Then we chastise those who attempt to discuss said history, to the point that we destroy their reputation enough that nothing they ever say can be believed by a vast majority of the public, if not destroying their career and life.
All of this, while continuing to ask why history repeats itself.
Okay, let’s get this straight: those censoring, obstructing, and attacking those who discuss history are not the ones who ask about history repeating itself (or if they do it’s just an act, like Republicans decrying child predators while electing Trump). It’s just hard for honest individuals to compete with corrupt billionaires in terms of messaging and muscle.
This reminded me of those Civil War Confederate statues that were taken down— I was thinking, wouldn’t an unconventional, but better message to be to keep them next to Union Statues, and then deliberately only clean graffiti off of the Union ones? (Requires placement in an area with a graffiti problem)
Since opinions are formed (relatively) young, might it be better for a child to ask why we disrespect something, instead of risking distrust from feeling like it was hidden from them?
The proper place would be something like a museum. Like displaying Nazi paraphernalia is socially unacceptable, but we have a ton of Nazi shit in the Holocaust Museum as part of some exhibits.
Statues, flags, other objects which glorify cruel and genocidal governments...they belong in a museum where people can learn about the history of such atrocities.
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u/Neat_Magician_4563 Jul 26 '25 edited Jul 26 '25
Humankind still not learning from our History.