Just as dishonesty can be used to tear down every statue of heroes from our past, even those who did nothing wrong, dishonesty can be used to glorify every vill

Just as dishonesty can be used to tear down every statue of heroes from our past, even those who did nothing wrong, dishonesty can be used to glorify every villain who should be vilified. For example, statues of Confederacy “heroes” went up in the South in a racist backlash to rights that blacks were gaining in America. Those statues should be torn down, they exist as middle fingers to the Black community in those areas. Where does one draw the line? I think the NYT article did it pretty well. Webb was not part of the efforts to remove homosexuals from NASA, indeed it was federal law at the time, and to expect him to be a radical activist is at total odds with his administrative post. He was progressive for his time and helped move society forward.