robkelk Wrote:Not standing on the side of the Neo-Nazis, but I happen to think the statues shouldn't be removed, either. In my opinion, the applicable tropes here are Orwellian Retcon and Orwellian Editor.There's a difference between "erasing the past" in Orwellian style, and removing from places of honor the statues of traitors who fought to tear our country apart. The statues should be taken to a special museum as a "rogues' gallery," with the exhibit paying particular attention to the fact that they were first put up as a measure to intimidate the freed slaves and give the Rebel "cause" a semblance of legitimacy. Such a display would be more akin in its purpose to the Holocaust Museum in D.C. — "Never again!"-----
Big Brother is watching you. And damn, you are so bloody BORING.