[NEWS] Confederate monuments are being torn down in the South

[Ragequit]

what's the best way to learn from the mistakes of our past?
just forgetin forget about it dude makes sense

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[PhantOS]

this reminds me of when the emperor of tamriel banned talos worship

[Red Spy]

New idea: Don't forget with monuments

[RedGajin]

man imagine being so white you get heated over your pro-slavery statues getting taken down :(

[DrenDran]

man imagine being so white you get heated over your pro-slavery statues getting taken down :(

Yeah, that's pretty much how the left sees it. Pretty incredible how ignorant some people can be.

[Magus]

Yeah, that's pretty much how the left sees it. Pretty incredible how ignorant some people can be.

Well, what do you see it as?
For about a hundred years, the historical revisionism was in favor of the South. They called it "The War of Northern Aggression" or "The War Between the States" and downplayed or ignored the fact that it started solely because the South wanted to keep their slaves, which was spelled out clearly in the secessionist documents.

[Poliwhirl]

Yeah, that's pretty much how the left sees it. Pretty incredible how ignorant some people can be.

tell me again why i should take an actual fascist seriously in this discussion (or any discussion for that matter)?

[SlayerZ99]

Certainty and interesting topic that you could go really in-depth about the ethics behind it but its interesting watching this actually happen. Learning about Paris was quite interesting and how much Notre Dame Cathedral was, by Victor Hugo's idea, destroyed because of different leaders ideologies.

Monuments and landmarks are constantly being changed and it's really just since the beginning of the 20th century have we begun to see the preservation of landmarks and monuments.

While in my personal opinion I find it weird to see a Confederate monument I am not necessarily opposed to it as it has some historical significance but ideas are constantly changing and so the thought of the monument being torn down is not surprising or really that saddening.

Monuments and landmarks such as this can be historically kept in museums for the most part or preserved by historians and archaeologists but I am much more upset about the monuments and landmarks of historic civilizations that have been recklessly destroyed but such is life and its the way it always will be.

The key difference between this monument and places such as Auschwitz is that Auschwitz isn't praising, glorifying, or celebrating national socialist struggle in Europe, its a place with great historical information and background. Its not something that was constructed to praise the national socialist's or their ideology.

[Maxwell.]

this reminds me of when the emperor of tamriel banned talos worship

talos guide you

[PhantOS]

Yeah, that's pretty much how the left sees it. Pretty incredible how ignorant some people can be.

i thought you enjoyed fascism. if so you'd be perfectly fine with this

[DrenDran]

tell me again why i should take an actual fascist seriously in this discussion (or any discussion for that matter)?

Why should you? I don't take you seriously, so I expect you to return the favor.

[Poliwhirl]

Why should you? I don't take you seriously, so I expect you to return the favor.

fair enough, im not sure why you're posting in a political thread though regardless since nobody in their right mind thinks your political views are even remotely reasonable

[Ragequit]

i dont get why people are comparing slavery to genocide tbh
yeah slavery's pretty stuffty but it pales in comparison to the Flash Mob (and also the enslavement) of an entire people

what im trying to say is that the confederates and national socialists arent comparable really in the aspect of how much bad stuff they did because there's a massive gap between the two
dumb

[PhantOS]

i dont get why people are comparing slavery to genocide tbh
yeah slavery's pretty stuffty but it pales in comparison to the Flash Mob (and also the enslavement) of an entire people

what im trying to say is that the confederates and national socialists arent comparable really in the aspect of how much bad stuff they did because there's a massive gap between the two

They're both in their own class of evil.

Slavery lasted around 200 years and involved the systematic erasing of african family names and separation of black people from their family members, as well as complete enslavement, dehumanization and removal of human rights for millions. The holocaust lasted 3-5 years and included slavery of people based on their race, religion, and opinions, and resulted in the death of millions.

Slavery, colonization of africa, the armenian genocide, holocaust, and rwandan genocide all fall into the same category of systematically exploiting people based on their skin tone, race or religion. They are all comparable, so don't try to play the 'one is worse than the other' card because they're all loving terrible