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Charlottesville’s Robert Lee Statue Will Be Melted Down,Transformed into New Art
- fmajid 5y agoI would suggest turning that metal into public urinals.
- version_five 5y ago(Deleted because of how stupid the replies are)
- ceejayoz 5y agoWe destroyed a lot of Nazi art and memorabilia. Seemed to work out fine.
- chroem- 5y agoI still find it odd how we've erased one genocidal regime, but completely normalized another.
- willis936 5y agoHistory is written by the victor. I'm plenty happy to see anti-slavery culture propagated to future generations.
- pseudalopex 5y agoLee opposed Civil War monuments.
- dang 5y agoAggressive editing like this is not ok here. Please don't do it again. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- iaw 5y agoNeither side of the civil war believed that it should be celebrated after it was settled. Later revisionists put the statue in place as a means of furthering oppression. I think this is probably an ideal outcome given the circumstances.