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- mathinc1
A LARGE majority of these statues were erected during the period of the Second Coming of the KKK. They wielded a lot of power in the 20's. So, these statues existence boils down to a basic romanticization of the confederacy by racists. These are NOT monuments erected for historical reasons, they're purely meant as a symbol of white power, an bookmark on an era when white plantation owners fought to keep other humans as cheap labor.
They should come the fuck down and be thrown in the sea.
Here's a timeline of confederate monuments/acknowledgements and when they were established. Notice anything?
- I was ambivalent about them before. Not so now. They need to go. Pronto.monoboy
- yeah... take them down as monuments FOR SURE... but... destroying them vs. putting them in a museum seems silly. In a museum a story of 'hate' can be told...PonyBoy
- ... anyone who's been to a holocaust museum can attest to the fact they're packed w/nazi shit etc... not to glorify but so we don't forget.PonyBoy
- Do we need a museum with 20 Robert E. Lee statues? Toss em in the lake!mathinc
- Pony, I'm in Phx all the f'in time. We need to reconnect. Hit me up: me@tommy-oconnor.commathinc
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- yeah... don't need tons of Bobby Lee's... agreed- lol. I'll hit you up, tommy :) I'm in NH right now... will be home in 2 weeks!PonyBoy
- museum of toleranceimbecile