Ana the Ist
Aggressively serene!
In that example, to not have statues of slave owners.
Why? Who are you or anyone else to say who a sculptor can sculpt a statue of?
Yup. But we're not talking about sculpture in general, are we? We're talking about a particular kind of statue, with a particular intent behind it. And that's what this reckoning is about - who should really get to have this kind of statue, and in what context.
No offense....but the statue destroying side lost all credibility on that argument . I had this discussion just a few years ago when they were tearing down statues of Lee and various other Confederate figures. I was told it was all about the intent of whomever put up the statue.
That's clearly either an argument from ignorance or a plain lie at this point. Grant doesn't symbolize slavery, the confederacy, or any legacy of racism. Those things certainly aren't the reason why the statue was created.
Hard disagree. That's the point of putting them up in the first place. You and I might not engage much in the practice of American civil religion (I don't even stand for the anthem, personally), but that is the intent. To venerate these men, and their life's work. That's how you get people willing to kill and die over them.
Did someone kill or die over the statue?
I think the meaning is quite clear - don't venerate slave owners, or perpetrators of genocide.
I don't see sculpture in itself as an act of veneration. If you do....tell me who the statue of David venerates.
Sure it is. It's a whole bunch of individual opinions converging toward a prevailing attitude. Not sure what you mean by "collective understanding", but that's all I mean.
What prevailing attitude?
And I don't know why it happens, either. Just that it happens.
In this case....blatantly false historical revisionism and the ignorant masses.
His example is an easy one to figure out. For me, anyway:
Because he married into a slave owning family.
It doesn't erase any of his accomplishments. It doesn't impede us from taking inspiration from his good deeds. All it means is, he doesn't get a particular kind of statue. He doesn't get to have that particular kind of reverent representation, in public display.
Why should you get to decide who gets a statue? Shouldn't the sculptor decide?
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