281]

@@ferocient no sir You're just being ignorant

[@DaneReidVoiceOver]

It should be sunken in the bottom of the ocean

[@idrinkrawmilk554]

No it should be back where it's suppose to be.

[@paxundpeace9970]

Great news

[@SouthernGentleman]

“While we see the Course of the final abolition of human slavery is onward, & we give it the aid of our prayers & all justifiable means in our power we must leave the progress as well as the result in his hands who Sees the end” - Robert E Lee 1856 “I am rejoiced that slavery is abolished. I believe it will be greatly for the interests of the South. So fully am I satisfied of this, as regards Virginia especially, that I would cheerfully have lost all I have lost by the war, and have suffered all I have suffered, to have this object attained.” - Robert E Lee 1865 “I can anticipate no greater calamity for the country than a dissolution of the Union. It would be an accumulation of all the evils we complain of, and I am willing to sacrifice anything but honor for its preservation.” Robert E Lee 1861 “I will never raise my sword against Virginia.” - Robert E Lee All hate comes from ignorance

[@idrinkrawmilk554]

Bad news

[@idrinkrawmilk554]

@@SouthernGentleman thank you for spreading this.

[@tailsprowerfan2729]

Hear that that’s what the nazis did when they burned all the paintings and books

[@joshuawillis602]

It’s not the same at all

[@tailsprowerfan2729]

@@joshuawillis602 well after what the far left has shown that they hate Jewish I find it easy to believe they are the real Nazis not the conservatives

[@zenever0]

@@tailsprowerfan2729 (1860) White southern conservatives committed treason and formed the confederacy to preserve African slavery and white supremacy. (1865) White southern conservatives make up the KKK. (1865-1890) White southern conservatives make up black codes. (1877) Poll tax, literacy tests and registration referral is instituted across the south to disenfranchise black voters *(Georgia)* The term “grandfathered” is first used, exempting whites from all of this. (1883) Civil Rights Cases, Supreme Court votes (8-1) the Civil Rights Act of 1875 unconstitutional, ruling that the 14th Amendment only applied to state actions, not private individuals or businesses, leading to the legitimization of racial segregation and the establishment of Jim Crow laws in the South. (1884) Black citizens are barred from juries *(Mississippi)* (1896) Plessy vs. Ferguson Supreme Court case upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the "separate but equal" doctrine, legitimizing the Jim Crow laws *(Louisiana)* (1896-1968) White southern conservatives make up Jim Crow laws. (1954) Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case overturned Plessy vs. Ferguson, ruling that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional *(Kansas)* (1954-1968) White southern conservatives oppose civil rights. (1957) Little Rock Nine incident, *Arkansas* Governor resists federal law by activating the national guard to keep black students out. President Eisenhower directs the 101st Airborne to enforce and oversee desegregation. (1967-2023) White southern conservatives oppose interracial marriages. (2001-2013) White southern conservatives oppose gay marriage. (2023) Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion (DEI) is opposed by white southern conservatives. We’ll never forget that Confederates are traitors and white supremacists 🇺🇸

[@rurutuM]

Melt it down get the copper to replace lead pipes

[@EternityItsYourChoice]

Winston Churchill wrote on General Robert E. Lee, "His noble presence and gentle, kindly manner were sustained by religious faith and exalted character."

[@vita9010]

Churchill will get the same fate as time goes by.

[@Randomgen77]

So? He still betrayed his nation to fight for rich slavers and the continued misery of generations of human beings. An encomium from Churchill doesn’t change that fact.

[@Konoronn]

@@vita9010 Everything will if you keep on going.

[@chere100]

Ain't it a touch sad, though? I hope they at least put it in a museum. It's not good to wipe away a negative past, we must remember.

[@jenwendy7]

Dude this guy is brought up in every high school history class. Statue wasn't erected for historical purposes anyway. It propped up as an intimidation to black people. Each time black folks asked for the right to vote, another lynching happened and another confed statue propped up.

