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Foundry Workers Melt Down Charlottesville’s Divisive Robert E. Lee Statue (www.smithsonianmag.com)
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Eventually, an artist will be chosen to transform the bronze bars into a public art installation

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[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We tore down several confederate statues in New Orleans and it was very satisfying. It was “controversial” in the sense that not one actual resident of the city was upset but people in the suburbs were deeply offended. That made it even more fun.

[–] Salamendacious@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There shouldn't be any statues of American traitors.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Fun fact: for the traitors in question many of them explicitly wrote that they should never be immortalized with statues. Then Woodrow "Southern Revisionist" Wilson needed something to support his "historical research." He not only commissioned many of these statues, he fostered the second founding of the KKK, and segregated the federal government, among many other despicable things to help support Southern Revisionism, which he wrote. IIRC he was also involved in the film "Birth of a Nation." I highly recommend reading a synopsis of that film, unlike Schindler's List, no one should watch Birth of a Nation.

[–] crackajack@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So there is Woodrow Wilson before Trump when it comes to regressive policies.