You don't even know what a false equivalency is you loser!Sure, although I think you do more harm than good by false equivalencies. That's just my opinion, obviously.
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Just channeling my inner Revoltingness.
Tom
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You don't even know what a false equivalency is you loser!Sure, although I think you do more harm than good by false equivalencies. That's just my opinion, obviously.
In North Carolina, the state government decides. And it has decided that all of the monuments stay.
I suspect this was also partly a backlash against the neo-Nazi march in Charlottesville.
I'm a sculptor, and I am not at all offended by people expressing themselves in this way. If I had created that statue I'd be honored that people felt it embodied the intended ideal strongly enough that they would attack that ideal by attacking the statue.Do y'all also support Muslims destroying cultural artifacts that they disapprove of?
I don't.
Tom
And use of any religion to justify oppression of anyone is always wrong.
I think they should all be painted over with the gay pride flag's colors, and the U.S. flag's stars and stripes, maybe the image of the capital building from the dollar bill, and then surrounded by hundreds of photos of interracial married couples, and their beautiful by-racial children.I'd prefer adding a display to the statue,
one which educates with context.
Yes, I know but, I just assume these folks had no reason to distrust their pastor.
Nah....add a message next to it rather than covering it over.I think they should all be painted over with the gay pride flag's colors, and the U.S. flag's stars and stripes, maybe the image of the capital building from the dollar bill, and then surrounded by hundreds of photos of interracial married couples, and their beautiful by-racial children.
Yes, I know but, I just assume these folks had no reason to distrust their pastor.
The Bereans distrusted Paul and he lauded them for it.
I think they should all be painted over with the gay pride flag's colors, and the U.S. flag's stars and stripes, maybe the image of the capital building from the dollar bill, and then surrounded by hundreds of photos of interracial married couples, and their beautiful by-racial children.
I don't care who's offended. I think it would be an honest and appropriate "updating" of the theme those statues were commissioned to represent. It would be a representation of how time has swallowed up those old racist, misogynist, plantation culture ideals, and adding a very uplifting and positive creative revision to a bunch of statues the public paid a lot of money for, but don't want to look at anymore.No, you can't do that, you'll offend Colin Kaepernick fans.
It's fine with me if you give over your own stuff.I'm a sculptor, and I am not at all offended by people expressing themselves in this way. If I had created that statue I'd be honored that people felt it embodied the intended ideal strongly enough that they would attack that ideal by attacking the statue.
I am too interested in the right of human ideological expression in general to fuss over it destroying one specific (bad) artwork.
If the public didn't want to look at them any more then they would elect officials who retire them to ignominy. The fact that they have not is proof that what you are proposing here is wrong.the public paid a lot of money for, but don't want to look at anymore.
Dummy! It's better to plant hostas, various forms of sedum, and a variety of English and shrub roses!I'd prefer they plant hostas, blanket flowers or coneflowers.
I would rate this winner.I'd prefer adding a display to the statue,
one which educates with context.
Outside Durham County Courthouse, North Carolina, Protesters pulled down a statue of a Confederate Soldier dedicated to the Confederate States of America. Durham police later said they monitored the protests to make sure they were “safe,” but did not interfere with the statue toppling because it happened on county property.
Links here:
Protesters pull down Confederate statue at old Durham County courthouse
SEE IT: Crowd pulls down Confederate statue in North Carolina
Thoughts?
A wonderful argument that should be made during legal proceedings to take the statue down.I'm very much not in favour of selective memory, or destroying history. Quite the contrary.
It's worth noting, though, that this particular part of history was erected 59 years after the end of the war, by a group more dedicated to a biased recollection of history than an accurate one.
Rather than in a contemplative garden or cemetery, it sat in front of a courthouse.
I guess it's possible to believe the statue was only in memory of the fallen, and nothing else, but it would require a more generous assessment of the people who erected it than I would be willing to give.
While I understand and sympathize with the sentiment, the principled and ethical route would've been to pursue the statue's removal from public land (not destruction) via legal means.