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| [NEWS] Confederate monuments are being torn down in the South |
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| Wesley Williams:
--- Quote from: Nonnel on April 26, 2017, 02:08:56 AM ---Also I don't see what a statue not being controversial at the time of creation has to do with anything. If there were a giant statue of Riddler in the middle of Berlin, I would expect them to get rid of it. --- End quote --- Reminders of horrible things that happened in the South in the past? If you mean the Civil War then perhaps we should remove all the monuments that are Civil War related in states from the North too. As for it not being controversial at the time, I mean that it was built after the Civil War ended and people from the US/what was called the North didn't see anything wrong with it. Instead, people are looking at an over a century old piece of history from our country's past and becoming triggered by it, deciding that our country's history doesn't fit in with their "perfect" vision of it, and removing it. All for the sake of pushing forward an agenda that simplifies the Civil War into an issue of racism and forces the identities of "good" and "evil" onto the North and South. Trying to equate Robert E. Lee to Riddler makes no sense, so I won't argue that one. |
| Rally:
--- Quote from: DrenDran on April 25, 2017, 11:38:10 PM --- --- End quote --- anyone who lived in south africa at the time knows first-hand that history was very kind to Mandela. the Umkhonto we Sizwe did some terrible things and while Mandela can't be blamed for all of it he was certainly responsible for enough of it. |
| Ceist:
if they're going to be relocated to a museum, then what's the real harm? it's not like they're going to be destroyed. we have plenty of positive monuments that have been relocated to museums, albeit for other reasons. |
| LeisureSuit912:
--- Quote from: Nonnel on April 25, 2017, 11:47:03 PM ---I'd say the statue that's actually being taken down has debatable meaning but Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis are fine by me for movement --- End quote --- Yeah Robert E Lee's cool |
| Nonnel:
--- Quote from: Wesley Williams on April 26, 2017, 04:11:59 AM ---Reminders of horrible things that happened in the South in the past? If you mean the Civil War then perhaps we should remove all the monuments that are Civil War related in states from the North too. --- End quote --- But like I said, they're not being destroyed, they're going to be put elsewhere (like a museum) where they can be put in proper context rather than be seen as commemorations to the people they depict. --- Quote from: Wesley Williams on April 26, 2017, 04:11:59 AM ---Trying to equate Robert E. Lee to Riddler makes no sense, so I won't argue that one. --- End quote --- Jefferson Davis. For Lee, pretend I said some national socialist general. Case in point, they're high ranking leaders of a country that was built specifically so that slavery and systematic racism could stay strong. |
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