Alien Overlord wrote:Kannap wrote:
Bring down every Confederate statue that's in the public plaza, change every school, bridge, street, etc. named after Confederate generals, take every Confederate flag off government flagpoles.
So, censor anything that you find distasteful? Gotcha.
A statue, the name of a school or a public plaza, none of that actually affects anyone in a meaningful way. Especially those who don't live around these things. As previously mentioned, these people are all DEAD. So who cares if the South wants to have a statue of them? Why does it honestly matter, and more so-why do some people feel it is justifiable to try and bring change on a community that isn't their own? The only people who should decide to take down the statue or rename the school are those actually living in the community where these things are. If people were as concerned about their own communities as they were about communities three states away, then our country would be a shining beacon of wealth and prosperity.
There's no censorship in the government ceasing to honour a person. The people are still free to say whatever they like, to put up statues on their own land, etc. They just don't get to do it through the government.