I think there are many great museums for them to give historical context/discuss the vile history of post-reconstruction glorification of the civil war.
We don’t need all of them but to destroy them all I think is a backwards decision. They are unique works that should be studied and discussed so we remember to ask the hard questions and look at our history without rose tinted glasses. Racism is still alive and well and we need to see the cultural flashpoints and contributions throughout our history that have contributed
This is an argument against having any real objects besides photos/videos in museums. Should we remove all nazi weapons? SS uniforms? Warplanes that we’ve preserved?
What about all the posters and various bigoted media produced by all countries during the war? All these and more are housed at the national WWII museum in the US.
Let’s go bulldoze former nazi concentration camps. We have plenty of photos and videos right?
Those concentration camps weren’t built 43 years after the war by the descendants of Nazis to continue intimidating Jewish people, now were they? Do you see me claiming we should destroy civil war forts? No. You’re just moving the goal posts. So we’re done here.
History isn’t pretty. We don’t just keep things we like. I think confederate statues belong out of the public sphere 100% but museums are totally appropriate.
I think there are many great museums for them to give historical context/discuss the vile history of post-reconstruction glorification of the civil war.
We don’t need all of them but to destroy them all I think is a backwards decision. They are unique works that should be studied and discussed so we remember to ask the hard questions and look at our history without rose tinted glasses. Racism is still alive and well and we need to see the cultural flashpoints and contributions throughout our history that have contributed
How would statues enhance any of the discussions you suggest?
This is an argument against having any real objects besides photos/videos in museums. Should we remove all nazi weapons? SS uniforms? Warplanes that we’ve preserved?
What about all the posters and various bigoted media produced by all countries during the war? All these and more are housed at the national WWII museum in the US.
Take a fucking picture before you melt 'em down if you want. Traitors don’t deserve statues, and racists don’t get to keep them.
Let’s go bulldoze concentration camps. We have plenty of photos and videos right?
Those concentration camps weren’t built 43 years after the war by the descendants of Nazis to continue intimidating Jewish people, now were they? Do you see me claiming we should destroy civil war forts? No. You’re just moving the goal posts. So we’re done here.
History isn’t pretty. We don’t just keep things we like. I think confederate statues belong out of the public sphere 100% but museums are totally appropriate.
Yes we are done here.