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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irishwonder1973 · 51-55, M

I think these monuments should be left up as they are telling history.Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it.

TexChik · F

@irishwonder1973 absolutely

Burnley123 · 41-45, M

@irishwonder1973 I disagree. History is learned from books and museums, statues celebrate people. The people on the march defending Robert Lee's statue were not doing so because they want to learn from history but because they want to repeat it.

bijouxbroussard · F

@irishwonder1973 Are you IRA ?

irishwonder1973 · 51-55, M

@bijouxbroussard No Im Irish-American.But the old IRA actually fought for something the freedom of Ireland.My family came from County Monaghan in Ireland where many rebels came from.

bijouxbroussard · F

@irishwonder1973 Well, these people fought for [b]the continued enslavement[/b] of my ancestors. I don't want them celebrated. I'm surprised when an Irish person doesn't [b]get[/b] that.

TexChik · F

@Burnley123 revisionist history is learned from books ... as the libs have so aptly demonstrated . Those monuments can't be changed , only hidden and forgotten

irishwonder1973 · 51-55, M

@bijouxbroussard Don't get me wrong,I think the IRA are terrorists now I don't support them as they are.Im agreeing with you on this one.

Burnley123 · 41-45, M

@TexChik [quote] revisionist history is learned from books[/quote]

Surely you ultra-right cranks have some books too and it can't be all about meme based communication?

Burnley123 · 41-45, M

@irishwonder1973 You obviously have sympathies with peaceful Irish Republicanism, as do I (even though I'm a Brit LOL). I have what I think is a good analogy.

The statues in Southern USA were built during Jim Crow to celebrate the Confederacy. Now imagine if the Brits had built statues of Oliver Cromwell in Irish Cities circa 1900. Imagine if they still existed until the present day.

They would have been built as symbols of British domination and imperialism. Irish people would want to remember the history but would not want statues of a historic oppressor and quite right too.