Not to mention that flag isn't the flag of the so-called Confederate States of America, it was the Battle Flag of the Army of Northern Virginia, led by Robert E. Lee, who fought to protect his home state and would have done so regardless of which side they had joined, and who after the war actually said that the abolition of slavery made the entire war worth the horrors. It's the flag of a good man put in a shitty situation who retained his loyalty to his family and his country (Virginia) and who after the war ended carried on and remained an American.
I’ll go one step further. He probably did more to heal the country as the war ended (by telling his men to lay down their arms and to be peaceful) than pretty much anyone.
He was a great guy. And he’s rewarded for it by having his statue torn down everywhere while everyone slanders him.
Not to mention that flag isn't the flag of the so-called Confederate States of America, it was the Battle Flag of the Army of Northern Virginia, led by Robert E. Lee, who fought to protect his home state and would have done so regardless of which side they had joined, and who after the war actually said that the abolition of slavery made the entire war worth the horrors. It's the flag of a good man put in a shitty situation who retained his loyalty to his family and his country (Virginia) and who after the war ended carried on and remained an American.
I’ll go one step further. He probably did more to heal the country as the war ended (by telling his men to lay down their arms and to be peaceful) than pretty much anyone.
He was a great guy. And he’s rewarded for it by having his statue torn down everywhere while everyone slanders him.