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WHAT!!?? Are you serious?
You honestly believe what you said? That I can learn everything I need to know about a given subject in 30 seconds on the Internet? No. You cannot believe that. You are attempting sarcasm.
The value of monuments and statues is exactly as jbgusa says - as inspiration. History should be learned in order for us to make intelligent decisions about our future. A statue of a famous person inspires some and infuriates others. And that is as it should be.
Theodore Roosevelt is a good example. I have no respect for the man. Others find him to be an inspiration. I say we should leave the statues up; maybe a few more people will someday realize how crazy the man was. But let us not forget him.
We are talking about a statue on a public street with a little plaque. How much are you going to learn from a little plaque? Google will have more info than what is on that plaque.
Your example is silly. Theodore Roosevelt was a president. His history and legacy will be preserved in many resources outside of a statue. There are multiple historical sites and a new Presidential Library. A random statue is useless.
A statue without any attached context, or worse, with a biased context, isn't teaching anyone history. Arguments that removing statues = denying history are specious.
I'm floored, however, that anyone would think that learning about the Civil Rights era through a museum exhibit which presumably would include all kinds of context would not be a positive for black adolescents.
What is the need for street monuments? What is being lost by removing a statue?
because you can read about it on you daily travels, reminded of what happen here, on this spot in year ...
and then you can further your research
remember before internet, not everybody ran to a library. most never had a library card or ever step inside one.
we have a monument called. Ellicott Stone. How before internet would anybody know anything about that, or the civil rights monuments that are everywhere in Montgomery and Selma al.
because you can read about it on you daily travels, reminded of what happen here, on this spot in year ...
and then you can further your research
remember before internet, not everybody ran to a library. most never had a library card or ever step inside one.
we have a monument called. Ellicott Stone. How before internet would anybody know anything about that, or the civil rights monuments that are everywhere in Montgomery and Selma al.
We live in the internet age now. People are in their cars or face stuck in a device. A few years back, parents were lauding the new Pokemon game. Why? Many said it was the first time they could get their kids to actually go outside. In today's world, how many people are casually strolling along looking at public statues?
There are more than enough ways to learn about negative historical figures.
WHAT!!?? Are you serious?
You honestly believe what you said? That I can learn everything I need to know about a given subject in 30 seconds on the Internet? No. You cannot believe that. You are attempting sarcasm.
The value of monuments and statues is exactly as jbgusa says - as inspiration. History should be learned in order for us to make intelligent decisions about our future. A statue of a famous person inspires some and infuriates others. And that is as it should be.
Theodore Roosevelt is a good example. I have no respect for the man. Others find him to be an inspiration. I say we should leave the statues up; maybe a few more people will someday realize how crazy the man was. But let us not forget him.
Thanks for your praise, even if we disagree on TR. I think he was one of our greats. His namesake, FDR, not so much.
We are talking about a statue on a public street with a little plaque. How much are you going to learn from a little plaque? Google will have more info than what is on that plaque.
Your example is silly. Theodore Roosevelt was a president. His history and legacy will be preserved in many resources outside of a statue. There are multiple historical sites and a new Presidential Library. A random statue is useless.
So what is your position?
A) Plaques and statues are of no value, so they should be removed.
or
B) Plaques and statues are of no value, so they should be left as they are.
History has already been documented in books, literature, movies, and museums. There is no way the Confederacy will ever be forgotten. What is the need for street monuments? What is being lost by removing a statue?
Why not level the Roman Coliseum or the Pyramids? There’s plenty of books written about them, they won’t be forgotten. That’s prime land that could be redeveloped into condos or something.
what if no one knew Black people in America were ever slaves or were ever treated differently or thought to be substandard to white people?
What if no one ever heard all the nasty historic comments or slams on Jewish people?
What if no one knew women were considered the lesser sex or subservient to men?
what if no one knew their ancestors were abused, killed, conquered, genocides by someone else's ancestors?
what if no one knew X land used to belong to "my" people?
What if no one knew their ancestors were considered greater than someone else's ancestors?
What if no one knew Muslims and Christians fought and hated each other?
I am aware of the old saying those who are ignorant of history are doomed to repeat it, but I have doubts of the veracity or at least certainty of that saying. It seems like a lot of the social problems we face (hatred, prejudice) could be avoided if no one knew any history at all.
Could you have faith without history? I think you can. the truths of god are self evident so when you hear them, you will know they are true, you do not need the history behind them to believe.
Most people don't know those. Instead of not knowing history, we could re-write it or just teach the parts we wanted people to know.
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