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Persona
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Persona wrote:
of a crowd pulling down a statue of a slave trader and throwing it in the docks?

honestly brought a tear to my eye
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Date: 08-06-2020 10:33
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Raquelle wrote:
yea
i loved the videos
it was moving really
and the right thing to do 100%
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Date: 08-06-2020 10:35
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Sobbing wrote:
haha statue go swim
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Date: 08-06-2020 10:36
Persona
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Persona wrote:
wish i had been there! would have been beautiful to witness
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Date: 08-06-2020 12:07
Laboratory
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Laboratory wrote:
Catpods wrote:
haha statue go swim
AAAAAA statue go blubblub
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Date: 08-06-2020 12:11
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DEITY wrote:
Laboratory wrote:
Catpods wrote:
haha statue go swim
AAAAAA statue go blubblub
it go drown 
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Date: 08-06-2020 12:19
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Specter wrote:
as funny as it is, one of the Black cosplayers i followed commented that they had the same last name as the slave trader (meaning that their ancestors were most likely sold by him) and it just kind of put into perspective like. yeah the memes are funny and all but i wish a lot more people realized the significance of WHY the statues were getting destroyed/going into lakes. like i've seen people make memes and in the same breath turn around and go 'okay but we need to retrieve the statue because HiStOrY'

but YEAH statue go swim may it never be recovered
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Date: 08-06-2020 12:25
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DEITY wrote:
Specter wrote:
as funny as it is, one of the Black cosplayers i followed commented that they had the same last name as the slave trader (meaning that their ancestors were most likely sold by him) and it just kind of put into perspective like. yeah the memes are funny and all but i wish a lot more people realized the significance of WHY the statues were getting destroyed/going into lakes. like i've seen people make memes and in the same breath turn around and go 'okay but we need to retrieve the statue because HiStOrY'

but YEAH statue go swim may it never be recovered
damn, the whole thing must make that person feel a lot of feelings, im sure theres a lot of other people in the same situation, which is fucked up that all that stuff has even ever happened, thank u for sharing!
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Date: 08-06-2020 12:26
Persona
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Persona wrote:
Specter wrote:
as funny as it is, one of the Black cosplayers i followed commented that they had the same last name as the slave trader (meaning that their ancestors were most likely sold by him) and it just kind of put into perspective like. yeah the memes are funny and all but i wish a lot more people realized the significance of WHY the statues were getting destroyed/going into lakes. like i've seen people make memes and in the same breath turn around and go 'okay but we need to retrieve the statue because HiStOrY'

but YEAH statue go swim may it never be recovered
yep! people being all 'but but vandalism! mob control!' can fuck off
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Date: 08-06-2020 12:30
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Duchess wrote:
yeah i saw that video, why did they have a statue of a slave trader?
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Date: 08-06-2020 12:33
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Specter wrote:
Fleaur wrote:
yeah i saw that video, why did they have a statue of a slave trader?

they're sadly common in america/UK, in the US they're excused as "civil war heroes" and if you want them taken down, you're called "anti-american"

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Date: 08-06-2020 12:38
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yeah, the statue shouldn't have been there in the first place, glad it got thrown in the docks

a really powerfull move, since many of the slaves found their death by drowning.

like imagening a statue of hitler or mussolini in the town, would those be defended too and the bbbbbut history argument isn't good either, a statue is something to honor a person, not to remember history.

if you absolutely want to preserve it, put it in a museum surrounded by the stories and pictures of their victims, in a context to show how horrible they were.
Date: 08-06-2020 12:39
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DEITY wrote:
Specter wrote:
Fleaur wrote:
yeah i saw that video, why did they have a statue of a slave trader?

they're sadly common in america/UK, in the US they're excused as "civil war heroes" and if you want them taken down, you're called "anti-american"
thats just messed up
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Date: 08-06-2020 12:40
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Specter wrote:
Persona wrote:
Specter wrote:
as funny as it is, one of the Black cosplayers i followed commented that they had the same last name as the slave trader (meaning that their ancestors were most likely sold by him) and it just kind of put into perspective like. yeah the memes are funny and all but i wish a lot more people realized the significance of WHY the statues were getting destroyed/going into lakes. like i've seen people make memes and in the same breath turn around and go 'okay but we need to retrieve the statue because HiStOrY'

but YEAH statue go swim may it never be recovered
yep! people being all 'but but vandalism! mob control!' can fuck off

definitely!!!

also wanna add, since i saw several people talking about how they saw the video- DONT SHARE THE VIDEO (or any video that shows the faces of protestors) . several faces are visible and protestors are known to "disappear"
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Date: 08-06-2020 12:40
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Specter wrote:
disintegration wrote:
yeah, the statue shouldn't have been there in the first place, glad it got thrown in the docks

a really powerfull move, since many of the slaves found their death by drowning.

like imagening a statue of hitler or mussolini in the town, would those be defended too and the bbbbbut history argument isn't good either, a statue is something to honor a person, not to remember history.

if you absolutely want to preserve it, put it in a museum surrounded by the stories and pictures of their victims, in a context to show how horrible they were.

the issue with keeping the statues in museums is that it basically offers a gathering circle for the exact same hate groups, except now the statue is preserved and kept safe so it can't be taken down the same way it was in public

if the statues are shown in a museum at all, it needs to be in photographs alongside the tools and instruments that were used on slaves, not in a complete piece
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Date: 08-06-2020 12:46
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DEITY wrote:
Specter wrote:
disintegration wrote:
yeah, the statue shouldn't have been there in the first place, glad it got thrown in the docks

a really powerfull move, since many of the slaves found their death by drowning.

like imagening a statue of hitler or mussolini in the town, would those be defended too and the bbbbbut history argument isn't good either, a statue is something to honor a person, not to remember history.

if you absolutely want to preserve it, put it in a museum surrounded by the stories and pictures of their victims, in a context to show how horrible they were.

the issue with keeping the statues in museums is that it basically offers a gathering circle for the exact same hate groups, except now the statue is preserved and kept safe so it can't be taken down the same way it was in public

if the statues are shown in a museum at all, it needs to be in photographs alongside the tools and instruments that were used on slaves, not in a complete piece
yea thats a good point, then it's more associated with the actual events and not "glorified"
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Date: 08-06-2020 12:48
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