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CMV: I think these confederate statues should be torn down.

Keeping the statues up because you want to preserve history is not a good argument. We don't have statues of Osama Bin Laden up to remember 9/11. Therefore we should not have statues of people who fought to preserve slavery.

Although George Washington and Thomas Jefferson owned slaves, their statues should not be torn down because they are not famous for owning slaves and did other things that gave them good legacies. Robert E Lee on the other hand did nothing good for America.

Also, the Civil War was almost entirely about slavery. The Lost Cause narrative is not true. If it were, I would be more than happy to keep these statues up.
gpt
> Although George Washington and Thomas Jefferson owned slaves, their statues should not be torn down because they are not famous for owning slaves and did other things that gave them good legacies. Robert E Lee on the other hand did nothing good for America.

Robert E. Lee obviously served the US in wars before the civil war and defended the country.

The only reason the founding fathers aren't famous for it is _because_ people like to erase history and try to keep it from people as to not tarnish their reputation. Like it or not but one of the reasons for the war of independence was that England was working to eliminate slavery.