Steve CoxKonto zweryfikowane

want to tear these statues down. I understand the pain these statues represent. But I'm asking people to look farther down the line 12/

Ah - I see. The issue here is that not everyone has the luxury of being able to look further down the line.

The statue could be educational to some, but it IS horrifying to those it affects right now.

So why not put it in a museum, and commemorate the same history with a piece of art that doesn't horrify or victimize anyone?

I like Germany's approach of memorializing shameful acts by honouring those affected by the acts rather than those who perpetrated them.

But I believe there would be no more racism today in Germany (and maybe LESS) if Germany left those shameful Nazi relics up.

I believe the people who took them down did it out of shame to hide their past.

You can't swing a cat in Germany without hitting a WWII memorial. Husband's family are German, and there is no hiding from the past for them