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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]You are completely missing the issue. No one is "offended by history." And changing who is honored in public spaces isn't changing history. It is decided what we value as a society today.

Where are the statues of Judas Iscariot? Is he not a part of history? Are we changing history by not having a giant statue of Judas in common areas? No, of course not. You are being deliberately obtuse to try to hide the fact that you are a reactionary.[/quote]

Apples and oranges.

Big difference from a mob taking down statues, too.  And, defacing them--like the statue of the abolitionist in Philly that was attacked.  The mob didn't even know what it was doing.

History is history.  Destroying statues doesn't change it.  It might contribute to keeping us from learning from it.[/quote]

History isn't learned from statues. It is learned from books. Destroying statues doesn't change history. So what exactly is your complaint?

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BS.

History is literally written into the walls of the pyramids. The pyramids are a giant monument to celebrate dead pharohs who used brutal slave labor to build it.  Are we gonna tear down a world heritage site that's considered a treasure of human.civilization because it used slaves?[/quote]

One proof that the you don't learn history from monuments is that the pyramids weren't built by slaves, a fact you don't seem to know, despite being aware of the pyramids existence.[/quote]

Where do you think the Pharaohs got all of their money from to build the pyramids? Ancient egypt was a slave economy. They profitted immensely off of slave labor and from the slave trade.  That money was used to fund construction of things like the pyramids. It's the same argument that the protesters use - that the US was built on the backs of slaves therefore we need to tear it all down.  Might as well tear down the Pyramids and the Great Wall of China while we are at it.  You should ask UNESCO why the entire world cherishes many sites that were built from slave labor or from societies that had a slave driven economy.   Maybe we should also tear down St. Peter's Basilica too in Rome because the church has committed all sorts of bad sins throughout its history. [/quote]

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