Quote Originally Posted by EyeKhan View Post
Saying the military champion of the Confederacy and all it stood for should not be honored and glorified with statues in the public square is not remotely the same as writing off Virginians.
Too late, he's already there.
Cromwell's history within the larger British history is obviously only very loosely analogous to Lee within the larger history of the United States. It isn't so clear as with Lee, which is why you chose it to try and bolster your argument. But it doesn't.
The leader of the Civil War is only very loosely analogous to the leader of the Civil War?
Saying the military champion of the Confederacy and all it stood for should not be honored and glorified with statues in the public square is not remotely the same as ignoring the history of the civil war.
That's fine, don't commission any new statues then.