University of Wisconsin-Madison Students Protest Abraham Lincoln Statue Because ‘He Owned Slaves’

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University of Wisconsin-Madison Students Protest Abraham Lincoln Statue Because ‘He Owned Slaves’

Jarrett Stepman / @JarrettStepman / October 24, 2017 / comments

Activists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison protested Christopher Columbus and Abraham Lincoln.   
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There’s a common quote, frequently attributed to G.K. Chesterton: “Don’t ever take a fence down until you know the reason why it was put up.”

In our modern context, this should be rephrased a bit: “Don’t try to pull down a statue if you have no idea who or what the statue was really about.”

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