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Charlie Brown

(2,797 posts) Tue Jul 14, 2015, 02:55 PM Jul 2015

Stone Mt's Dem, AA Congressman has no problem with the carving remaining.

with all the shouting I'm seeing here about it today, that may as well be factored into the discussion.

http://atlanta.cbslocal.com/2015/07/13/atlanta-naacp-says-they-can-sand-blast-lee-jefferson-and-jackson-off-of-stone-mountain/

http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2015/07/14/sandblasting-the-confederate-faces-off-stone-mountain-yeah-right/

“Should we blast those images off Stone Mountain? How far do we go? Stone Mountain is a Confederate area, heritage area, I guess you would call it. And but it is a public park that all of us go to, and I guess we have to all keep it in perspective.

“I view Stone Mountain as more of a museum-type archaeological place of remembrance for those who want to remember back then and they have a right to remember back then and the park is there."

“So I think the park is not the same as the state capitol or an office building where official business is being taken care of. Stone Mountain is like a park, and sure it’s a Confederate park, and so I respect it being there.”

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Stone Mt's Dem, AA Congressman has no problem with the carving remaining. (Original Post) Charlie Brown Jul 2015 OP

Destroying a piece of art we don't like Agnosticsherbet Jul 2015 #1

Place something akin to this... LanternWaste Jul 2015 #2

It's one thing to take down a flag that is offensive to half the population Warpy Jul 2015 #3

Not necessary. Bree Newsome can climb up there and plant a Confederate flag in Lee's hand. KamaAina Jul 2015 #4

Agnosticsherbet

(11,619 posts)

1. Destroying a piece of art we don't like

Reply to Charlie Brown (Original post)

Tue Jul 14, 2015, 03:08 PM

Jul 2015

Is the same, to me, as burning books we don't like, or AG John Ashcroft putting drapes over statues of
Naked justice.

It is wrong.

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)

2. Place something akin to this...

Reply to Charlie Brown (Original post)

Tue Jul 14, 2015, 03:31 PM

Jul 2015

Place something akin to this...

adjacent to the original carving and it would allow additional art and additional context.

Warpy

(111,261 posts)

3. It's one thing to take down a flag that is offensive to half the population

Reply to Charlie Brown (Original post)

Tue Jul 14, 2015, 04:05 PM

Jul 2015

and quite another to destroy a monument. Doing the latter is what the Taliban and ISIS have done to their heritage sites that don't conform to their interpretation of how things ought to be.

The former is correcting a current and ongoing insult. The latter is revisionism, trying to destroy a historical record in an attempt to make it more palatable. I'm perfectly happy to have old Confederate monuments stand, they record the past even for those of us who don't afford it much honor.

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)

4. Not necessary. Bree Newsome can climb up there and plant a Confederate flag in Lee's hand.