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Originally Posted by DiracSpike
I mean, no one explicitly used the words hero but these people don't deserve admiration that has been expressed for breaking the law and tying up the court system.
And I agree, Birth of a Nation came out in 1915 and the second iteration of the Klan occurred shortly after, so that factored in on some statues surely but they should be exmained case by case. There's worse examples of Confederate statues, there's one of Nathan Bedford Forrest in Tennessee that has no reason for existing.
I guess what I'm taking issue with is I care about the legality, if Durham had voted to get rid of that statue I'd be all for it. The standard of indiscriminately destroying any and all Confederate anything is a dangerous one. Also Minnie calling them schmucks isn't right, some poor 17 year old conscript from Virginia with no slaves getting his head blown off isn't my idea of a schmuck.
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The Durham statue would have already been removed by now if not for a recently passed state law requiring state approval for the removal of any monument. The mayor of Durham and the NC Governor, both democrats, want the statue gone but the republican super majority in the state house has prevented any city from getting rid of statues. It's civil disobedience and understandable given all the gas Trump keeps throwing on the fire.