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Statues and Diversity: a lament
Posted on 5/19/17 at 7:56 am
Posted on 5/19/17 at 7:56 am
In New Orleans, diversity is dead.
Uni-thought is the only permissible way.
Diversity would tolerate both historic Civil War monuments and more recent expressions of civil rights aspirations and the struggle.
But Mitch the Mayor says no. A craven city council enables the deed under the flimsiest of pretexts.
Thus with the removal of the final statue, diversity in New Orleans has died a coldly calculated death.
We are all the poorer for it.
Goodbye New Orleans.
Diversity there has died.
Uni-thought is the only permissible way.
Diversity would tolerate both historic Civil War monuments and more recent expressions of civil rights aspirations and the struggle.
But Mitch the Mayor says no. A craven city council enables the deed under the flimsiest of pretexts.
Thus with the removal of the final statue, diversity in New Orleans has died a coldly calculated death.
We are all the poorer for it.
Goodbye New Orleans.
Diversity there has died.
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Posted on 5/19/17 at 7:57 am to JawjaTigah
For the love of everything holy, stop with all of the statue threads. I know you think you have new, valuable insight, but you really don't.
Posted on 5/19/17 at 7:58 am to JawjaTigah
so much hyperbole
Posted on 5/19/17 at 7:58 am to AbitaFan08
Thank you for your valuable insight AbitaFan08 and Salmon.
This post was edited on 5/19/17 at 7:59 am
Posted on 5/19/17 at 7:59 am to JawjaTigah
Why not honor a true NOLA legend
Whose going to get the kickstarter going?
Whose going to get the kickstarter going?
Posted on 5/19/17 at 7:59 am to JawjaTigah
Diversity is about celebrating different ideas and perspectives. Many times in order to celebrate such, it is necessary to eliminate many ideas and perspectives in order to celebrate only the ones that are worthy of celebration. That's true diversity.
Posted on 5/19/17 at 8:02 am to LucasP
quote:You could have stopped there and we would have agreed. But you went on and denied or contradicted your original premise. Diversity is side by side, not either/or. The latter is totalitarian thought.
Diversity is about celebrating different ideas and perspectives.
Posted on 5/19/17 at 8:03 am to JawjaTigah
What a lament is? I got a cousin named Lamont.
Posted on 5/19/17 at 8:03 am to AbitaFan08
quote:
For the love of everything holy, stop with all of the statue threads. I know you think you have new, valuable insight, but you really don't.
Up vote to the max.
These people are as bad as the statue people.
Posted on 5/19/17 at 8:03 am to terd ferguson
Upvote
Posted on 5/19/17 at 8:03 am to JawjaTigah
quote:
The latter is totalitarian thought.
LOL you're so wrong you don't even know it.
Posted on 5/19/17 at 8:03 am to JawjaTigah
But many times in order to achieve true diversity, some thoughts must be silenced in order to make way for truly different and varying points of view. You agree with this correct?
Posted on 5/19/17 at 8:06 am to terd ferguson
quote:
What a lament is? I got a cousin named Lamont.
Posted on 5/19/17 at 8:08 am to LucasP
There is nothing wrong with silencing certain perspectives if they're not the correct ones.
All perspectives are equal, however some are more equal than others.
All perspectives are equal, however some are more equal than others.
Posted on 5/19/17 at 8:10 am to Centinel
quote:
All perspectives are equal, however some are more equal than others.
Just like people. Now let the healing begin.
Posted on 5/19/17 at 8:11 am to LucasP
quote:
But many times in order to achieve true diversity, some thoughts must be silenced in order to make way for truly different and varying points of view. You agree with this correct?
I’ve got alotta memories in my life, and sometimes you have to dump the small ones to make room for the bigger ones. But sometimes when you try to dump the smaller ones – you think they’re gone but they’re not. They’re sittin’ there, waiting to pick up exactly where they left off. No matter if there are new memories standing in their way or not.
Posted on 5/19/17 at 8:11 am to Centinel
quote:Straight out of Orwell's Animal Farm. Lol.
All perspectives are equal, however some are more equal than others.
The trick is who gets to decide which perspective is correct. You? Me? Who?
Posted on 5/19/17 at 8:12 am to JawjaTigah
NEW ORLEANS frickIN SUCKS
Posted on 5/19/17 at 8:14 am to JawjaTigah
Orwell wrote 1984
Posted on 5/19/17 at 8:15 am to JawjaTigah
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The trick is who gets to decide which perspective is correct
Nobody gets to "decide", that's like saying who gets to decide what color the sky is. Things are correct or they aren't. And when they're not correct, we have people who remove those ideas, that's how society works.
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