About Time!

@Oster1 Lee also failed to free the slaves when he took over the plantation he inherited from his father-in-law George Washington Parke Custis, despite the clause in Custis' will specifying that his slaves were to be freed upon his death. Lee's treatment of the slaves nearly led to a revolt. Lee also sold off slaves to such a degree that only one intact family remained on the plantation by the time the Civil War began.

However, regardless of Lee's personal feelings about the institution, the fact that he freely chose to defend the Confederacy, which was established for the sole purpose of perpetuating slavery, makes any equivocation worthless. Lee will be forever remembered for his efforts in perpetuating the right of white people to own Black people and work them to death for profit.

The flowery language of Norris' account is typical of writing at that time. The other option would have been for someone to transliterate it into fake Black vernacular, i.e. "Dat massa Lee done whupped us fo' runnin' off," another current style. The fact that you find the account unbelievable because of how it's written doesn't mean it didn't happen.

@MarmeeMarch It must be strange for you to see two people engaging in an intelligent discussion with minimal insults.

@Pinkstarburst No one is saying to "erase history," we're saying that statues honoring traitors should be removed. But I can see how that would be a problem for conservatives who don't read books, so if the statue of Robert E. Fuckface is gone, they won't know who he was.

@Pinkstarburst Yes Exactly! I love this!😊🤗🌷

@JesseInTX

Don't confuse history with honor.

No one is arguing to "erase" history. That's a red herring.

@beckyromero don’t blind yourself. People are trying to erase history. Not just monuments, but what’s being taught in classrooms. In Chicago people want Lincoln park renamed and the statue of Abraham Lincoln removed. And he signed the emancipation proclamation. Open your eyes.

@JesseInTX
What's NOT being taught in classrooms?

I'm a proponent of teaching MORE history and government in the classrooms.

Students need to know their rights under the Constitution.

@toddr13 Interesting how the most racist Republicans voted to keep a bunch of statues of Democrats up.

If you think people only learn history by staring at statues, you've got a weird idea of how learning works.

@MarmeeMarch Well, there are a lot of Jews in NYC. But calling Jews "Hymies" is insulting, same as calling poor countries "shitholes."

Biden had very high support among Black voters, so maybe they know something you don't. You're not the spokesman for Black America, Adolf.

@luckranger71 my car runs off of gasoline, and my body runs off nutrients, not unicorn urine, thank you, but no thank you I'm all set with 20th century monolog/sci-fi.

@checkoutanytime Those statues are not of liberals and were not erected by liberals. However, since you ask, you teach children through history books and discussion, not field trips to stare at statues.

@independentone I live in Georgia. We’re a state with a liberal majority, held hostage by an illegitimate Republican state government that relies on voter suppression to stay in power. Texas, Florida, and North Carolina are similar. The other states are hopeless.

@Stereoguy Um, not after the war. There are no statues of Hitler in Germany today. Many statues honoring Confederates were not erected until years after the war. Critical thinking is not your forte. Back to the kiddie table for you!

@luckranger71 actually, Germany had a country wide vote, asking, if they’d like to keep or remove statues etc, of Adolf Hitler, The people of Germany decided, they did not want to keep the statues etc, of Hitler, so they were removed, The people decided, not just a small minority of the country, and I don’t think they used Dominion voting machines either 😳

@beckyromero Technically, a "troll" is someone who makes deliberately provocative statements that may not even be appropriate to the subject under discussion, with the sole motive of upsetting people. A troll may or may not even support their own statement.

@Lila15 Not to drag on much more about this, but

@Spoiledbrat asked about Confederate leaders:

@beckyromero Is that "trolling?" It was legal for them to own slaves, but it certainly wasn't legal for them to secede from the US and declare their own country. Zebrawl's statement was either poorly worded or just ignorant.