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Originally Posted by redpoint5
Statues exist to remind us of important moments in history and to preserve certain ideals. They are symbols that we give meaning to, not that they impart meaning on us.
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The ideals being preserved by these monuments are absolutely ****ed.
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If we decide they are symbols of something negative, then that's what they are. That said, a few idiots don't get to decide for everyone else if that's what we agree they represent. If statues are torn down without a vote, I say lock those hooligans up and give them time to think about the violence done to democracy and the rule of law.
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A few idiots? Are you ****ing kidding me? Anyone who has read a book about the civil war knows what these things stand for. If there are any idiots its the people who think we should keep around stone sculptures emblazoned with the rebel flag waxing poetic about the noble sons of the south who gave their lives. No. Those people died protecting a horrible institution that deserved to be abolished. Their way of life needed to end.
You're the one who needs to learn something about slavery in the US and the terrible inhumane atrocities inflicted upon the slaves over the centuries.
Rule of law?
Running away was illegal
Helping runaway slaves was illegal
The law is not the same as justice.
Violence done to democracy?
What about the violence done to the people who were dragged by chains and crowded into boats and sent across the ocean?
What about the violence done to the people who were lynched in the decades following the war?
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Any angry mob comes to tear anything of mine down, and they will be the only things to go down.
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Wow. Just wow.