[@chere100]

@@jenwendy7 I never heard of him in history... but I skipped most of my history classes in high school, so~ I can't say what all was taught, lol.

[@247tubefan]

Hopefully it will be placed in a military museum.

[@paxundpeace9970]

No. It will be cut in to pieces and condemned.

[@mscardioqueen]

I wonder if some statue of Hitler is placed in some musuem?

[@elchapojunior3091]

Considering most of these aren’t originally from the Civil war and were just made to intimidate black people during the civil rights era it would be pretty f*cking useless in a museum

[@fatimaperez9181]

@@paxundpeace9970 good

[@247tubefan]

@@paxundpeace9970 Great. Because we can just pretend that history didn't happen. So our descendants will have less access to what happened. And have a higher likelihood to repeat history.

[@psulionz87]

Ja love to see it!

[@SouthernGentleman]

“While we see the Course of the final abolition of human slavery is onward, & we give it the aid of our prayers & all justifiable means in our power we must leave the progress as well as the result in his hands who Sees the end” - Robert E Lee 1856 “I am rejoiced that slavery is abolished. I believe it will be greatly for the interests of the South. So fully am I satisfied of this, as regards Virginia especially, that I would cheerfully have lost all I have lost by the war, and have suffered all I have suffered, to have this object attained.” - Robert E Lee 1865 “I can anticipate no greater calamity for the country than a dissolution of the Union. It would be an accumulation of all the evils we complain of, and I am willing to sacrifice anything but honor for its preservation.” Robert E Lee 1861 “I will never raise my sword against Virginia.” - Robert E Lee All hate comes from ignorance

[@sector783]

Because you don’t know any better

[@fleiva30]

Good..!! bad History belongs in books 📚

[@SouthernGentleman]

“While we see the Course of the final abolition of human slavery is onward, & we give it the aid of our prayers & all justifiable means in our power we must leave the progress as well as the result in his hands who Sees the end” - Robert E Lee 1856 “I am rejoiced that slavery is abolished. I believe it will be greatly for the interests of the South. So fully am I satisfied of this, as regards Virginia especially, that I would cheerfully have lost all I have lost by the war, and have suffered all I have suffered, to have this object attained.” - Robert E Lee 1865 “I can anticipate no greater calamity for the country than a dissolution of the Union. It would be an accumulation of all the evils we complain of, and I am willing to sacrifice anything but honor for its preservation.” Robert E Lee 1861 “I will never raise my sword against Virginia.” - Robert E Lee All hate comes from ignorance

[@stampedmetalsword8099]

Nice statue, but yea I agree it must come down. Even the bible says when God's kingdom begins to rule, all the evil of the past would not be remembered. So in keeping with that sentiment, let's move forward to brighter things and consign the evil to a rubbish heap.

[@SouthernGentleman]

“While we see the Course of the final abolition of human slavery is onward, & we give it the aid of our prayers & all justifiable means in our power we must leave the progress as well as the result in his hands who Sees the end” - Robert E Lee 1856 “I am rejoiced that slavery is abolished. I believe it will be greatly for the interests of the South. So fully am I satisfied of this, as regards Virginia especially, that I would cheerfully have lost all I have lost by the war, and have suffered all I have suffered, to have this object attained.” - Robert E Lee 1865 “I can anticipate no greater calamity for the country than a dissolution of the Union. It would be an accumulation of all the evils we complain of, and I am willing to sacrifice anything but honor for its preservation.” Robert E Lee 1861 “I will never raise my sword against Virginia.” - Robert E Lee All hate comes from ignorance

[@sector783]

History is not there for anybody to like or dislike. It’s there for us to learn from. And if it offends you, even better. Because you are less likely to repeat it. History is not yours to change or destroy.

[@joshuawillis602]

@@sector783statues of traitors don’t teach us anything. Go read a book or go to a museum

[@sector783]

@@joshuawillis602 it’s THE museum Joshua. It appears you should probably be reading more books 😂🤡

[@joshuawillis602]

@@sector783 you can easily spot a dumb person with no real argument when that person goes after grammar errors and nothing else.

