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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
Again, whitewashing history is offensive.
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Have you explained what you mean by this yet? It’s not an example of whitewashing, so forgive me, but I really don’t see the connection you’re making.
How does removing the statue whitewash history? How does a statue of John A better represent the full story of his history over a plaque that actually talks about it? In what sense do you believe that replacing “half the story” with “the full story” is whitewashing history?
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To whitewash is a metaphor meaning "to gloss over or cover up vices, crimes or scandals or to exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data"
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Given what whitewashing actually means, how does this accomplish this? I’d agree if it was being removed to pretend the bad stuff never happened,
but it’s literally the opposite.