I’ve felt for a long time there’s a way to handle the confederate statue issue in a positive way.1) Remove the statues and store them in a museum somewhere, & 2) Have local & national contests for contemporary artists to replace them in the places where they once stood. #artheals
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Replying to @marwilliamson
I disagree with removing them. They are part of our history right or wrong. Sometimes you need symbols of what you once were to show how far you’ve come and don’t want to be lest you forget. In trauma healing I forgave my own past errors with loving acceptance, not denying it.
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Replying to @dnunziato36
The Germans don’t have statues of World War II Nazi leaders to remind the German people of their history. A statue in a public place is a sign of honor and should be reserved for that.
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Replying to @marwilliamson @dnunziato36
But poland has reminders of the holocaust. So now what. The jews dont feel oppressed or cry for reparations. Comparing what hitler and the nazis did to the civil war is complete ignorance.
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No - the reminders of the Holocaust in Poland honor the victims & heroes, not the perpetrators! And a comparison between slavery & the Holocaust is not “complete ignorance” at all. Both involved collectivized expression of pure evil and massive suffering among millions of people.
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