[@NPCHSN]

Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it.

[@user-dc5he3pp9o]

Wow, so creative! You must have come up with that phrase yourself!

[@chalicotheremapping8921]

@@user-dc5he3pp9ohe probably didn’t because I think it’s an important quote said by Churchill

[@user-dc5he3pp9o]

@@chalicotheremapping8921 Yes. I was being sarcastic. People use that quote a lot, and people seem to just use quotes as a substitute for creating their own arguments. Truth is, people don't need statues to know about historical figures. We learn about them in history books.

[@chalicotheremapping8921]

@@user-dc5he3pp9o only nerds read books, statues are more accessible

[@stephss]

We don't need statues that commemorate fear and pain, in our public spaces. Melt it down, and make something beautiful from it.

[@SouthernGentleman]

“While we see the Course of the final abolition of human slavery is onward, & we give it the aid of our prayers & all justifiable means in our power we must leave the progress as well as the result in his hands who Sees the end” - Robert E Lee 1856 “I am rejoiced that slavery is abolished. I believe it will be greatly for the interests of the South. So fully am I satisfied of this, as regards Virginia especially, that I would cheerfully have lost all I have lost by the war, and have suffered all I have suffered, to have this object attained.” - Robert E Lee 1865 “I can anticipate no greater calamity for the country than a dissolution of the Union. It would be an accumulation of all the evils we complain of, and I am willing to sacrifice anything but honor for its preservation.” Robert E Lee 1861 “I will never raise my sword against Virginia.” - Robert E Lee All hate comes from ignorance

[@zenever0]

@@SouthernGentleman "Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests, upon *the great truth that the [black man] is not equal to the white man; that slavery subordination to the superior race* is his natural and normal condition. This, our new government, is the first, in the history of the world, based upon this great physical, philosophical, and moral truth." - Cornerstone Speech, Confederate Vice President Alexander H. Stephens

[@just_a_turtle_chad]

Should've never been there in the first place.

[@SouthernGentleman]

“While we see the Course of the final abolition of human slavery is onward, & we give it the aid of our prayers & all justifiable means in our power we must leave the progress as well as the result in his hands who Sees the end” - Robert E Lee 1856 “I am rejoiced that slavery is abolished. I believe it will be greatly for the interests of the South. So fully am I satisfied of this, as regards Virginia especially, that I would cheerfully have lost all I have lost by the war, and have suffered all I have suffered, to have this object attained.” - Robert E Lee 1865 “I can anticipate no greater calamity for the country than a dissolution of the Union. It would be an accumulation of all the evils we complain of, and I am willing to sacrifice anything but honor for its preservation.” Robert E Lee 1861 “I will never raise my sword against Virginia.” - Robert E Lee All hate comes from ignorance

[@idrinkrawmilk554]

Should have stayed there actually.

[@commanderyevgen7154]

bro i see you every where xD

[@AvangionQ]

Robert E. Lee himself said: "I think it wiser moreover not to keep open the sores of war, but to follow the examples of those nations who endeavored to obliterate the marks of civil strife & to commit to oblivion the feelings it engendered." Statues of racists and traitors should all be gone.

[@AttaBek1422]

I don’t think denigrating ALL the figures of the Confederacy and removing memorials to them helps to ‘not keep open the sores of war’

[@AvangionQ]

@@AttaBek1422 Traitors don't deserve memorials. Racists don't deserve honor. What part of that do you not understand?

[@gradypoole5366]

You realize he isn’t at all talking about statues he stated this in a letter about a meeting of the officers at the battle of Gettysburg. Meaning he didn’t believe in the cause he fought for anymore his history is deeper than this and he changed. If people did more research they would realize he changed and believed the cause he fought for was a waste. He did do bad things and fight for the wrong side. This monument should serve a reminder not to repeat the past and has other symbolic meaning if you dig further into his history.

