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People are acting like if we take down the statues we will forget about the Civil War or Confederacy that will never be forgotten. Black people, especially, will always remember their dark past and don't need to be reminded. They don't help us "learn from our past" they show everything wrong with the past and only empower the people who still act like they are in the 1800's. If anything they should be in a museum not in parks.

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Steven made a good point. Not all those in statues are in good favor of today's standards

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I agree with Nathan , why honor a nation that broke away, and then attacked the US?

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People should remember what Hitler did.

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I disagree with what Gabe said. You are supposed to remember the bad parts of history in order to create a better future.

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should the old slave-owners be honored with their death and monument because they had different views at the time with different morals. 

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should the old slave-owners be honored with their death and monument because they had different views at the time with different morals. 

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Putting the statues in a museum would be better than destroying them completely because it is a better compromise between the two different views.

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Placing the statues in a museum would be a great idea.

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The fact of the matter is the statues oppress people who have been oppressed throughout history. The statues are idealizing people who fought to keep them as property and don't need to be a constant reminder in every day places about this. We as a nation need to focus on the better of all our people and there is no reason why we need statues associated with white supremacists. Those who say taking them down is catering to people for no reason have never been in the position that blacks have been in. They can't relate to their ill feeling and should keep their opinions out of it.

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I think removing and placing the statues in museums would be a good compromise between the two  opposing side. People  who choose to go honor or see the statues can, but those who are against the statues don't have to go, and the statues won't be in a public area

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I agree with Nathan's point: i don't think that the statues should be destroyed...a lot of people would feel better if they were to be put in a museum to better commemorate the events of the past...everything that happens in the past should be taken note of

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Statues are part of our history, however bad and gruesome, and we should know our history. However I do think that we should put statues up to a referendum to the people. It is still state property ,and will have to have a support to tear them down if they so wished. Decided their wrong morally wont do anything to get rid of them

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Statues have many different meanings , and really depends on when and where they were built. I think Statues of Nathan Bedford Forrest are usually in favor of white supremacy

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Oh so now the statues represent white supremacy?

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Oh so now the statues represent white supremacy?

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If the statues are up of confederate generals because they are apart of southern history, prominent abolitionists are also a part of southern history such as Harriett Tubman yet they have significantly less public recognition lol

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Whether we choose to keep the statues or not, there is going to be controversy concerning the statues

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Statues may be what they believed in, but they kinda believed in slavery

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*laney

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Lanie

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Lanie= future president everyone

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I agree with Riley, the debate has recently come up in today's society because people feel like they can speak up more about issues concerning white supremacy and slavery

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In response to Hayden. I'm not trying to relate the Statue of Liberty to the statues of the confederate generals. I am simply wondering how far we are willing to take this because no one can determine who or what offends somebody. If a group of people are offended by the Statue of Liberty FOR EXAMPLE, and we take thee confederate statues down, who's to say that we cannot tear down the Statue of Liberty?

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I agree that racism is everywhere so they can't only blame the south for all of it.

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Robert E. Lee didn't even own slaves, while many of the union generals did, so Should we take down all the statues of union generals too? -Wyatt

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Robert E. Lee didn't even own slaves, while many of the union generals did, so Should we take down all the statues of union generals too? -Wyatt

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The North was primarily fighting against the South seceding.. Slavery was a factor in the war, but to say the North fought the war to end slavery would be a stretch

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I agree with what Ben said. African Americans now have rights compared to when the statues were originally built. They gained a voice and an ability to put their "voice" into fruition. 

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I agree with what Ben said. African Americans now have rights compared to when the statues were originally built. They gained a voice and an ability to put their "voice" into fruition. 

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First of all the STATUE OF LIBERTY has nothing in common with statues of confederate generals. The statue of liberty is a symbol of america not of Americas most painful past.

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These statues are becoming very relevant now as to why it's being brought up, people aren't being oppressed and they can finally speak up.

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People do give a voice more and have found greater problems with this

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People should be held accountable and remembered for ALL of their actions. I'm sure some of the men that fought for the confederate army did good things too. If we exclude Washington owning slaves because he did more good things.

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People are getting "butthurt" because this is the first time in history that they are not oppressed and can speak their opinion @ what jesse said

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the reason that people care now is because the majority of people believe that slavery is wrong and we are now reflecting on our past

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Racism is everywhere so you can’t blame one side.. good job Emily

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I agree with the reason for change in time is an excuse to keep the statues up

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Why are we honoring  and respect something that is held by the general population as morally wrong??

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The analogy to Washington is valid because just because it was  during  a different time, does not mean that slavery was any less wrong

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Everyone in the South knew that is was wrong and they were fighting for something morally wrong and we shouldn't memorialize that.

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History isn't picture perfect: it's important to remember the mistakes as well as the triumphs

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I agree with what Sheridan said to what extent are people willing to take this. If someone feels offended by the Statue of Liberty for example, do we tear that down too?

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The Washington monument was to honor the good things that Washington did for the country, but monuments of the confederacy are monuments to people who fought for a morally wrong cause and fought against their country for it.

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George Washington's movement was not for slavery it was for the nations independence therefore that comparison is not a good one.

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The view of the statues will obviously change over time, because history changes and views change

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Putting up a statue isn't only to honor someone but to reflect on the history.

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Yes, most momentums are mostly about honor and the respect but also they support the people that died for their beliefs

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The statues were not built to remember people. The statues were built in the time of Jim Crow and the Civil rights movement in the south to signify a white supremacy movement during that era.

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Economically tearing down the statues would be more beneficial.

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the economy isn't effected by the statues if they are just left up.

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On top of the cost, it's not even worth taking the statues down, and the issue of where to place the statues afterwards taking them down will occur.

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If the united states can spend as much as it does today on the military they can pay a fraction of that cost to take down some statues with a negative view point

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good comparison to nemo

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I am loving the Nemo reference

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putting up monuments isn't only to honor somebody but to tell a story. Other people have different views on what should or should not be allowed. That's why having an opinion on this can go both ways.

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The view on the statues will change as the country changes because peoples perceptive of any situation will

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As the years change, the view on these statues is going to change.

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History then is not History now: Good point

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Tom Tom Tom Tom Tom

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Sheridan had a great point about how Washington owned slaves so should we take down that monument? - Wyatt/Ryan Collab