Oh, that's right. Now I remember. Lee fought to preserve the South's crimes against humanity.
This is such a little known fact that pseudocons feel obligated to remind all of us of the terrible things done by these Democrats several times a month.
Clearly, honoring these evil Democratic bastards with statues is a very bad idea. We should tear them down and preserve our history by putting museums which explain the atrocities committed by these evil Democrats.
We must preserve our history correctly.
I strongly suggest you check out the TRUE history of the Confederacy and why those states seceded from the Union. It had little to do with slavery. The north had slaves at that time.
We should preserve our history correctly. Maybe you should follow that advice. 4 slave states remained in the Union. As someone pointed out, if the Civil War was about slavery then why were these 4 states allowed to stay in the Union without being invaded? Robert E Lee hated slavery and he only fought to protect his state from invasion as any loyal citizen would do.
The people who fought for the Confederacy for the most part had no interest in slavery. They fought gallantly and bravely for their country. They should be remembered that way. Unfortunately racists like the KKK have soiled the Confederate flag by using it to justify their hate.