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Should statues of Genghis be torn town in principle
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3 upvotes, 10 comments. Yik Yak poll by Anonymous in US Politics. "Should statues of Genghis be torn town in principle"
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Anonymous 17w

It depends on the message people take from idolizing him, for example I don’t think anyone would look at a statue of Washington now and think “wow slavery was cool” despite Washington owning slaves, but most people prob idolize him for fighting against tyranny or republican values. I assume most people in Mongolia just see him as a good leader or something.

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Anonymous 17w

No he’s a great man

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 17w

And what makes you say that lmao

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 17w

United all the clans and built the largest land empire in history in one lifetime

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 17w

By doing what exactly to everyone else who happened to be anywhere near him

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Anonymous replying to -> blue__wave 17w

He was an actual monster. It sets a bad precedent to normalize idolizing monsters, doesn’t matter how long ago it was or how removed from our immediate culture it is

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Anonymous replying to -> blue__wave 17w

We decide ppl who fought in defense of slavery in this country don’t deserve monuments, this man enslaved 10x more than all of them did combined

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 17w

You realize with your logic we prob can’t idolize anyone from the past. It depends on who he was relative to the time. I’m guessing back then most leaders weren’t opposed to conquering and plundering their neighbors.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 17w

Relative to the time slavery was actually pretty controversial Great Britain outlawed it many Europeans did in their colonies as well.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 17w

And southerners were undoubtedly fighting for slavery so there’s nothing positive or inspiring to really take from that.

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