victor809 wrote:Bgz... just because someone is stupid enough to actually take a concept to its illogical conclusion is not a sufficient rationale to not do something.
There is a distinct and understandable (for someone who understands basic logical structure) line between not having confederate statues and not having statues of our founding fathers or having pyramids. Some on the right demonstrated an inability to understand that clear difference. I laughed at them. Now this woman has shown that idiots are on both sides. I'm mocking her now too.
Don't put yourself in that group.
My main problem is you can't erase history no matter how hard you try. You can try to change it, but the truth is still there... If it's a part of their history, you can't "fix it". Why rob your children of the history, to let them know how far we've come. To be able to show them where historic events took place, and educate them of the history as you understand it... and most importantly, let them know that there's still work to be done.
I would hardly call it illogical, all it takes is one, then the "me toos" start popping out. Already saw some preacher saying he wants to get rid of Washington, Jackson, etc... monuments, then keep the street names, but dedicate them to black Washingtons and Jacksons (I believe Michael Jackson was the one he specified). LOL, and it'll happen too, because people want to keep caving in... the history is important... all the history, the good and the bad.
So with that, in most these places, there's room for additional statues. If the places are of historical significance, erect more statues maybe from the other side, or from a counter point of view. It would encourage people to research to learn more about what happened.
Or take all the statues down and praise Michael Jackson and let the history be forgotten as if it never happened. Until the next generation comes along and gets pissed their their predecessors ripped it down and they can't say anything about it because the great firewall of the US got erected so as to not offend the children (I guess I have a tendency of taking concepts to conclusions with a non-zero probability of happening).
I'm pretty sure some "do not offend" laws will be popping up within the next 10 to 15 years.