Charlie Daniels compares taking down Confederate statues to ISIS: 'Where does it stop?'
Published August 18, 2017
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Charlie Daniels compared removing Confederate statues in America to ISIS destroying historical sites in Iraq and Syria.
"That's what ISIS is doing over in places," Daniels told
Newsmax TV. "There were pieces of history that they didn't like, they were taking them down."
The 80-year-old added, "Where does it stop? Is it going to be Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson or are we headed into Jefferson, Washington, who were both slave owners? How deep into history are we going to go?"
Daniels said it's important to accept that there are "people who were part of our history who were not very savory characters."
The "Devil Went Down to Georgia" singer's suggestion if you don't like the statues?
"If you don't like it, don't look at it," he suggested.
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Charlie Daniels compares taking down Confederate statues to ISIS: 'Where does it stop?'