17th August 2017, 11:37 PM
Not sure where you're hearing from the "destroy it" crowd. Just about all the left leaning people I talk to agree that history must be preserved so we don't repeat past mistakes, such as the daily show. That said there is a world of difference between having a swastika in a holocaust museum and making it the state flag. When the alt-right says the statues need to stay where they are for history's sake, I would point out the museum option satisfies that without actively promoting it.
Your idea for a replacement is a "heart is in the right place" sort of idea. The history should be preserved, and will be, but putting giant statues of black slaves out there in the open for every black person to have to see every time they walk by is... problematic. Such statues are best put in places specifically dedicated to those lessons and not more general locations.
Your idea for a replacement is a "heart is in the right place" sort of idea. The history should be preserved, and will be, but putting giant statues of black slaves out there in the open for every black person to have to see every time they walk by is... problematic. Such statues are best put in places specifically dedicated to those lessons and not more general locations.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)