See, my take on this is slightly different.
I certainly don't agree we defacing national monuments or memorials by either side of the divide - and that's what it is, a divide.
As much as I don't agree with something isn't justification to damage or destroy it.
I don't like the messages of religious books, yet I have them on my bookshelf alongside my medical texts. I would never justify destroying them. Yes, I make comments about some books being available in two ply, but the moment we start damaging or destroying them, we're no better than the extremists we oppose who DO justify burning books.
And why should statues be different?
If you don't like them, try working within the system to have them removed. I won't say I understand fully the impact of seeing Confederate statues has on the descendants of people who were enslaved as my family, as far as I know, have never experienced this. So
I might be writing this from a completely naïve perspective, and tell me if I am.
I certainly don't agree we defacing national monuments or memorials by either side of the divide - and that's what it is, a divide.
As much as I don't agree with something isn't justification to damage or destroy it.
I don't like the messages of religious books, yet I have them on my bookshelf alongside my medical texts. I would never justify destroying them. Yes, I make comments about some books being available in two ply, but the moment we start damaging or destroying them, we're no better than the extremists we oppose who DO justify burning books.
And why should statues be different?
If you don't like them, try working within the system to have them removed. I won't say I understand fully the impact of seeing Confederate statues has on the descendants of people who were enslaved as my family, as far as I know, have never experienced this. So
I might be writing this from a completely naïve perspective, and tell me if I am.
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