A portrait of Confederate general Robert E Lee that includes a slave guiding his horse is set to be reinstated in the Pentagon.
The 20-foot-tall painting, which was on display at the United States Military Academy for 70 years, will be hung in the West Point library under President Trump’s instruction despite a congressionally mandated commission that ordered its removal back in 2020.
Well, that sounds good. So then to learn from history you’ll be wanting to do a little Critical Race Theory right? You’ll want people to know the history of LGBTQ+ oppression and the fight for gay and trans rights? You’ll be wanting to promote Black History, the history of the civil rights movement, and indigenous history, since they were erased for so long, right?
Or could it be that this is more white supremacist doublespeak?
What a ridiculous thing to say.
Taking down a portrait is not erasing history, it’s merely refusing to celebrate particular people or behaviors that the entire world finds abhorrent in 2025.
Or you know, it’s a lie. As they change the names of anything that has the word “Gay” in it, even if it was someone’s name, or a gay civil rights leader a ship was named after