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I'd rather live in a world with meaningful public discussion of controversial topics than a world with statues, if that's really the choice we face.

• yakshaving_jgt 7y ago
  You don't think those statues catalyse the discussion?
  • geofft 7y ago
    No - they tend to catalyze a different discussion about the statues themselves, they encourage emotionally entrenched positions (the whole point of a statue is to stir up emotion), and they do nothing for discussion about the people or events without a statue.
    • yakshaving_jgt 7y ago
      I think that’s debatable. I don’t think you can reasonably argue that constructive discussion can’t be had in the presence of statues. I also think people are going to be emotional when discussing controversial historical figures whether the statues are there or not.