confederate statues shouldnt be in places of honor

"If you could actually try to defend your position on the merits instead of a slippery slope" I am defending my position, in fact, I'm the only one to actually provide sources that help me defend it. Since you don't have any sources provided, we can assume you're making your claims and arguments up as you go. "The confederates were only known for their rebellion against slavery." There are two things wrong with this statement. 1. Saying that the Confederates were only known for this, and the fact that they revered it is entirely untrue. In fact, according to ACTUAL SOURCES (1) (which I suggest you read this one to shed a bit more light into my case), the South were actually in the process OF FREEING SLAVES when the Union declared war on them (the reason being listed in my source). 2. Your mistake in grammar makes "for their rebellion against slavery" sounds like the Confederacy we're fighting against slavery. "...and right minded people who don't believe in slavery" Keep in mind that before the South decided to split, slavery was perfectly fine for a little over a hundred years! Again, the reason for this war happening is in my source. "Washington was known for lots of other good things in history." But was still a slaveowner, which you say is bad, but still praise him. Plus, the Confederacy would have been too, if the war never started in the first place. According to (2), it says that, even without the war, the South WOULD HAVE ABANDONED SLAVERY! As a bonus, you know who Abraham Lincoln wanted to lead the Union troops during the war? ROBERT EDWARD LEE! Plus, unlike you, I have actual proof of this, here. (3) "You are getting distracted in the arguments about letting localities do what they want." No I am not. Only one of my previous statements was about states and national parks setting up laws to keep them. Your statement is simply false. "How do you draw distinction?" As I said before, there is a difference between universally agreeing not to praise something, and some agreeing while others disagreeing. "...and putting EVIL DOER statues up in place of honor." Now this is where I get pissed. Saying that every Confederate soldier was an evil doing slave driver is the same as saying every German soldier during World War 2 was a Nazi sympathizer who wanted to gas every Jewish person they came across. Whether you like it or not, the Confederacy is part of our American history, and removing them from places of honor is the same as giving that same German soldier a dishonorable burial just for fighting for where they came from. When you say that every Confederate is an evil doer, is not only dishonoring history, it is dishonoring me (who had relatives that fought for the Confederacy), and everyone out there with their roots in the South. They fought, and they DIED, for something that they thought was right, most of them not even owning slaves, and the entire Confederacy about to end the slavery trade anyways. And if you think I was going to let you call fellow Americans who gave their hearts, their souls, their very lives, just for someone to call them an "evil doer", well, you're dead wrong. In conclusion, not only do you insult my very bloodline, and many others, you have no proof in any of you're claims, have horrible grammar, and have written very little. If anything, it was you who was slowly falling down the "slippery slope" as you called it. Next time, try to structure your arguments a little more professionally. Good day partner. 1. http://www.rulen.com... 2. http://listverse.com... ( numbers 2 and 1 are most important.) 3. http://www.todayifoundout.com...