Statues are inanimate. They only represent what we allow them to...

@Qwerty14 Statues are not about whitewashing or forgetting history. We have statues to men like Washington, Jackson, and Hamilton because of their actions that created the nation we have today.

We don't forget about their more unpleasant sides, we acknowledge that people are not perfect. We don't forget their history and all the struggles we have come through since then.

The statues in the South, the vast majority of them, were put up in the 1950's as a Southern "retelling" of the Civil War. They were done in an effort to put the black populace in their place, and along with Jim Crow laws, did a good job of telling the story of "The War of Northern Aggression"

@Pherick It's hypocritical. Those people who fought for the Confederacy were just as bad as the founding fathers and the like. You guys wanna take down statues then start with the ones in your neck of the woods. Lead by example

@Qwerty14 Actually its not. While Washington, Hamilton, Jackson, and other flawed founders built this country. Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis and other rebels tried to tear it apart.

The Southern statues represented men who not only turned traitor against their nation but did not do so for any lofty ideals but to preserve slavery.

So no, they were not like the Founding Fathers at all.

@Pherick The founding fathers were traitors too. They just won their war. A war I might add that the Brits offered freedom for slaves if they won. Americans seem to leave that part out...

Remember America is built on the idea that if you don't like authority then it is fine to pick up guns and go to war. The Confederacy may have been a bunch of racists but they were just doing what the founding fathers did just 70 odd years prior.

@Qwerty14 The Founding Fathers did repel, against a government that they felt no longer had their interest at heart. No real way to fight back against a Monarchy if the Monarch is against you.

The South though, even if they felt the government wasn't doing right by them, had my ways to work with the government for change. Its something we all go through everytime a law or rule is made we don't like. We step back, start to figure out how to change it through the process, you don't grab guns and revolt.

America was founded by a violent revolt, but the Founding Fathers didn't want that again. So they built a foundation that was moldable, that changes could be made and that someone who didn't like things had a path toward change. The South just didn't want to wait.

Again, the South was NOT doing what the Founding Fathers did and fighting for rights and freedoms, they were fighting for slavery.

@Pherick You keep drinking the kool-aid man. If you can't see how the two events were similar then I suggest you read up on history.

@Qwerty14 Your inability to refute my claims and then that cute "kool-aid" quip is just about what I expected. You have a great day.

@Pherick Yeah yeah. There's nothing more to say. You have a warped sense of history. Maybe look at the revolutionary war from anyone's point of view other than the wealthy land owner and you'll see what I mean

@Qwerty14 I actually don't, but thanks, have a great day.