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Originally Posted by propliner
Perhaps some of the historical revisionists on here don't realize that a statue isn't necessarily meant to honor a person but rather to mark history by the characters who lived it.
Ideologically burying the past dooms us to repeat it.
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Ummm no. The issue is context. These statues were put up to honor the legacy of the individuals. If this statue were in a civil war museum you would be correct. A 10 year old can understand this concept.
By your logic, statues of Hitler and Stalin should still be standing throughout Europe and former USSR states. I'm sure the victims holocaust and the holodomor are VERY concerned about history...
Agree or disagree with the war in Iraq, but when the US invaded, one of the first things the people did was quickly tear down monuments to saddam hussein's legacy...and no, before people start crying "fake news!", I don't think the joy seen in the crowds was US propaganda..
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hWxszYK6IPU