Do statues tell us anything about history?

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IMO this video is excellent. There is nothing good to gain by commemorating people who benefitted from historic racism.

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SatanBurger · 36-40, F

I said this before but those statues are a little like if me coming from a Pagan background went past statues built by the man who designed the punishments for witches lol. Nobody wants to see that. I'm sure some people out there actually see them as heroes because in the fundamentalist mind-set, they are battling "evil" but I don't want to see that. It makes me scared and kind of gives me generalized anxiety from thinking about what humans can do when they see someone as "bad" regardless if there's any logic to it or not.

There's plenty of other ways that we can not "forget" history. Change the history books to reflect what really happened and open up honest dialogue for one.

Texas changed the history books a long time they actually brought it to court and since then America has had to deal with their revisionist history for many years. Change it back and not let the Texas school-board of education make the finalized decision for all states.

Invocations · F

@SatanBurger [quote]There's plenty of other ways that we can not "forget" history. Change the history books to reflect what really happened and open up honest dialogue for one.
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Nice concept but impossible to a degree.

Put the art in museums and be done with it. Then those who want o see it can visit the museum. But destroying art? Nah I can’t.

SatanBurger · 36-40, F

@Invocations I don't mind museums. However those statues were built by a confederates white women's club to honor the KKK, they are responsible for the statues in the first place. The best way to remember a war is to write a more accurate description in the history books, Texas is responsible for editing them, they can un-edit because they did it a few times already. It's not just with history either but they did it with science in a complete religious based move, that was their motivation.