RE: Leftists Purging History or Al Queda in America
August 18, 2017 at 9:07 am
(This post was last modified: August 18, 2017 at 9:14 am by Mister Agenda.)
A Theist Wrote:Catholic_Lady Wrote:I understand what you are saying and it makes sense. Honestly, I personally don't have a strong opinion on these statues either way. I guess the fairest thing to do would be to let the people of the city itself decide. My response was only to say that Neo's opinion on this particular issue with historical statues doesn't make him a supremacist sympathizer, even if it is the same opinion as the supremacist themselves.
Here's something to think about. What if the Confederate statues and monuments had not been ordered for removal? What would have happened in Charlottesville? Or better yet, what wouldn't have happened in Charlottesville? To many Southerners those Confederate monuments are a connection to their ancestry and culture.
And a continual reminder to black residents that white people still celebrate people that fought to keep their ancestors enslaved. But who gives a fuck about their ancestry and culture, amIright?
Thumpalumpacus Wrote:Catholic_Lady Wrote:I don't see how Neo's quote indicates that he is a white supremacist. He's making a point about taking down any statue of historical significance. You may disagree with that, but this does not make him a white supremacist.
It's about context. MLK was not campaigning for adultery. R.E. Lee was leading armies defending chatteldom; that was the notable achievement of his life. Not every context, and not every personage, is equally good. Germany has exactly zero statues of Hitler, but somehow they manage to remember their own history. How's that work?
You want historical significance? Put these statues in a museum ... and provide context for those who are otherwise deaf to it. Why are conservatives so afraid of museums?
I hear that Germany employs an arcane alternate means of remembering history: books.
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.