Re: The Protest Thread
Posted: Fri June 12, 2020 12:42 pm
Red Mosquito
The Protest Thread
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Re: The Protest Thread
Posted: Fri June 12, 2020 1:12 pm
how does Dougg do it?doug rr wrote:
Re: The Protest Thread
Posted: Fri June 12, 2020 1:21 pm
Do we really want to walk through a city that only has safe statues of nice people? I want to see the whole story. I want statues of tyrants, peasants, slavers, abolitionists, soldiers, murderers, explorers... I want the whole story of a people. And I want it in the city, not some dusty museum! The history should be lived daily. I want to be immersed in it. Anything less is unaesthetic.
But the future is a million cloned statues of MLK surrounded by gray soviet block housing. Then we'll finally be safe.
But the future is a million cloned statues of MLK surrounded by gray soviet block housing. Then we'll finally be safe.
Re: The Protest Thread
Posted: Fri June 12, 2020 1:42 pm
What is the purpose of a statue? Aren't they to honor our heroes or commemorate great sacrifice?
I mean, if they are to learn from history and share the whole story, we need statues of Osama bin Laden at Ground Zero and Isoroku Yamamoto at Pearl Harbor and Jeffrey Dahmer in Canton, Ohio.
I mean, if they are to learn from history and share the whole story, we need statues of Osama bin Laden at Ground Zero and Isoroku Yamamoto at Pearl Harbor and Jeffrey Dahmer in Canton, Ohio.
Re: The Protest Thread
Posted: Fri June 12, 2020 1:44 pm
I like it.B wrote:What is the purpose of a statue? Aren't they to honor our heroes or commemorate great sacrifice?
I mean, if they are to learn from history and share the whole story, we need statues of Osama bin Laden at Ground Zero and Isoroku Yamamoto at Pearl Harbor and Jeffrey Dahmer in Canton, Ohio.
Re: The Protest Thread
Posted: Fri June 12, 2020 1:45 pm
Nah I think I'll just go back to my earlier Genghis Khan take. I like that one better. Forget my last take, everyone. Disregard.
Re: The Protest Thread
Posted: Fri June 12, 2020 2:48 pm
This is the dumbest dumbguy understanding of the role statues play in public space.BurtReynolds wrote:I want the whole story of a people. And I want it in the city, not some dusty museum! The history should be lived daily.
Re: The Protest Thread
Posted: Fri June 12, 2020 2:48 pm
This is the dumbest dumbguy understanding of the role statues play in public space.BurtReynolds wrote:I want the whole story of a people. And I want it in the city, not some dusty museum! The history should be lived daily.
Re: The Protest Thread
Posted: Fri June 12, 2020 3:01 pm
Tbh I was very excited the showrunners were writing Burt back into the story but I feel like they made him extra cartoony and over the top. Are they just making up for all the Burtness we missed last season? Hopefully they settle into something that feels more natural and authentic
Re: The Protest Thread
Posted: Fri June 12, 2020 3:06 pm
Should statues only be those who lead perfect lives, and had similar values like those which the left holds in high esteem in 2020? And I guess the same in 2030, 2040 and onwards. Here they want to tear down statues of Churchill. Winning the war against fascists wasn’t enough.
Re: The Protest Thread
Posted: Fri June 12, 2020 3:07 pm
I'm talking about the role I think they should play. I'm innovating here!Mickey wrote:This is the dumbest dumbguy understanding of the role statues play in public space.BurtReynolds wrote:I want the whole story of a people. And I want it in the city, not some dusty museum! The history should be lived daily.
We need more statues, not less. Gimme more stories.
Re: The Protest Thread
Posted: Fri June 12, 2020 3:14 pm
Why do we need statues? Didn't we learn anything from golden cows in the Bible? Put up some art instead for Christ's sake.
Re: The Protest Thread
Posted: Fri June 12, 2020 3:15 pm
Statues are art.
Re: The Protest Thread
Posted: Fri June 12, 2020 3:17 pm
Statues are masturbationBurtReynolds wrote:Statues are art.
Re: The Protest Thread
Posted: Fri June 12, 2020 3:17 pm
Re: The Protest Thread
Posted: Fri June 12, 2020 3:18 pm
Bammer, what's going on in Capitol Hill?
Re: The Protest Thread
Posted: Fri June 12, 2020 3:18 pm
Technically the Red Army won the war against the Fascists.Anders wrote:Should statues only be those who lead perfect lives, and had similar values like those which the left holds in high esteem in 2020? And I guess the same in 2030, 2040 and onwards. Here they want to tear down statues of Churchill. Winning the war against fascists wasn’t enough.
Re: The Protest Thread
Posted: Fri June 12, 2020 3:21 pm
Yeah have you brought any tofu to the encampment for the commies?E.H. Ruddock wrote:Bammer, what's going on in Capitol Hill?
Re: The Protest Thread
Posted: Fri June 12, 2020 3:37 pm
They weren’t even on the allied side when the Nazis were steamrolling Europe. They changed sides because Hitler broke their pact. But of course we give huge thanks to the Soviet soldiers that helped turned the tide.Mickey wrote:Technically the Red Army won the war against the Fascists.Anders wrote:Should statues only be those who lead perfect lives, and had similar values like those which the left holds in high esteem in 2020? And I guess the same in 2030, 2040 and onwards. Here they want to tear down statues of Churchill. Winning the war against fascists wasn’t enough.
Re: The Protest Thread
Posted: Fri June 12, 2020 3:59 pm
Anders wrote:They weren’t even on the allied side when the Nazis were steamrolling Europe. They changed sides because Hitler broke their pact. But of course we give huge thanks to the Soviet soldiers thatMickey wrote:Technically the Red Army won the war against the Fascists.Anders wrote:Should statues only be those who lead perfect lives, and had similar values like those which the left holds in high esteem in 2020? And I guess the same in 2030, 2040 and onwards. Here they want to tear down statues of Churchill. Winning the war against fascists wasn’t enough.helped turned the tidecaptured Berlin.