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Statues of ‘old white men’ may need to be destroyed, Welsh government advises

by nhchris on 3/14/23, 10:09 PM with 19 comments

  • by Blackstrat on 3/14/23, 10:42 PM

    Wouldn’t it be more effective to identify achievements by non-whites as opposed to eradicating achievements by whites. The former elevates everyone while the latter diminishes everyone. At some point, the world has to recognize that non-whites don’t need paternalistic care.
  • by realjhol on 3/14/23, 10:46 PM

    Understand that the revolution absolutely will not stop. It doesn't matter if you think there is a double standard. It doesn't matter if you supported everything they did up until now. It doesn't matter how loudly you complain.

    They hate you, and they won't stop until every strand of your heritage is destroyed.

  • by proc0 on 3/14/23, 11:17 PM

    When everything is about power, even history is a threat. It's sad some people fall for this pessimistic and divisive ideology.
  • by musicale on 3/14/23, 10:52 PM

    > Major changes are not expected.
  • by PKop on 3/14/23, 11:42 PM

    Empire and those old White men who created it for their civilization are good, actually and should be celebrated by their descendants. Everyone alive today is here because someone amongst their ancestors was "aggressive" and expanded as necessary to acquire resources and territory while defeating those that opposed them doing this.
  • by newaccount74 on 3/14/23, 10:49 PM

    Good luck. In Austria we have hundreds of streets named after Nazi collaborators, but there's a huge resistance to changing the names. Same when someone wants to remove a statue placed by Nazis.

    When commemorative plaques are placed for victims of Nazi violence, they are defaced or destroyed.

    There are a lot of people who just don't want to hear that our ancestors weren't all that noble.

  • by steponlego on 3/14/23, 10:34 PM

    Wonder what the next step after that is? Nah I’m kidding, I think we all know what’s next.
  • by nhchris on 3/14/23, 10:09 PM