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.

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    11 months ago

    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.

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      11 months ago

      Yep. The parties completely flipped sides on this as a result of Nixon deciding to court the southern vote through appeals to racism

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        11 months ago

        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.