What I fear is if we take down all of these statues it is taking away a tool we are able to use to teach our children past mistakes.
.@Eugene_Robinson: We should publicly display statues of figures we admire, not those of figures we do not.http://wapo.st/2g9cNSp?tid=ss_tw-amp …
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For this reason, the should continue to be displayed in museums in their true context.
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Precisely the reason why Trump wants to keep Confederate statues
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Statues memorialize heroes. Museums memorialize history.
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There's a reason we speak of putting someone "up on a pedestal". Statues aren't a simple acknowledgment of someone. It's reverence.
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Unfortunately, that's part of the problem
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The problem is trump voters do admire these confederates.
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Absolutely, for example, a statue of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw (54th Massachusetts) could be erected in Charleston, SC., died /w his troops.
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His troops, for those who may be unaware, were Black volunteers. They were buried in a mass grave, together.
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