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Should Confederate monuments and memorials be removed from public grounds?

In 2017, several protests erupted in Charlottesville, VA after the City Council there voted to remove a statue of Robert E Lee. The statue was built in 1924 as a tribute to Lee who was the commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia from 1862 to 1865. After the protests cities Wisconsin, North Carolina, New York City and Kentucky all voted to remove confederate statues. Opponents of the statue’s removal argue that the statues are a part of Civil War History. Proponents of their removal argue that the statues are racists since they idolize individuals who fought to keep slavery in the U.S.

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 @6HL855X from Texas  answered…5yrs5Y

If you want to ban that then go ahead and take the Lenin statue down in Seattle

 @CurvyletterConstitution answered…1yr1Y

Yes, as they serve as symbols of white supremacy and oppression rather than as neutral historical artifacts

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Yes, and move them to museums

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No, we should preserve our history instead of sanitizing it

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Yes, and remove monuments of anyone who was a slave owner

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No

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Yes

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Biden will issue a pardon of his son Hunter Biden

President Joe Biden has decided to issue a pardon for his son Hunter and is expected to announce it Sunday night, according to a senior White House official with direct knowledge of the decision.The decision marks a reversal for the president, who has repeatedly said he would not use his executive authority to pardon his son or commute his sentence. The pardon comes ahead of Hunter Biden’s Dec. 12 sentencing for his conviction on federal gun charges. Hunter Biden also is set to be sentenced in a separate criminal case on Dec. 16, after pleading guilty in September on federal tax evasion charges.The pardon is expected to cover both Hunter Biden’s gun charges conviction and guilty plea.The senior White House official said Biden decided over this weekend to grant his son a pardon and began to inform his senior aides on Sunday. Using his pardon power to assure Hunter Biden does not spend time in jail comes as the 82-year-old president is near the end of his term in the White House and has no future election to face. In recent months Biden has said he would not pardon his son or commute his sentence.“I will not pardon him,” the president said of his son in June after a jury found him guilty on three federal gun charges.President Biden has discussed issuing a pardon for his son with some of his closest aides since at least Hunter Biden’s conviction in June, two people with direct knowledge of the discussions about the matter said. They said a decision was made at the time for the president to publicly say he would not pardon his son even though doing so remained on the table.White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters earlier this month that the president’s position has not changed.

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