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I never understood the removal of statues. I think everybody is capable of good and bad - we should still celebrate the good stuff they did and simply add a not

by exe34 2y ago

I never understood the removal of statues. I think everybody is capable of good and bad - we should still celebrate the good stuff they did and simply add a note that says "they were humans of their time and they screwed up by doing..... - let's not forget that even the great can screw up." otherwise we keep perpetuating the myth that the great/rich/powerful can do no wrong.

ocschwar 2y ago
Most of the statues we're talking about were installed during the Civil Rights era as an explicit flex meant to intimidate African Americans.
- exe34 2y ago
  here in the UK we had the same burn the -witch+statue- panic and ours were imperial leaders of some sort - but the people they oppressed were oceans away.