Though dozens of congressional Republicans protested the move, the Army says it will begin work in coming days

The Lost Cause movement, which recast rebel traitors as morally righteous warriors defending states’ rights and spread the false belief that slavery was benevolent, is evident in the memorial’s bronze panels. A weeping Black woman, described by cemetery historians as a stereotypical “mammy,” clutches the baby of a White officer, and a camp servant dutifully follows his enslaver toward battle.

  • @carl_dungeon
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    If you’re upset that people don’t want to memorialize the south that was pro slavery and lost, you should re-examine your own values. And to all those Republican dickheads that say things like “the slave owners were democrats”, which party is upset about removing all the confederate statues and puts confederate flags on their pickups and houses again?

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      This. Their attempts to rewrite history and ignore that democrats that were racists were conservatives fail right off the blocks when they cry and cope over monuments to racists being removed.

    • MxM111
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      They are Americans, even if they were on the wrong side of history. It is something to remember and think about it. I would not put anything new, but I would prefer old historical memorial on cemetery to stay.

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        That’s a good point. One nice thing about visiting Germany are all the statues of hitler they’ve kept. Real important to remember history with statues, both sides.

        Edit: p.s. most confederate statues were erected for political reasons with money raised by the daughters of the confederacy. If you think their only motive was to celebrate brave soldiers, both sides, you missed a few wiki articles.

      • @ocassionallyaduck
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        They were, quite literally, not Americans.

        They were Confederates.

        Robert E. Lee opposed monuments like this for these exact reasons. They were put up by post-war pro-slavery efforts to romanticize and justify the South. And looks like it worked on you.

      • Flying Squid
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        They were not Americans. They seceded from the United States of America and did it so they could keep up the institution of slavery. And they died traitors. Fuck them and this memorial that was put up in 1914, long after anyone involved would have died of old age.

      • @Ensign_Crab
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        They are Americans

        They were traitors. They are dead traitors. Romanticizing those who betrayed their country to fight to preserve brutal chattel slavery is what keeps much of the south on the wrong side of history to this day.

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        naw, that would be admitting there was any value to that memorial, and there is not.

        there is no value in celebrating the losers of a movement to enslave human beings.

      • @CharlesDarwin
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        Could we add a historical urinal over top of these “historical” memorials if they are going to stay?

      • @800XL
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        but I would prefer old historical memorial on cemetery to stay.

        Try that sentence again, Russian propagandist.

  • @CharlesDarwin
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    It’s so weird how the cons clutch their pearls whenever an accusation of racism is leveled at them, but they tell on themselves all the time when it comes to monuments to racist traitorous scum.

  • Flying Squid
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    But mah heritage! Mah five years of heritage!

    The View has lasted over 5 times longer than the Confederacy.

    • @PRUSSIA_x86
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      Fortnite has lasted longer than the confederacy.

      • @Sovereign_13
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        Just to sort of pile on, Breaking Bad lasted longer than the Confederacy.

  • @fluxion
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    I might support a public restroom to properly memorialize the slaver rebellion

    • Flying Squid
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      I assumed that would be the most popular attraction at the Trump Presidential Library, but they don’t seem to be building one. I guess you don’t need an entire library to store a copy of The Art of the Deal.

    • @Ensign_Crab
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      Only if it’s never cleaned.

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    Republicans are always calling themselves “The Party of Lincoln”. So, why would they want to preserve the statues of Lincoln’s enemies?

    It’s almost as if every word uttered by a conservative is deception or manipulation.

  • Chainweasel
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    That’s a Democrat memorial though, they remind us all the time that the Democrats are really the racists because they supported slavery during the Civil War. And it’s a participation trophy, something else they foam at the mouth and lash their tooth over.

    • @[email protected]OP
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      Yep. The parties completely flipped sides on this as a result of Nixon deciding to court the southern vote through appeals to racism

      • @Ensign_Crab
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        Republicans want to have it both ways. They want to be able to call Democrats the party of slavery and the KKK, but they also want to keep monuments to people who fought for slavery that were erected by people in the KKK.

    • Transporter Room 3
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      I grew up within a stone’s throw of where William T. Sherman was born, and I gotta say… I’m in the mood for some southern bbq and a delightful stroll to the ocean.