[@AvangionQ]

@@gradypoole5366 These statues are reminders of white supremacy, legacy of slavery, jim crow and ongoing systemic racism. Such does not belong in the public square.

[@rs6109]

@@AvangionQ Loser

[@chrisoakley5830]

The irony is they may very well be cheering for what is to be their own future demise.

[@mrpepe1408]

Oké bot

[@robbiethepict2783]

Country roads, take me home To the place I belong West Virginia, mountain mama Take me home, country roads

[@LuciferTheDogKiller]

That lady is almost 70 ?! She looks great for her age !!

[@luis798]

I was thinking the same thing. Surprised more people aren’t talking about it in the comments

[@shysweet5439]

she looks normal for a 69 yr old african-american person.

[@mcveritas7501]

This thing ahahahahahahahahahaha

[@EternityItsYourChoice]

General Robert E. Lee was a saved, born-again Christian man and everyone knew and respected him for it. He wrote to his chaplains who informed them of their prayers for him that he thanked them and needed all of the prayers offered in his behalf. And then he said: "I can only say that I am nothing but a poor sinner, trusting in Christ alone for salvation."

[@rs6109]

L

[@krishall4586]

That's ridiculous dude. Are you saying just because he's Christian that makes him good? Because this is how people will read this. You gotta be more clear with your text

[@EternityItsYourChoice]

@@krishall4586 No, I'm telling the exact reason the removal of our Confederate monuments, especially Robert E. Lee's. They represent the Bible Belt and Christianity. The Freemasons (The Great Deceivers are really THE LUCIFERIANS) are getting rid of Christianity and replacing it with Satanic Statues like Baphomet, Albert Pike and The Arc of Baal to Welcome their messiah THE ANTICHRIST. Time is over! The Great Trib is about to begin. If you're not saved NOW is the time to get right with God. Romans 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the LORD shall be saved.

[@EternityItsYourChoice]

@@Shinobi802 No one can enter Heaven with hate in their heart. Read Numbers 12 how God punished the sister of Moses for hating the Ethiopian woman who Moses married. When you get saved The Holy Spirit begins to change you and convicts us of our sins. Jesus said hatred is just like murder. There'll be no racism in glory. The only reason it's here on earth is because Satan's still loose.

[@krishall4586]

@@EternityItsYourChoice oh ok you're just saying you're a crazy religious person who believes in goblins and fairies and things like that. You should've just said that from the beginning 😂🤣😂

[@taino-sr2vy]

These statues will eventually and somehow be put back up

[@trey5747]

I hope not

[@user-nk8zx1yw8s]

lol no

[@SkankHunt-iz1nl]

Hope so

[@idrinkrawmilk554]

Hopefully

[@tailsprowerfan2729]

@@trey5747 I hope they get put back up

[@mikejunior80]

Good. Traitors should receive no place of honour in civilized society.

[@digidanshow]

And murderous monsters such as Lincoln, Grant, and Sherman should be vilified for their war crimes.

[@brittnotheidiot7036]

He was a hero. What you mean?

[@mikejunior80]

So you support slavery and treason then @@brittnotheidiot7036. Okay.

[@mikejunior80]

Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee, et. alattacked Fort Sumter @@digidanshow. They're the war criminals.

[@SouthernGentleman]

To the myth that Lee was against memorials. All I think that can now be done, is to aid our noble & generous women in their efforts to protect the graves & mark the last resting places of those who have fallen, & wait for better times.

[@WarmWeatherGuy]

We can put it in a museum of shame like we did with all the Nazi stuff.

[@chomper720]

I dunno, forgetting history seems like a good recipe to repeat it.

[@chomper720]

@Zeno the Filipino Hope they do that rather than scrap it.

[@mscardioqueen]

If taken out in the desert and blown up!

[@samsen3965]

Today is a BRIGHTER day in the entire USA. Thanks to all who VOTED and keep up the great job.

