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    most statues commemorating the confederacy were put up in the 20th century

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      That’s not surprising as that’s where the nasty racism and racial violence took place (or at least more so then than now)

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        yeah, and they make people feel unsafe as they are basically symbols that the nasty racism is still around. imagine leaving up a statue of Stalin put up in 1995.