Statues, Idols, and Symbols ~~ Oh My

[Lomarre]

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Cute.

Well, onto the topic.

If I were to see the current atmosphere in the identitarian politics of the modern left, I'd see a group of rich white people trying to please the masses by tearing down statues of rich white men. Many of which who shared the same (D) for Democrate at one point in time.

The problem with pleasing the massing by tearing down statues is hardly a move to rewrite history (yet), but moreso to win votes in areas democrats most likely would have won. What it is doing, is pushing more people to the white nationalists, sadly. When you do whatever you can to make white people look bad, by re-writing history, by saying they have privilege, by saying they need to stop talking when it comes to race. Then what would their average response be? "Fuck You too, pal", comes to mind.

However, if the democrats keep pushing to tear down statues, then what is next are those who had "problematic" world views during the 1700s-1960s. Examples can be seen here:

Teddy is a Bigot and Needs to Go, says Activists in New York -Guardian

Jefferson Memorial Question Looms - LAtimes

These are real. Where we have political ideologues on the left who want either our best US president ever to be kicked out of a museum, or we have our founding father lose his memorial. This is a matter of history. It's not a slippery slope if activists are already pushing for it. It's just the left won't say that till the time comes. But five years from now? We'll be hearing debate about Mt. Rushmore. You can say its just crazy lefties for now, but if Progressives believe in progress being endless, then this is coming soon to a museum near you.

Do I care if a bunch of rebel scum get torn down from the south? Somewhat. I can't say I have any love for the Confederacy, or its values of slavery. But Generals like Jackson or Lee were two of the greatest tacticians of the 1860s. Hell, Lee was the one who taught most of the US generals who fought him in the war. His statues deserve a place of honor in Virginia if not for his service to his state, then for his military achievements during the Mexican war in the 1830s-40s.


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