[@tiffanywyatt5137]

This does nothing

[@sector783]

Congratulations! This does absolutely nothing and changes nothing.. History is not there for anybody to like or dislike. It’s there for us to learn from. And if it offends you, even better. Because you are less likely to repeat it. History is not yours to change or destroy.

[@Jack_Stacks]

"Black people could not vote when I was born in 1952." Uhh, what?

[@mrpepe1408]

Educate yourself bot

[@zenever0]

(1860) White southern conservatives committed treason and formed the confederacy to preserve African slavery and white supremacy. (1865) White southern conservatives make up the KKK. (1865-1890) White southern conservatives make up black codes. (1877) Poll tax, literacy tests and registration referral is instituted across the south to disenfranchise black voters *(Georgia)* The term “grandfathered” is first used, exempting whites from all of this. (1883) Civil Rights Cases, Supreme Court votes (8-1) the Civil Rights Act of 1875 unconstitutional, ruling that the 14th Amendment only applied to state actions, not private individuals or businesses, leading to the legitimization of racial segregation and the establishment of Jim Crow laws in the South. (1884) Black citizens are barred from juries *(Mississippi)* (1896) Plessy vs. Ferguson Supreme Court case upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the "separate but equal" doctrine, legitimizing the Jim Crow laws *(Louisiana)* (1896-1968) White southern conservatives make up Jim Crow laws. (1954) Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case overturned Plessy vs. Ferguson, ruling that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional *(Kansas)* (1954-1968) White southern conservatives oppose civil rights. (1957) Little Rock Nine incident, *Arkansas* Governor resists federal law by activating the national guard to keep black students out. President Eisenhower directs the 101st Airborne to enforce and oversee desegregation. (1967-2023) White southern conservatives oppose interracial marriages. (2001-2013) White southern conservatives oppose gay marriage. (2023) Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion (DEI) is opposed by white southern conservatives. We’ll never forget that Confederates are traitors and white supremacists 🇺🇸

[@w.l.6005]

A little confused here. 😢 Black men earned the right to vote in the 1800s. ALL women earned the right to vote in 1920. It may have been difficult in some places for some black women to vote. I believe this woman is referring to the 1965 act removing any obstacles for black women to vote. Her rights were given long before she was born.

[@poolesylvia3]

History Repeats Itself 🤦‍♀️. Be careful what you wish for. 🤷‍♀️

[@nehcooahnait7827]

😂 say this to yourself.

[@robertf.atrozskin3596]

This generation is doomed 😒

[@zenever0]

We’ll never forget that Confederates are traitors and white supremacists 🇺🇸

[@Tiger_Woods]

Nice 👍👍👍

[@nomanor7987]

No different from statues of Lenin and of Soviet generals being toppled in Poland, Estonia, Czech Republic and other parts of Eastern Europe when the Soviet Union fell.

[@jazzypoo7960]

Saddam Husein.

[@Ironuxi]

It’s not about your feelings he’s an American hero and you’re destroying our history to write your own.

[@joshuawillis602]

He’s an American traitor and a stain on this great country. You’re just as much a traitor to call him otherwise

[@abrahamlupis9354]

​@@joshuawillis602 many u.s. people live happily in Alta California and New México, and is by Robert E. Lee

[@zenever0]

@@abrahamlupis9354 There’s no erasing that Confederates are traitors and white supremacists 🇺🇸

[@kaws3076]

How tf is he a hero???

[@abrahamlupis9354]

@@kaws3076 he was the key that won many battles from the Mexican American war and why minorities are happily living in stolen lands like Alta California and New Mexico

[@deannedflrocks5337]

Absolutely powerful and moving this is progress and hope for change.

[@deanlayman9200]

Nothing will change.

[@doeweeyah1236]

What progress? Do you mean hoping more of regress and delusion of american society yeah F that

[@brittnotheidiot7036]

Our generation is getting dumber...

[@tylerhackner9731]

Great news