No, in fact, removing the statue of Robert E. Lee doesn't put us on a slippery slope

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"So, will George Washington now lose his status? Are we going to take down statues to George Washington?".

"Are we going to take down the statue? Because he was a major slave owner."

Charlottesville and the many other cities now removing or considering removing their public monuments to the Confederacy are on solid ground.


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