Statue of Abe Lincoln being removed in Boston today (how much, states, slavery)

[skeddy]

your time is up Abe. Only a matter of time before George Washington will have to go too.

https://www.bostonherald.com/2020/06...n-coming-down/

[Pilot1]

Originally Posted by skeddy

your time is up Abe. Only a matter of time before George Washington will have to go too.

https://www.bostonherald.com/2020/06...n-coming-down/

Tear it all down. The Democrats and Media want to rebuild with images of Marx and Lenin. To be more "Fair".

[Rachel976]

Originally Posted by Pilot1

Tear it all down. The Democrats and Media want to rebuild with images of Marx and Lenin. To be more "Fair".

Yup. We are heading toward Marxism. And the communists will have their Manchurian Candidate in the White House, bought and paid for.

[The Dark Enlightenment]

I don't understand this at all. Hollywood movies about slavery like "12 Years a Slave" are praised and encouraged yet...

The statue, which is a copy of a statue in Washington, D.C., created by Thomas Ball that is also being targeted, has been criticized since its installation for its depiction of an enslaved man, the commission said.

Somebody please explain.

[SeaMaj7]

Originally Posted by The Dark Enlightenment

I don't understand this at all. Hollywood movies about slavery like "12 Years a Slave" are praised and encouraged yet...

Somebody please explain.

Feelings. Nothing more than feelings.

[middle-aged mom]

Seems to me, most people, regardless of their politics, don’t care about statues.

This particular statue shows Lincoln with the Emancipation proclamation in hand while a black slave grovels at his feet.

It’s weird.

[Pilot1]

Originally Posted by middle-aged mom

Seems to me, most people, regardless of their politics, don’t care about statues.

This particular statue shows Lincoln with the Emancipation proclamation in hand while a black slave grovels at his feet.

It’s weird.

You're wrong. Statues are history. Most people care about history. Don't like it? Don't look at it.

[The Dark Enlightenment]

“Public art is storytelling at the street level. As such, the imagery should strike the heart and engage the mind,” said Ekua Holmes, vice-chair of the Boston Art Commission. “What I heard today is that it hurts to look at this piece, and in the Boston landscape we should not have works that bring shame to any groups of people, not only in Boston but across the entire United States.”

So should art that depicts slavery be banned because it's hurtful or should it be encouraged because America needs know its history and remember? How can it be both?

[The Dark Enlightenment]

Originally Posted by middle-aged mom

Seems to me, most people, regardless of their politics, don’t care about statues.

This particular statue shows Lincoln with the Emancipation proclamation in hand while a black slave grovels at his feet.

It’s weird.

The slave isn't groveling for Lincoln. He's on his knees because he's a downtrodden slave, but he's looking up toward the horizon because he realizes he's just become free and can go anywhere he wants.

[whogo]

On my list of things to worry about this is number 14,311,012.

On July 9, 1776 the citizens of Boston said screw history and tore down a statue of King George.

History evolves.

Colonial Americans showed they were no longer bowing to King George and today black Americans no longer must bow to the white man no matter how much that pisses some of you off.