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		exe34 on Feb 1, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Archivists work to save disappearing data.gov data... I never understood the removal of statues. I think everybody is capable of good and bad - we should still celebrate the good stuff they did and simply add a note that says "they were humans of their time and they screwed up by doing..... - let's not forget that even the great can screw up." otherwise we keep perpetuating the myth that the great/rich/powerful can do no wrong.

ocschwar on Feb 2, 2025 [–]

Most of the statues we're talking about were installed during the Civil Rights era as an explicit flex meant to intimidate African Americans.

exe34 on Feb 2, 2025 | [–]

here in the UK we had the same burn the -witch+statue- panic and ours were imperial leaders of some sort - but the people they oppressed were oceans away.

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