https://padlet.com/don_dembroski/vfs5we15a7sc 1. Why are all these old statues in the news today? 2. What should be done? 3. What arguments and/or evidence supports your opinion? *Include a photo or other related image with your post en-us 2017-08-19 12:19:40 UTC 2026-02-21 09:44:08 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/don_dembroski/vfs5we15a7sc/wish/185493972 The statues of Robert E. lee should be kept. Although, many can argue that there is no reason to have statues of confederate leaders, they still made a large impact on history. Personally I do not support  confederates, but I do support history. It is not about their character. It is about how they made an impact on our world today.

]]> 2017-09-07 13:32:28 UTC https://padlet.com/don_dembroski/vfs5we15a7sc/wish/185493972 https://padlet.com/don_dembroski/vfs5we15a7sc/wish/185494798 Although that the statues are a reminder of our history of slavery and racial oppression there are people who find this offensive because of what the statue represents. During the civil war the southern states revolted against the government putting up these statues for what THEY believe in now these statues can be considered beautiful they can be considered a reminder of the things we overcome not of our once wrong beliefs. Its one of the last of three confederate monuments today. I think that the Rober E. Lee should stay ]]> 2017-09-07 13:34:26 UTC https://padlet.com/don_dembroski/vfs5we15a7sc/wish/185494798 https://padlet.com/don_dembroski/vfs5we15a7sc/wish/185494803 You can't just delete history that is part of what made the US a country they should be kept up

]]> 2017-09-07 13:34:27 UTC https://padlet.com/don_dembroski/vfs5we15a7sc/wish/185494803 https://padlet.com/don_dembroski/vfs5we15a7sc/wish/185494815  Old statues such as the Robert E. Lee statue are in the news today because there’s conflict on whether the statues should be taken down. The Robert E. Lee statue should be kept because it is a symbol of our past, whether we support it or not. Arguments supporting taking down the statue are that the statue represents white supremacy. ]]> 2017-09-07 13:34:29 UTC https://padlet.com/don_dembroski/vfs5we15a7sc/wish/185494815 https://padlet.com/don_dembroski/vfs5we15a7sc/wish/185494871 2017-09-07 13:34:37 UTC https://padlet.com/don_dembroski/vfs5we15a7sc/wish/185494871 https://padlet.com/don_dembroski/vfs5we15a7sc/wish/185495220 people want them down because they think the statues represent racism but they have nothing to do with that topic whatsoever just like the confederate flag. they believe what they hear but if they had a basic sense of common history they would know that they all have nothing to do with racism or any thing of that topic ]]> 2017-09-07 13:35:21 UTC https://padlet.com/don_dembroski/vfs5we15a7sc/wish/185495220 https://padlet.com/don_dembroski/vfs5we15a7sc/wish/185495396 the statues are all in the news today because there is a lot of debate between historians and citizens on whether or not they should be kept I think that we do not need a lot of these statues but they should keep them because it shows our history and people that were apart of it

]]> 2017-09-07 13:35:46 UTC https://padlet.com/don_dembroski/vfs5we15a7sc/wish/185495396 https://padlet.com/don_dembroski/vfs5we15a7sc/wish/185495467 Some people think that the statue of Robert E.lee should be taken down others say they should stay up. I believe that the statues should be taken down because a lot of people think they are offensive and associate them with white supremacy.  I think that it would cause less problems if the statues were taken down.  ]]> 2017-09-07 13:35:48 UTC https://padlet.com/don_dembroski/vfs5we15a7sc/wish/185495467 https://padlet.com/don_dembroski/vfs5we15a7sc/wish/185495479 They should keep them because its a part of history ]]> 2017-09-07 13:35:49 UTC https://padlet.com/don_dembroski/vfs5we15a7sc/wish/185495479 https://padlet.com/don_dembroski/vfs5we15a7sc/wish/185495494 I think that statues with confederate connotations should not be removed. Most of the time these statues were made to remember people like Robert E. Lee for things like being a great general and being a role model. You're never going to find a person that you can 100% agree with.]]> 2017-09-07 13:35:52 UTC https://padlet.com/don_dembroski/vfs5we15a7sc/wish/185495494 https://padlet.com/don_dembroski/vfs5we15a7sc/wish/185495529 I think they should keep the statues because they are apart of our history and history is something you can't get rid of by removing a statue. ]]> 2017-09-07 13:35:56 UTC https://padlet.com/don_dembroski/vfs5we15a7sc/wish/185495529 https://padlet.com/don_dembroski/vfs5we15a7sc/wish/185495545 you cant just delete the past like that....anyone that was in it or apart of it,  just going to forget it like that and this is what shows us of what how people can change and who they/we have became and you cant just change that. if it stays then you just gotta deal with it. some others may think its a good thing to keep it to remind us of how they were. some may wanna forget it just because they dont like what happened at the time.... 

