When you've taken to disinterring bodies, u are not "fighting racism", you are embarking on a vicious Stalinist purge.http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/29491757/city-council-committee-approves-removal-of-confederate-statue-full-vote-later-today#.VZ7DYsm2II0.twitter …
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@hbdchick Me too. I mean, I knew humans are quite capable of moral panics, but this is just insane, -
@FormerlyFormer@hbdchick I'm reading a book on the destruction of English church art by the Puritans... similar self-righteous fanaticism. -
@christopherburd@hbdchick The "purge the evil" impulse is human, and ugly when it gets out of control. Any group can fall prey to it. -
@FormerlyFormer@hbdchick I think it probably happens most in very stressed societies. Some genius needs to work on this. -
@christopherburd@hbdchick As one exposed to Screwtape early on, I understand that many evils consist of twisting a good beyond recognition.
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