Now we’re at the absurd point where Republican Senator Ted Cruz is imploring people to vote for a Democrat over the Republican candidate — an avowed Nazi.

his defense of Confederate statues

Horrifying....

Keep bulldozing history so we can repeat it in future generations

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by definition, they were traitors to the USA.

Waging war against the USA and all that.

I can see keeping the statues around someplace but keeping them in a place of honor because treason and all that . . . ?

maybe not so much.

unless that treason thing is not so important

[–] [Deleted] 2 points (+2|-0)

It's important. Erasing monuments that represent hundreds of thousands of people that died is reprehensible. You're no better than isis. Your allegiance to a thing is being used to overshadow and destroy history when it's convenient. You've clearly never studied the intricacies of the US Civil War. I'll make it real simple for you. Why have a monument for Lincoln?

https://www.history.com/news/5-things-you-may-not-know-about-lincoln-slavery-and-emancipation

I feel bad for your public school interpretation of American History.

[–] Kannibal [OP] 0 points (+0|-0)

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Erasing monuments that represent hundreds of thousands of people that died is reprehensible

so how about a redesign that makes it clear that these horrible deaths are being memorialized, and which does not grant traditional honor to traitors and the cause they fought for, not honoring them with heroic poses on their noble steeds depicted in bronze and marble?

[–] E-werd 1 points (+1|-0)

Statues aren't glorification, they're reminders of history and important moments in history. It's not black and white, there's important nuance in remembering all of history, not just "our enemies were bad, mmkay."

[–] Kannibal [OP] 0 points (+0|-0)

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"Statues aren't glorification"

so you are saying we erect statues to dishonor people?

I think this is wrong.

Public art does serve as a aid to memory, and as an inspiration.

It is going to be a convoluted stretch to say that these statues, erected and financed by the Daughters of the Confederacy, were not intended to ennoble their romanticized "Lost Cause", but rather were intended to memorialize the horrors of slavery and the lives wasted in defending their inhumane institution.

memorialized with statues of military leaders on their noble steeds

yeh, right

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but things like this are fine

https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/nekaad/inside-the-weird-dinosaur-park-where-confederates-defeat-the-union-army

Now we’re at the absurd point where Republican Senator Ted Cruz is imploring people to vote for a Democrat over the Republican candidate — an avowed Nazi.

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