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(11,365 posts) Mon Aug 14, 2017, 10:17 AM Aug 2017

confederate monuments deserve the same fate as BinLaden [View all]

dumped without marker somewhere in the deep blue sea

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confederate monuments deserve the same fate as BinLaden [View all] Fresh_Start Aug 2017 OP

Even as rubble, dumped in specific areas they could even help rebuild coral reefs... WePurrsevere Aug 2017 #1

will coral reefs grow on metal statues? If so, even more of a reason to do it nt Fresh_Start Aug 2017 #2

I had to look it up but yes, it will on SOME metals... WePurrsevere Aug 2017 #7

The USS Oriskany aircraft carrier was made of steel. . . DinahMoeHum Aug 2017 #26

What about the cemeteries? greymattermom Aug 2017 #3

Hint: They're already dead and won't be bothering anyone. Bonx Aug 2017 #6

we don't deface graves.... Fresh_Start Aug 2017 #15

Why do you keep pushing that mantra? What's your agenda? Orrex Aug 2017 #17

our government left the millions? of civil war dead rotting where they fell. civilians buried them & Sunlei Aug 2017 #21

Be curious no more! LanternWaste Aug 2017 #22

That Orrex Aug 2017 #24

No, no, no, a thousand times NO! Coventina Aug 2017 #4

I'm ok with just hiding them in the basement for a generation or three. . . n/t annabanana Aug 2017 #5

You make an excellent point & the history lover in me agrees... WePurrsevere Aug 2017 #9

Decisions on where to place objects would have to be made on a case by case basis. Coventina Aug 2017 #10

If they can be stored out of sight by the Smithsonian... WePurrsevere Aug 2017 #14

They could be stored dry with the old nuclear submarine reactors at the Hanford Site... hunter Aug 2017 #12

Works for me. Coventina Aug 2017 #13

They should not be maintained with public funding Orrex Aug 2017 #19

This. moda253 Aug 2017 #20

I completely agree with removing them as public monuments. Coventina Aug 2017 #29

I'm not comfortable with absolutes. Surely there are limits? Orrex Aug 2017 #32

Anything done at the point of a gun is of course secondary to the crime of coercion. Coventina Aug 2017 #34

I see no reason why the statues can't be destroyed by that same standard Orrex Aug 2017 #36

If a patron paid an artist to do it with an agreed contract between artist and patron Coventina Aug 2017 #37

Would you be ok with someone erecting a statue of you having intercourse with an animal? Orrex Aug 2017 #39

Stuff like that gets made all the time. Coventina Aug 2017 #41

And you're comfortable making that absolute determination on others' behalf? Orrex Aug 2017 #42

I most certainly am. Coventina Aug 2017 #44

Then everyone has that authority, and no one needs to listen to you Orrex Aug 2017 #47

So mob rule, huh? Coventina Aug 2017 #50

Not what I said or implied, but whatever Orrex Aug 2017 #55

Well, I am a professional Art Historian, so I do Coventina Aug 2017 #57

Well, fuck. Orrex Aug 2017 #59

I agree. It's too much like book-burning. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2017 #27

I have no problem putting them here lapfog_1 Aug 2017 #28

I assure you, such facilities do exist. Coventina Aug 2017 #30

Many can be moved to Confederate cemeteries LeftInTX Aug 2017 #53

. Iggo Aug 2017 #8

Let's burn all of the books we find offensive too. B2G Aug 2017 #11

the other side bans and burns books Fresh_Start Aug 2017 #16

How about at statues venerating men who fought to destroy the Republic? Orrex Aug 2017 #25

Breaking the law by inflicting cruelty is not acceptable in the name of art. Coventina Aug 2017 #31

That is a completely arbitrary standard Orrex Aug 2017 #35

I have said all along that Confederate monuments should be removed. Coventina Aug 2017 #38

Again, that's a completely arbitrary standard Orrex Aug 2017 #40

When did I ever say art trancends sensitivities? Coventina Aug 2017 #43

Nor have I declared the work criminal Orrex Aug 2017 #46

That's all I ever wanted! I've said all along the monuments should be Coventina Aug 2017 #49

I'm not sure that it's "arbitrary," but you're starting to make sense Orrex Aug 2017 #56

Well, please just acknowledge that I have a differing perspective. Coventina Aug 2017 #58

Are you ok with a bronze statue of Adam Lanza XRubicon Aug 2017 #54

They should move the statues to the civil war graveyards and those 'battlefields' for tourists. Sunlei Aug 2017 #18

I think that's an exellent idea. B2G Aug 2017 #23

Take them down, and give them to their descendants or throw them in the trash dalton99a Aug 2017 #33

can we shoot them before ditching them at sea? 0rganism Aug 2017 #45

Rebel monuments deserve the same fate as BinLaden XRubicon Aug 2017 #48

No loyalsister Aug 2017 #51

A Hungarian poster on another site described what they did with Commmunist era monuments Warpy Aug 2017 #52