]]> 2017-09-07 13:35:59 UTC https://padlet.com/don_dembroski/vfs5we15a7sc/wish/185495545 https://padlet.com/don_dembroski/vfs5we15a7sc/wish/185495619 We see these statues in the news because of the two sides that either want to keep them or remove them. The statues of Robert E. Lee and other confederate leaders should remain. Some people may find them as unimportant but they symbolize someone back then. Many say that even though some don't support these confederates, its still important to keep them because they have a meaning. ]]> 2017-09-07 13:36:08 UTC https://padlet.com/don_dembroski/vfs5we15a7sc/wish/185495619 https://padlet.com/don_dembroski/vfs5we15a7sc/wish/185495690 the statue should be kept because it is apart of our history ]]> 2017-09-07 13:36:17 UTC https://padlet.com/don_dembroski/vfs5we15a7sc/wish/185495690 https://padlet.com/don_dembroski/vfs5we15a7sc/wish/185495738 He is a big part of the US history and they cannot jut take that away. History cannot be deleted. ]]> 2017-09-07 13:36:24 UTC https://padlet.com/don_dembroski/vfs5we15a7sc/wish/185495738 https://padlet.com/don_dembroski/vfs5we15a7sc/wish/185495806 The statue of Robert E. Lee should not be removed based on the events of slavery and instead should be used as a reminder of that time and to keep those thoughts in our head as to make sure slavery does not return. We should look at our history and try to understand how those events happened and not try to erase them from ever existing.]]> 2017-09-07 13:36:34 UTC https://padlet.com/don_dembroski/vfs5we15a7sc/wish/185495806 https://padlet.com/don_dembroski/vfs5we15a7sc/wish/185495861 The statue was brought up in the news because some think it should be taken down along with all the other confederate statues, others think it should be kept. The statue should be kept because it was put there for a reason.]]> 2017-09-07 13:36:41 UTC https://padlet.com/don_dembroski/vfs5we15a7sc/wish/185495861 https://padlet.com/don_dembroski/vfs5we15a7sc/wish/185495897 The statue should be moved to a museum. The people don't want this statue because statues were meant to bring memories to great events but the confederate statues offend some people due to what he stood up for. I believe we should keep them but in a museum so people can learn about it the same way people learn about the world wars and the Holocaust]]> 2017-09-07 13:36:46 UTC https://padlet.com/don_dembroski/vfs5we15a7sc/wish/185495897 https://padlet.com/don_dembroski/vfs5we15a7sc/wish/185495900 2017-09-07 13:36:47 UTC https://padlet.com/don_dembroski/vfs5we15a7sc/wish/185495900 https://padlet.com/don_dembroski/vfs5we15a7sc/wish/185495935 I think the statue should just stay it hasn't done anything wrong Robert E Lee was just a war general. Yes he was on the confederate side so I can see where some people could take that as an offense but the statue has already been up for so long why now take them down if it was really that offensive or effected people it would have already been taken down.]]> 2017-09-07 13:36:51 UTC https://padlet.com/don_dembroski/vfs5we15a7sc/wish/185495935 https://padlet.com/don_dembroski/vfs5we15a7sc/wish/185496054

]]> 2017-09-07 13:37:09 UTC https://padlet.com/don_dembroski/vfs5we15a7sc/wish/185496054 https://padlet.com/don_dembroski/vfs5we15a7sc/wish/185496155 The reason i say they should say is because those statues are there for the men that didn't come back from the war that fought for there side.  ]]> 2017-09-07 13:37:22 UTC https://padlet.com/don_dembroski/vfs5we15a7sc/wish/185496155 https://padlet.com/don_dembroski/vfs5we15a7sc/wish/185496541 Dallas' city council decided that the statues should be removed due to their supposed racist meaning. The article I found, written by an art critic based in Dallas named Rick Brettel,  considers the possible viewpoint of the sculptor of the monument in Dallas. The sculptor's name was Alexander Phimister Proctor. He was from the North, and very opposed to slavery and racism. "For Proctor, the idea of sculpting a general -- riding alongside a soldier with whom he served and who survived him -- was the chance to create one of the very few equestrian monuments in the history of art in which a leader shares his monument with someone nameless." This is from an article about a similar statue in which General Lee is beside an unknown soldier, both on horses. 

 This is a photo of the sculptor beside the monument he created.]]> 2017-09-07 13:38:09 UTC https://padlet.com/don_dembroski/vfs5we15a7sc/wish/185496541 https://padlet.com/don_dembroski/vfs5we15a7sc/wish/185496752 The statues are honoring people who did and or believed in something wrong. ]]> 2017-09-07 13:38:35 UTC https://padlet.com/don_dembroski/vfs5we15a7sc/wish/185496752 https://padlet.com/don_dembroski/vfs5we15a7sc/wish/185497132 the Robert E. lee statue should be kept up because he made an impact on history so he should be remembered.]]> 2017-09-07 13:39:22 UTC https://padlet.com/don_dembroski/vfs5we15a7sc/wish/185497132