Tearing down statues

in statues •  4 years ago 

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I have no personal attachment to monuments to military/political people or events. You could say I even hate most of them. You probably understand why. Every historical figure is almost surely someone's Hitler.

However, art-- even when ugly or offensive-- is art. And older art is historical. Destroying historical art because it has unpleasant connotations is ignorant. The "reasons" are irrelevant. I opposed it being done in Iraq and I oppose it being done in America.

Not only is art being destroyed, but the vandals are also burying history. Hiding something doesn't change what happened, and often helps some people pretend it didn't.

Tearing down monuments is the book-burning of our time. At least until book-burning comes back into fashion.

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Tearing down monuments is the book-burning of our time

indeed.

public property problems

A political person is seems to be duel role, one for hero for his own party and supporters, other hand villian from opposition party or haters. Their statue or monuments always controversial!!