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Opinion: Who’s controlling these protesters?
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About 85 people gather Wednesday, June 17, 2020 in downtown Gainesville to protest the Confederate monument Old Joe. - photo by Scott Rogers
Regarding recent demands to remove Civil War statues and monuments, readers need to understand this protest movement is not just a U.S. phenomenon. Simultaneous demonstrations are happening in Canada, Britain, France and Belgium. Protesters in Britain are demanding removal of statues of Winston Churchill and Mahatma Gandhi because someone called them racists.