AlwaysWrite
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"Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right."
-- George Orwell - "1984"
Some people seem hell-bent on removing various statues and artifacts -- including Confederate flags and statues -- because they feel that such items represent unsavory things from this nation's past. But if one group's historical monuments are torn down now, how long will it be before no group's monuments are safe?
Every war in world history has caused pain and suffering, so should all statues regarding World War I, World War II or the Korean War be removed as well? If the Civil War monuments need to go because of feelings generated, should Martin Luther King statues come down because of feelings generated by the 1960s riots?
Why not burn all the books while we're busy tearing down statues? How can we remember and learn from the past if we remove all records of it?
The "sanitation" or eradication of our history to make certain groups feel better shouldn't be considered a good thing. Our history -- whether good or bad, pleasant or unpleasant -- must remain the foundation of teachable moments of time for the generations that follow.
Why are we allowing a relatively small group of people to dictate our history? We need to halt such nonsense and learn to live with and accept the past.
-- George Orwell - "1984"
Some people seem hell-bent on removing various statues and artifacts -- including Confederate flags and statues -- because they feel that such items represent unsavory things from this nation's past. But if one group's historical monuments are torn down now, how long will it be before no group's monuments are safe?
Every war in world history has caused pain and suffering, so should all statues regarding World War I, World War II or the Korean War be removed as well? If the Civil War monuments need to go because of feelings generated, should Martin Luther King statues come down because of feelings generated by the 1960s riots?
Why not burn all the books while we're busy tearing down statues? How can we remember and learn from the past if we remove all records of it?
The "sanitation" or eradication of our history to make certain groups feel better shouldn't be considered a good thing. Our history -- whether good or bad, pleasant or unpleasant -- must remain the foundation of teachable moments of time for the generations that follow.
Why are we allowing a relatively small group of people to dictate our history? We need to halt such nonsense and learn to live with and accept the past.