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struggle4progress

(126,004 posts) Sat Jul 4, 2020, 11:46 PM Jul 2020

On pulling down statues [View all]

Last edited Sun Jul 5, 2020, 12:16 AM - Edit history (1)

I really detest mobs. A functioning democracy requires some discipline and deliberative process

If today I were to cheer for people tearing down monuments themselves, without political process, what could I say tomorrow if other mobs tore books from the shelves of libraries and tossed them into bonfires because the content offended them?

My parents' generation witnessed that, and the movement it spawned was terrifying

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On pulling down statues [View all] struggle4progress Jul 2020 OP

It is a mistake to judge the past entirely by the standards of the present struggle4progress Jul 2020 #1

Agree,however Devilsun Jul 2020 #2

Law does matter struggle4progress Jul 2020 #3

Absolutely right. Mobs are by definition uncontrolled and eventually uncontrollable. Even... TreasonousBastard Jul 2020 #4

Columbus (of course) is not an unambiguous hero struggle4progress Jul 2020 #5

There's a difference between having to pass by a racist statue to go somewhere and uppityperson Jul 2020 #6

Columbus Statue at Inner Harbor struggle4progress Jul 2020 #10

I agree. They should come down. But by a process. GulfCoast66 Jul 2020 #7

In addition frazzled Jul 2020 #8

+! struggle4progress Jul 2020 #11

I agree, But I also think there needs to be more focus on reform of Police and other institutions JI7 Jul 2020 #9

Handle with care. moondust Jul 2020 #12

Eventually, this will be what happens... kentuck Jul 2020 #13

It's stupid and anyone who supports it is being incredibly short-sighted ansible Jul 2020 #14