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defacto7

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11. When you look at Mt. Rushmore what do you think about?

Reply to uppityperson (Original post)

Wed Aug 16, 2017, 06:43 PM

Aug 2017

When you see the Statue of Liberty what goes through your mind?
These guys should be in textbooks and in context, not open to subjective opinion for whatever future generations want to make of them. These statues are artistically formed to be elevated monuments and that is not where these personalities belong in our nation.

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How does taking down a statue "change history"? [View all] uppityperson Aug 2017 OP

It doesn't, seems like a strawman argument no? Americans shouldn't memorialize traitors IMHO uponit7771 Aug 2017 #1

Who said taking down the statues was to change history? Bladewire Aug 2017 #2

Chumpy was saying that during his latest crazy rant. MoonRiver Aug 2017 #4

Trump, white supremacists, Nazis, backers of them it's been a common thing the last couple days uppityperson Aug 2017 #5

Just another stupid statement from the Idiot in Chief. MoonRiver Aug 2017 #3

In a twisted way. Those statues serve to glorify and honor the confederate idiots for some kind The_Casual_Observer Aug 2017 #6

It doesn't change history. It changes the future, and that is what they are afraid of. Caliman73 Aug 2017 #7

Spot on take n/t Bradshaw3 Aug 2017 #8

It Doesn't - They Are Deflecting Leith Aug 2017 #9

Or culture, as Trump said Suburban Warrior Aug 2017 #10

When you look at Mt. Rushmore what do you think about? defacto7 Aug 2017 #11