Is it wrong to remove Confederate statues?

Removing these monuments and statues seems like white washing the past to me. There have even been significant calls to tear down the statue of Christopher Columbus in New York because of the way he treated natives. Forgetting your past, no matter how dark it is, is not the way to deal with issues today. What do you think?

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Northwest · M

It's silly to try to erase history, but it's even sillier, to pretend that the post re-construction, post Jim Crow laws, statues and monuments dedicated to the confederacy, are anything but wholesale attempts to re-introduce virtual slavery and discrimination against blacks, and have nothing to do with history. To remind them that even though they have official freedom, the Confederate "heroes" still control their lives.

The narrative that some people want to destroy history, or the attempt to create a false equivalency with the Taliban, should be real transparent.

SW-User

@Northwest Right on. Removing statues won't make everyone forget the civil war happened.

Fernie · F

@SW-User removing them means they won't be glorified!

SW-User

@Fernie Yes, that's my argument also. (See below)