The Katzie Kid
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Give em Hell 54th-Irony eh (1 Viewer)
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A monument to men that died protecting these brain dead ****ing morons freedoms so they in turn could deface it...…………...
...……."And we're here with one of the rioters who just defaced the monument to the 54th MA"...…………"You know they were the first all black regiment in the ACW, most of them died protecting your freedom to act like an idiot"...……"How was I supposed to know, I was out sick the day they taught the history of the Civil War in high school" ....................................…...
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tdubel
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This is what I was talking about in the other thread. Once you start taking away historical context monuments, it becomes easier and easier to attack them all. I think that is a fair generalization based on what we have seen in the last 10 years. As I said previously, I am excluding any monuments that were erected for political purposes during the Civil Rights Movement. I don't believe they have any value or historical significance and they should be replaced with monuments that are more appropriate for that location whatever is deemed priority by the residents of said location.
I just have a real hard time with monuments that were erected in the 1700s, 1800s and of course modern museum monuments. I believe that 99% of these have historical context and they were erected with good intentions.
This brings back what probably is an extreme thought, but does this put landmarks like Thomas Jefferson's Monticello in jeopardy of existence? His record on slavery is well known and documented, the counter to that is his contribution to the founding of our Country as well as his influence in modern law/legal is probably unprecedented. But the point is, his "plantation is offensive" argument can be made.
Another question, are we going to rename every school, military base, college, etc. Are we going to generalize that people who don't support these notions are racist?
Point is we have embarked on a very slippery slope and I fear it will continue to cause a lot of angst, frustration and conflict.
TD
I just have a real hard time with monuments that were erected in the 1700s, 1800s and of course modern museum monuments. I believe that 99% of these have historical context and they were erected with good intentions.
This brings back what probably is an extreme thought, but does this put landmarks like Thomas Jefferson's Monticello in jeopardy of existence? His record on slavery is well known and documented, the counter to that is his contribution to the founding of our Country as well as his influence in modern law/legal is probably unprecedented. But the point is, his "plantation is offensive" argument can be made.
Another question, are we going to rename every school, military base, college, etc. Are we going to generalize that people who don't support these notions are racist?
Point is we have embarked on a very slippery slope and I fear it will continue to cause a lot of angst, frustration and conflict.
TD
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