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moondust

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12. Handle with care.

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Sun Jul 5, 2020, 12:52 AM

Jul 2020

They are, after all, works of art.

IMO, carefully put them in a museum where the public can VOLUNTARILY view and pay their respects to them if they so choose. The public should not have questionable historical figures forced upon them in the public space. They'll still be in the history books.

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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