re: On a scale of 1 to 10 how dangerous is the revisionist history attempt of Mitch Landrieu?

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So you don't have a problem with then pulling down Andrew Jackson?

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Are they?

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Are they?

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Takem Down New Orleans wants to. I am sure Mitch will acquiesce sooner or later.

It's just a statue, right? What's the big deal if they do?

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I'm going to say 1 out of respect for the question. I would go lower of the question allowed. The statues themselves, and their removal, are bar meaningless. It is simply an object/cause for snowflakes of different ideologies to congregate around

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I love how this is a uniquely American problem. The rest of the world has plenty of statues of people throughout history that are controversial that stay up because people like to remember what happened there.

There's tons of examples of this in Europe. Meanwhile in PC USA they tear down anything that might make someone remember what happened.

The bayou country superfest will be in NOLA this year. That crowd may decide to boycott the city. The economic impact could be huge. Something Mitch didn't think about before taking the statues down

10. And the real horror show will be in what "they" decide to replace these historical artworks with.

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I love how this is a uniquely American problem. The rest of the world has plenty of statues of people throughout history that are controversial that stay up because people like to remember what happened there.

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Go to Germany and count how many statues and memorials there are for the Third Reich.

I don't think the intent is to erase/revise history. Those are criticisms of emotion.

The concerning aspect of this is how easily our elected officials will acquiesce to the criticism of a tiny minority who don't represent the constituents. The game plan is aways the same: yell racism/discrimination, start an online campaign, yell it louder, wait for elected officials to crumble.

This just goes to show you how important local elections are. If you're serious about this country, we cannot let any more Democrats occupy those city council seats. We have to be just as loud as the opposition. We have to be just as ruthless. Find weaknesses and exploit them. Identify corruption and spotlight it.

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see people avoiding that city like the plague. You don't revise history, to control the message, or limit thought, without repercussions.

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The average New Orleans tourist doesn't give a shite about statues and likely won't even know what you are talking about if you asked them

is it revisionist history or is it an attempt at a national name and donkey support for further political ambitions.

I have no love for the Confederacy or its symbols, but this is not right.

Here's why: these statues are the first dominos to fall. There's always more. The people who want to rewrite history will stop at nothing. First it's the monuments. Street names and school names will follow. Then school curricula (they are already at work here), then watch what will happen next. I guarantee you that books about the Civil War and the slavery period will begin to be "restricted access" in libraries, and eventually they will disappear from the shelves. Then primary source access will be "restricted."

These folks truly believe they operate from the moral high ground. And as such, they will leverage it over and over again. Push back on it, and they will double down. Guaranteed. Cat is out of the bag. Good luck getting it back in.