Regarding The Flap Over Confederate Statues

[Rev. Rye]

We certainly can remember and discuss the darker aspects of our past, but, if we don't have to, do we?

Yeah, we do. This is why we have history classes. Are they perfect? No, but that is why people should extend their education beyond K-12. People can, do, and have written a plethora on the subject.

The problem is the people's discussion doesn't often go beyond simply switching who's considered a "good guy" and a "bad guy" in the narrative. I mentioned the example with Andrew Jackson in Zinn's book, and I suspect that if people tried to look at it with more nuance, we  might actually be able to have this discussion more civilly, and we wouldn't have people using it as an excuse to run people over in their Dodges.