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People acting like confederate monuments are treasured historical artworks are full of shit. Most are hack Jim-Crow-era propaganda pieces.
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so it's better to sweep ugly past things under the rug so no one can ever learn from history?
put them in a museum. Don't leave them up in front of the courthouse. You have to move past a historical stage before you can learn from it.
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kind of agree.. but I don't think the toppling like in Durham by individual political groups w/o public debate is okay.. where does it end?
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Blame our shit legislature for that. They decided to disallow removal by cities. The crowd decided they wanted rid of it.
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That's exactly what I was saying
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Put them in an exhibit about racism with a plaque about when they were erected and why
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[citation needed] for that last claim.. imo, the world would be a better place if the full history where in our face at all time.
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There's a reason historians have concentrations- what you are suggesting would turn into too much information into incomprehensible noise
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We have a Park here dedicated to statues from before 1989. You guys could do that. With educational tours and stuff. Money to charity.
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