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Why leftist revisionism is garbage, and even leftists should be against it.

Falvlun

Falvlun

Earthbending Lemur
Premium Member
Revoltingest said:
Yes, I'd already indicated that it's not mainstream.
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Grrrr. That's no fun!

Revoltingest said:
I've called for the same.
I just don't agree with removing statues, which is more the silencing of history.
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This stance doesn't really make sense. How is history being silenced by removing a statue from a place of honor, after it's been determined that the honor should no longer be bestowed?

I don't see statues as having some sacred right to always remain in their original place.

Revoltingest said:
I don't disagree.
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Awesome!
 
Revoltingest

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
Falvlun said:
This stance doesn't really make sense. How is history being silenced by removing a statue from a place of honor, after it's been determined that the honor should no longer be bestowed?

I don't see statues as having some sacred right to always remain in their original place.
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I've been advocating changing it from a place of honor to a place of education by changing
the context, ie, additional displays about the person's ignominious place in history.
But that's just my preference.
Those are statues I never see in places I never go, so I'll survive if they're removed.
 
The magical volleyball

The magical volleyball

Member
Mindmaster said:
I've always felt that the quality of a person is reflected in the sum total of their actions, not merely one vice or disagreeable position. Tucker brings up exactly my point, in that we cannot place our views into the context of the past and end up with a valid equation. I ran into this video, and it really good at expressing the problem with the revisionism philosophy. Please view, and discuss.

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I wonder if the Germans had this same fight when deciding to remove statues of Hitler and Nazi symbols from their society.
 
Falvlun

Falvlun

Earthbending Lemur
Premium Member
Revoltingest said:
I've been advocating changing it from a place of honor to a place of education by changing
the context, ie, additional displays about the person's ignominious place in history.
But that's just my preference.
Those are statues I never see in places I never go, so I'll survive if they're removed.
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I was thinking too, for statues or monuments with greater historical or artistic merit, that an educational plaque or other context could work as well.

I think it was @esmith who mentioned Stone Mountain. I recoil at the thought of something that impressive and beautiful being destroyed.
 
Revoltingest

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
Falvlun said:
I was thinking too, for statues or monuments with greater historical or artistic merit, that an educational plaque or other context could work as well.

I think it was @esmith who mentioned Stone Mountain. I recoil at the thought of something that impressive and beautiful being destroyed.
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I think it's hideous, but should be preserved.
 
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garden47

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Most of the statutes "honouring" Confederate military heroes were erected during the "Jim Crow" period of American history

They served as a visible act of defiance against the North, and sent a not so subtle message that "whites" were back in power in the South!
 
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