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Erin L. Thompson
artcrimeprof
Since I'm writing a book about controversies about American monuments, I thought I'd check out this new sitcom about a controversy over an American monument, and let me tell you,
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Dave Steele
LucidSpin
A short, personal thread on monuments: I am in favor of removing public monuments of traitors, particularly when those monuments are specifically intended to glorify the figure's treachery. If they're
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johnny🌰
johnny11w
statues and monuments aren't history. history is history. people create statues and monuments as a reflection of how they want to remember the past, but that's an inherently romanticized exercise.the
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Rebecca Starkey 😷
UChiLibrarian
An interesting experience visiting the UK is to walk through a cathedral over the barely legible inscriptions on the floor about people buried there. Once they were so important to
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Shem Horne
Shem_Infinite
This is a great Executive Order, it builds on what AG Barr was already doing (prosecuting rioters and vandals and going after the anarchist groups) and also forces states and
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Ben Shapiro
benshapiro
The vile media mischaracterization of Trump's July 4 speech is extraordinary gaslighting. The speech wasn't dark. And it wasn't "out of nowhere" or "aggressive." It was prompted by weeks of
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Shem Horne
Shem_Infinite
President Trump's Executive Order "Protecting American monuments, memorials, and statues and combating recent criminal violence" includes withholding federal funding from state and local governments that refuse to protect publ
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Frank Luntz
FrankLuntz
These words are inscribed on the wall at Auschwitz, where a memorial is maintained so we never forget.Leaving most monuments in place while stating the inhumanities associated with them is
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monument luvr
monumentluvr
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, a monument is "a statue, building, or other structure erected to commemorate a famous or notable person or event." But have you ever thought
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A Gentleman in Virginia
taotetek
The simplest way to protect people in Richmond from being hurt when removing monuments would be to help people remove the monuments that City Council already voted to remove.https://www.richmond.com/news/local/its-unanimous-all-nine-richmon
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#socialjusticenerd
BreRVA
But y’all keep cheering about monuments being removed. All these racist systems need to be torn all the way down. Monuments are figureheads. Community organizers are being attacked daily by
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Teresa Lee 🏳️🌈
leresatee
not to freak u guys out but here's a thread that might freak u out, someone pls prove me wrong & convince me i am in a tin foil hat
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Dr Eleanor Janega
GoingMedieval
Look it is the return of the WORST TAKE about defending keeping confederate monuments. I know you are not all credulous basics, so you know why this take is stupid
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Adam Habib
AdHabb
1.I pondered hard about releasing this thread. It will be received hostilely by some of the more intolerant of our activists. Yet we cannot be intimidated from deliberating on issues
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ndnviewpoint
mahtowin1
Just after Trump finished speaking at Mount Rushmore today, the White House released an Executive Order on rebuilding monuments and creating more. There is so much to deconstruct here.https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executiv
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Mike Duncan
mikeduncan
I think this gets it entirely backward. The treason/traitor angle is far less important than WHY the Confederacy went into rebellion and WHY the monuments were later erected. The values
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