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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hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M

They certainly remind us that history does in fact exist. Only silly people want them destroyed for the sins that the person may or may not have done.

SatanBurger · 36-40, F

@hippyjoe1955 If you wanted to remember why history exists, Texas shouldn't have rewritten the school text books then. A group was responsible for putting up those statues in the first place, you could look it up and it will say the statues were first there as an honor to the KKK. Nothing about remembering anything, they just wanted to remember their fellow slave owners and to intimidate people.

hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M

@SatanBurger If you think I am in any way in favor of altering history you have me completely wrong. The KKK were the armed wing of the demoncrap party and their history should not be swept under the rug.

SatanBurger · 36-40, F

@hippyjoe1955 I wasn't suggesting you do, I just think that history could be remembered if we didn't revise historical textbooks so much. The Texas Board of Education saw to the erasing of history. It's easy to put it back where it belongs.

hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M

@SatanBurger Completely agree. Historical revisionism is rampant in our culture.