Posted by bad_luck on 10/9/2017 9:57:00 PM (view original):
Whether or not Lee was personally racist is irrelevant. He's a symbol of a war fought to protect slavery.
The war was a bit deeper than that, but since I could care less whether his statues are removed or not, I won't get into that. It just bugs me when the schools don't teach history correctly. When I was teaching at a middle school, a 6th grade history teacher kept calling our government a democracy. I know I'm being petty, but it was quite annoying.