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Im very conservative, slavery was bad, history is important. If someone is only known for evil deeds, take their statue down. If we took down every statue of a man who sinned we wouldn’t have any history. Not saying its justified tho, just that its deeper
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“Bu-bu-but slavery was supported by the democrats” Word, anywho why is it conservatives and republicans that throw temper tantrums when confederate statues are taken down. Or the confederate flag is disrespected. Or, ya know, you say slavery was bad.
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Anonymous 3w

You don't need a statue of someone to remember what they did

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Anonymous 3w

How about we replace the confederate statues with the statues of african americans who actively freed other slaves in the area

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Anonymous 3w

statues are not history, they’re propaganda

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Anonymous replying to -> _orangutan 3w

the history is what is written and contested, not what has been neatly portrayed and beautified for the sake of an individual

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Anonymous replying to -> _orangutan 3w

Statues are history actually? They are reminders of who came before us? We dont have the same statues as they do in north korea dude

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Anonymous replying to -> _orangutan 3w

if the people in the communities, the people who determine history, decide that a ‘monument’ is an unfit portrayal of history, they should be able to remove said monument. states like SC, states with legacies in white supremacy they wish to preserve, deny local communities the right to determine their history. the monuments are imposed upon local communities by force, as a display of power, and they’re also defended by the state

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Anonymous replying to -> _orangutan 3w

and they were all built in the 1950s, when states like SC were trying to demonstrate a white southern nationalism. they were built by a white supremacist elite with a vested interest in painting the atrocities committed by white supremacy and colonialism in a positive light

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Anonymous replying to -> superiorpinksushi 3w

How about instead of replace we add

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 3w

Can you think of a good reason we should have statues to honor individuals who supported confederate ideals? Like yeah I think if you said in a historical context Robert E Lee was a good general in a video or something then that’s fine but I feel like having a statue to that is like having a statue of hitler

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