Mileage Psycho Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Quote Direct descendants of Robert E. Lee denounce white nationalists Direct descendants of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee are denouncing the white nationalist and neo-Nazi groups that stoked violence in Charlottesville, Va., during protests opposing the removal of a statue of Lee. "There's no place for that hate," Robert E. Lee V, the general's great-great-grandson, told Newsweek in an interview. In an earlier written statement on Tuesday, Lee and his sister, Tracy Lee Crittenberger, condemned the white nationalist groups and said their Confederate ancestor would not have tolerated such behavior. "At the end of the Civil War, he implored the nation to come together to heal our wounds and to move forward to become a more unified nation," the statement reads. "He never would have tolerated the hateful words and violent actions of white supremacists, the KKK, or Neo Nazis." Lee told Newsweek that it would make "good sense" to move Confederate statues and monuments like the one in Charlottesville to museums, which would allow them to be put in historical context. "I think that is absolutely an option, to move it to a museum and put it in the proper historical context," Lee said. "Times were very different then. We look at the institution of slavery, and it's absolutely horrendous. Back then, times were just extremely different. "We understand that it's complicated in 2017, when you look back at that period of time. ... If you want to put statues of General Lee or other Confederate people in museums, that makes good sense." White nationalists had initially planned to gather in Charlottesville to protest the city's February decision to remove the Lee statue from a public park. But the demonstrations quickly turned violent, resulting in the death of one woman, who was struck by a car allegedly driven by an Ohio man with ties to neo-Nazi groups. http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/346771-direct-descendant-of-robert-e-lee-denounces-white-nationalists Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bussman Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 As they should. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rw06GT Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 (edited) Now we are on to meaningless dna receptacles with an obvious opinion. Edited August 16, 2017 by Rw06GT 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICEMAN! Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Robert E Lee bitch slaps Trump and his Nazi buddies from beyond the grave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franks pond Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bussman Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 2 minutes ago, franks pond said: Nothing to see here, run along now..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Highmark Posted August 16, 2017 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted August 16, 2017 28 minutes ago, Mileage Psycho said: This is newsworthy? What do people think they were going to say? Vinny has officially lost it too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted August 16, 2017 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted August 16, 2017 18 minutes ago, bussman said: Nothing to see here, run along now..... Icevag just did this very thing in another thread....fucking textbook...what a Canadian Cunt! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bussman Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 2 hours ago, Biggie Smails said: Icevag just did this very thing in another thread....fucking textbook...what a Canadian Cunt! They made the word racist meaningless, now everybody is Hitler. What maroons. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Because the civil war wasn't about racism or slavery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Skidooski Posted August 16, 2017 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted August 16, 2017 Another earth-shattering revelation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zambroski Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 3 hours ago, Rw06GT said: Now we are on to meaningless dna receptacles with an obvious opinion. Agreed. Who fucking cares? Uh...now it's official! The great descendants of Robert E. Lee poured out from their trailer park to denounce a group of dipshits everyone else has long ago. 3 hours ago, ICEMAN! said: Robert E Lee bitch slaps Trump and his Nazi buddies from beyond the grave Ok, seriously, that's it for you. Go detoxify for a day. I don't remember you being this stupid yesterday. Or maybe it was the day before. What did you eat? Sad flakes? 58 minutes ago, bussman said: They made the word racist meaningless, now everybody is Hitler. What maroons. Yup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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