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WePurrsevere

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14. If they can be stored out of sight by the Smithsonian...

Mon Aug 14, 2017, 11:20 AM

Aug 2017

That would work for me. I'd highly prefer not to see any art destroyed but I strongly belie we need to remove any chance of these being rallying places. Until our species has outgrown this phase of our evolution, which ATM looks like it may take quite a while, out of sight seems to be the best option.

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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