re: Charlottesville unanimously votes to remove Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson statues

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No one said anything about that. YOU SAID that the dialogue regarding the statues is politically motivated, with the strong intention being that the political intentions invalidates the dialogue.

I'm using your own standard here, not anything you just posted above. If political intentions invalidate the discussion, then they invalidate the statues themselves as well, for the same reason.

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Politically motivated, yes, but that motivation is pointed at because of what are currently unacceptable moral standards - which is ok - were held by people of a certain regional affiliation. Slavery is wrong and should not be celebrated. But having a statue is not a "celebration," it's a historical monument. Nothing more. No one goes and pops champagne around a state of Robert E Lee. And he wasn't a terrible person, he had different moral positions from a long time ago.

Which is fine, I understand, but that means all Statues should be judged the same way. That's the standard. You can't stop at judging just the confederacy. We should pull down all statues of people with unacceptable morals when put against modern morals.

Anyone against homosexuality - should come down now as well.

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1. It's basically saying that if any statues are inappropriate, then all statues are inappropriate, which is downright silly.

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Wrong. It's saying all statues should be judged according to modern moral standards. If they don't pass, they should come down. That's the standard we SHOULD be setting by taking Confederate statues down.