Politics: General Removal of Statues Thread
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Cultural Marxism comes in many formats and disguises. Even Liberation Theology is based in Marx. I had the best Marxist professors in the country at FSU!It's still a country with a majority of colonizers...
Oh I had a Marxist professor at Bama in the '50s. He was laughed at behind his back. He thought he was being sly when he'd begin with "But there are different ways of doing things"...
Think different. Just do it. Because you’re worth it. The San Francisco Treat. I’m lovin’ it. It’s finger licking good. We are Farmers. The Best a Man Can Get.
I think this thread is just for repeating slogans over & over. My apologies if it’s not but it seemed like it was.
The most interesting places I've visited boast a rich visual history. The Colosseum and Roman Forum ... the Acropolis in Athens... Hagia Sofia in Istanbul ... Old Bagan, Myanmar... Angkor Wat in Cambodia. The most fascinating area of Moldova for me was Transnistria, precisely because statues of Lenin survived the fall of the Soviet Union.
I would have loved to see the United States develop its own rich visual history, with each generation adding perspective to the tapestry of tolerance and progress. Instead it seems our fate is to go a very different -- and much more common -- direction.
Yes, something important is lost when intolerant violent mobs (the Taliban, ISIS, and others today in our country) destroy irreplaceable evidence of our past. Violence and ignorance are never wise choices, and what's happening now is comparable to burning piles of "offensive" books.
Recently in Martinique the mob destroyed statues of French abolitionist Victor Schœlcher, who authored the decree that abolished African slavery in France’s colonies. Ironically the mob's stated cause was "Pan-Africanism." I've visited regions of Africa where slavery is still widely practiced today. Slavery was criminalized in Mauritania in 2007, but sadly some 15% of the population is still living in slavery.
Even Pol Pot did not raze ancient statues as he declared "Year Zero" of his communist utopia. He simply started out with the mass murder. When I toured Cambodia I was amazed that such a groupthink horror as the Khmer Rouge could have occurred in modern times. But now I understand how it happens.
I would have loved to see the United States develop its own rich visual history, with each generation adding perspective to the tapestry of tolerance and progress. Instead it seems our fate is to go a very different -- and much more common -- direction.
Yes, something important is lost when intolerant violent mobs (the Taliban, ISIS, and others today in our country) destroy irreplaceable evidence of our past. Violence and ignorance are never wise choices, and what's happening now is comparable to burning piles of "offensive" books.
Recently in Martinique the mob destroyed statues of French abolitionist Victor Schœlcher, who authored the decree that abolished African slavery in France’s colonies. Ironically the mob's stated cause was "Pan-Africanism." I've visited regions of Africa where slavery is still widely practiced today. Slavery was criminalized in Mauritania in 2007, but sadly some 15% of the population is still living in slavery.
Even Pol Pot did not raze ancient statues as he declared "Year Zero" of his communist utopia. He simply started out with the mass murder. When I toured Cambodia I was amazed that such a groupthink horror as the Khmer Rouge could have occurred in modern times. But now I understand how it happens.
The founder of Phoenix was a member of the CSA in the territory. His name was Jack Swilling. His wife was Mexican and adopted two Apache kids ( Boy and Girl).
The removal of statues has gone too far. I wonder how much the bots on social media, especially foreign ones, are behind it?
Excellent question and one which had crossed my mind also. They jump on any sign of conflict and try to magnify it. This one would be too good to pass up. The KGB has been doing this for decades and the SVR is just a relabeled KGB with updated modern weapons...
Here is a "Russian Bot":
www.newsweek.com
White Jesus Statues Should Be Torn Down, Activist Shaun King Says
"Yes, I think the statues of the white European they claim is Jesus should also come down," Shaun King tweeted. "They are a form of white supremacy. Always have been."
www.newsweek.com
You are missing the point of how they work. They don't invent the causes of friction. They just magnify it online, quite effectively...
A Houston protest, organized by Russian trolls
In May 2016 I covered a protest and counterprotest at the Da'wah Center in downtown...
I regard that as being a tiny percentage of their total operations, from the books I've read on the Russian troll farms...A Houston protest, organized by Russian trolls
In May 2016 I covered a protest and counterprotest at the Da'wah Center in downtown...www.houstonchronicle.com
Then how come Russian Bots haven't been found that quickly for the Statue removals? If this one was found so quickly.A Houston protest, organized by Russian trolls
In May 2016 I covered a protest and counterprotest at the Da'wah Center in downtown...
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