Charlie Daniels: ‘If you don’t like Confederate statues, don’t look at them!’

Veteran country star Charlie Daniels has urged those upset by statues of America’s Confederate Army generals and symbols of the Civil War not to look at them.
The Devil Went Down to Georgia singer and fiddler has come down firmly against those fighting to topple the statues, like the one of General Robert E. Lee, which led to violent, deadly clashes between Unite the Right protesters, white supremacists and anti-slavery activists in Charlottesville, Virginia last weekend (12-13Aug17).
Charlie insists the monuments are historical markers that should not be removed, even though the heroes of the Confederate Army and the flag they served under bring back awful memories of America’s slavery past.
According to CNN, Confederate statues have already been removed in Los Angeles, Baltimore, Maryland, and Gainesville, Florida, and others in Tennessee and Kentucky could be next – and Daniels isn’t happy.
“I mean, that’s just what ISIS (Islamic terrorists) is doing over there in places,” he tells NewsMax TV. “There were pieces of history that they didn’t like, so they’re taking them down.”
Echoing controversial sentiments made by U.S. President Donald Trump, he continues, “Where does it stop? Is it gonna be Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson, or are we headed into Jefferson and Washington, who were both slave owners?”
“(Lee was) one of the most honourable people in our history. I know he fought for the Confederacy against the Union, but he was also asked to lead the Union troops,” the country veteran adds. “If you don’t like it, don’t look at it. There’s all kinds of symbols in this country that I don’t like, but I’m not gonna go tear them down. I just don’t look at them.”