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Robert E. Lee's descendant supports removing Lee's photo from Washington and Lee Universit

Posted on 1/19/20 at 3:41 pm
Posted by conservativewifeymom
Mid Atlantic
Member since Oct 2012
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Posted on 1/19/20 at 3:41 pm
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Let me get this straight: you apply for and gain admission at this private university where tuition is nearly $55K a year, presumably you have some idea of the history of the university, you know that Robert E. Lee is buried in the University chapel, yet you somehow have a problem with the likeness of George Washington and Robert E. Lee appearing on your diploma because you're an sjw freak?!?! Then go somewhere else, I hear Mizzou rolls out the red carpet for idiots like you. And these losers are going to presumably be tomorrow's lawyers and, God help us, judges.

Students at Washington and Lee University want the option of receiving a diploma without the portraits of the university's namesakes: George Washington and Robert E. Lee.

A petition is gaining support among law students there, and now, a great-nephew of the Confederate general is joining them.

Petition organizers want the university to be an "inclusive and compassionate environment" for its students and having an option to opt-out of the portraits will be a step in the right direction, they say.
"The goal of establishing this option is to create a diploma that alumni are proud to prominently display in their homes and places of work," the organizers write.

Don't like the diploma, don't go there! Pretty simple, really, you morons!
Posted by Pelican fan99
Lafayette, Louisiana
Member since Jun 2013
34731 posts
Posted on 1/19/20 at 3:44 pm to
What is wrong with George Washington???



Liberals are sick
Posted by BarberitosDawg
Lee County Florida across causeway
Member since Oct 2013
9914 posts
Posted on 1/19/20 at 3:46 pm to
It's private and honestly IDGAF....

Frick W&L and add in Georgetown and the rat infestation there as well.
Posted by SirWinston
PNW
Member since Jul 2014
81701 posts
Posted on 1/19/20 at 3:46 pm to
GW owned slaves so he and others like Jefferson and Andy Jackson will definitely be targeted during the next wave of SJW history removal. They've put it on hold until after this election.
This post was edited on 1/19/20 at 3:47 pm
Posted by SOKAL
Member since May 2018
4124 posts
Posted on 1/19/20 at 3:48 pm to
It's a shame that those people want to write Lee out of history, as if there is nothing to learn from the man's life.

As most of us here probably know, he was a man of honor and humility. His views about the nation healing after the Civil War were not what the uninformed would expect.
Posted by Dale51
Member since Oct 2016
32378 posts
Posted on 1/19/20 at 3:51 pm to
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It's a shame that those people want to write Lee out of history, as if there is nothing to learn from the man's life.


He was literally Hitler.
W. Goldberg
Posted by conservativewifeymom
Mid Atlantic
Member since Oct 2012
12026 posts
Posted on 1/19/20 at 3:51 pm to
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This is an excellent book on Lee's character and beliefs.
Posted by Revelator
Member since Nov 2008
57956 posts
Posted on 1/19/20 at 3:53 pm to
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yet you somehow have a problem with the likeness of George Washington and Robert E. Lee appearing on your diploma because you're an sjw freak?!?!


There is no point trying to expect logical behaviors from the left. Their minds don’t work like that.
Posted by little billy
Orange County, CA
Member since May 2015
8317 posts
Posted on 1/19/20 at 3:56 pm to
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What is wrong with George Washington??? 


Probably racist. Should be removed from $1 bill. Actually come to think of it his name should be removed from history books as well.

Just kidding. The far left is nuts. The young ones in particular have been insulated from any form of adversity. In reality they are gigantic pussies but they don't even realize it.

And I'm a registered Democrat.
Posted by IslandBuckeye
Boca Chica, Panama
Member since Apr 2018
10067 posts
Posted on 1/19/20 at 3:58 pm to
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create a diploma that alumni are proud to prominently display


It is a shame that his own family does not take the time to learn that the man deserves honor and respect.

WTF has happened to our country.
Posted by xiv
Parody. #AdminsRule
Member since Feb 2004
39508 posts
Posted on 1/19/20 at 4:01 pm to
Lee himself probably would agree with the petition.

The civil war was more than 150 years ago. Why don’t y’all just get over it?
Posted by little billy
Orange County, CA
Member since May 2015
8317 posts
Posted on 1/19/20 at 4:04 pm to
If we're going to scrutinize every single person in history until a disqualifying fatal flaw is identified we gonna have some empty history books.
Posted by Revelator
Member since Nov 2008
57956 posts
Posted on 1/19/20 at 4:04 pm to
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WTF has happened to our country


It’s not the country. It isn’t even a majority of the country. It’s a relatively small portion of society, mostly coastal liberals and the media who have convinced others that their’s is a mainstream representation.
Posted by xiv
Parody. #AdminsRule
Member since Feb 2004
39508 posts
Posted on 1/19/20 at 4:09 pm to
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we gonna have some empty history books.
Nah, just different statues.

Nobody is erasing history or even trying to do so. People who make the opposite claim usually are history revisionists.
Posted by Vacherie Saint
Member since Aug 2015
39464 posts
Posted on 1/19/20 at 4:11 pm to
Libs who ignore tf out of MLKs niece suddenly care what dead historical figures’ relatives think.
Posted by Scoop
RIP Scoop
Member since Sep 2005
44583 posts
Posted on 1/19/20 at 4:16 pm to
A great nephew isn’t a descendant.

Also, a great-uncle or great-aunt is a sibling of one’s grandparent.

There is a guy alive in 2020 who’s grandparent was a sibling of REL?

REL’s siblings were born in 1784,1786, 1787, 1795, 1800, 1802 and 1811.

Which one is his grandparents was born 209 years ago at best?

This post was edited on 1/19/20 at 4:18 pm
Posted by IslandBuckeye
Boca Chica, Panama
Member since Apr 2018
10067 posts
Posted on 1/19/20 at 4:18 pm to
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It’s not the country. It isn’t even a majority of the country.



You are right. Pardon my hyperbole.
Posted by xiv
Parody. #AdminsRule
Member since Feb 2004
39508 posts
Posted on 1/19/20 at 4:21 pm to
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Libs who ignore tf out of MLKs niece suddenly care what dead historical figures’ relatives think.
Nah
Posted by Bestbank Tiger
Premium Member
Member since Jan 2005
71069 posts
Posted on 1/19/20 at 4:22 pm to
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Lee himself probably would agree with the petition.



Um...the university doesn't bear his name because of anything he did in the Civil War.
Posted by Scoop
RIP Scoop
Member since Sep 2005
44583 posts
Posted on 1/19/20 at 4:32 pm to
I’m trying to refocus this thread that CNN is completely inaccurate in its headline and story:

The guy isn’t a descendant of Robert E. Lee and he isn’t the great-nephew of Robert E. Lee.
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