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>> the combination, there's no country on the planet no, society, that would honor those. people with credentials like that. >> tucker: except ours, it was a civil war. i agree with your definition. they were traitors to america. then they came back into america. they reintegrated to america. and then it came back, thank god they did. but it was a civil war, it wasn't like we were invaded. it's more complicated. here's the question. does your view of this apply to all slave holders or just civil war figures? >> it's not just civil war figures. but civil wor confederate heros and leaders are no...

Is clear. what's interesting is now it seems to be a dialogue a lot of people are having whether or not, you know, that symbol right there is it a symbol of hate or is it of history? apparently the department of interior will not be removing any of the confederate monuments at gettysburg. there are 12 of them there in sharp'sburg, maryland. there are six of them as well. at the u.s. capitol, the leader of the congressional black caucus has asked that any confederate era statues commemorating anybody from that era should be taken down. at this point that is uncertain. and there is a chicago pas...

Ugly, it's dark. i think the fears that a lot of americans have had or the denial that a lot of americans have had about notions of race, notions of religion, destructive mythologies that have been created throughout the centuries that promoted one race over the other, i think we're finally seeing these mythologies and notions and philosophies being unearthed. unfortunately, we have a president who is supported by these same promoters of these destructive ideologies and philosophies, but the founding fathers, extremely complicated, sexist, slave holders, very visionary setting up three separat...

Leading. i had the opportunity about a year ago to sited on a panel of notable people to discuss racism in america. one of the emerging themes that came out of this room full of leftists is that america is inherently racist because our documents were created by slave holders and old racist white men. this is where this is leading and we need to be aware of it. it's not so much about monuments, it's political. >> sandra: in your piece you say tearing down is symbolic of anger, partisanship, violence. but building unity and healing, it's also a means of enriching america's public shows of histor...

Washington and jefferson were deeply flawed individuals. washington and jefferson, however, participated in the creation of a country, in a democratic experiment. jefferson has other aspects to his life that are worth honoring, that doesn't mean we shouldn't be critical of them for being slave holders. lee and jackson, however, have been honored for one thing, which is the attempt to create and then defend a new nation that existed for one reason, which was to protect the rights of some individuals to own other individuals. it's there in the declarations of secession, very straightforward. >> ...