Quote from: Assassin 11D7 on May 23, 2017, 11:57:16 AMQuote from: Azumarill on May 22, 2017, 02:35:47 PMQuote from: Ender on May 22, 2017, 09:53:56 AMI don't know if it's been mentioned or not yet, because I'm too lazy to check, but yeah the mayor is storing the statues in a trash dumpthis is where they belongjust like blacks belong hanging from a tree, am i right? lmaoYou irl
Quote from: Azumarill on May 22, 2017, 02:35:47 PMQuote from: Ender on May 22, 2017, 09:53:56 AMI don't know if it's been mentioned or not yet, because I'm too lazy to check, but yeah the mayor is storing the statues in a trash dumpthis is where they belongjust like blacks belong hanging from a tree, am i right? lmao
Quote from: Ender on May 22, 2017, 09:53:56 AMI don't know if it's been mentioned or not yet, because I'm too lazy to check, but yeah the mayor is storing the statues in a trash dumpthis is where they belong
I don't know if it's been mentioned or not yet, because I'm too lazy to check, but yeah the mayor is storing the statues in a trash dump
I am really opposed to this removal. We have some good history and bad. Removing all the monuments to the bad essentially is rewriting history. Our cultural narrative is dependent on learning from our mistakes. By doing this we're creating a history that is Disneyesque. It's not real. History isn't a fight between good and evil. It's people living in the social framework of their time. Our modern morality shouldn't play a role in what happened then. At least in so far as the monuments of that history. This isn't having a battle flag as a state symbol. This is having a place that we learn from our mistakes
but I don't know about any statues of Hitler decorating the streets.
If you think it should be collected and put in a museum where a government can control the context in which it's shown, then that's your downfall.
Quote from: MyNameIsCharlie on May 13, 2017, 12:43:54 PMIf you think it should be collected and put in a museum where a government can control the context in which it's shown, then that's your downfall.Funny, since that's already been the case...since it's government-owned public property and they're choosing to change the context by removing the thing. This is no different, and should be put in a different context. One that's preferably not on a pedestal.
Quote from: Coco on May 29, 2017, 02:08:20 PMQuote from: MyNameIsCharlie on May 13, 2017, 12:43:54 PMIf you think it should be collected and put in a museum where a government can control the context in which it's shown, then that's your downfall.Funny, since that's already been the case...since it's government-owned public property and they're choosing to change the context by removing the thing. This is no different, and should be put in a different context. One that's preferably not on a pedestal.But muh heritageThe aggressive North was at fault for it all. It was about states rights.What else...uh... lynch niggers! Or something.
Funny because if you look at my later posts you will see that I never pulled the muh heritage statement. I actually believe that they should stay because people need to have their face rubbed in it. A reminder that we came from assholes and we better be on guard to make sure it doesn't happen again. Statues like that should inspire shame, not pride.
Historical Statues Being Removed In New Orleans
