League_Girl wrote:
I wont be surprised when this gets compared to confederate statues being vandalized and torn down.
Well somebody has to do this
Copycats are a thing. Over the last year this method of political expression has become somewhat normalized and excused. Objections to this tactic have been mocked. Once the bar was lowered it was inevitable that this tactic would be used on statues people on the left admire.
I personally do not think George Floyd deserves statues. There is his substantial criminal record. That argument is not a dealbreaker. I have always argued that in some cases keeping monuments to really bad people is warranted because monuments celebrate the extraordinary accomplishments. It has been argued that George Floyd ignited arguably the most widespread political protest movement in American history that has changed history by radically changing how people view American history and America today. The problem is George Floyd did no such thing, he was at the wrong place at the wrong time. If you must replace and replace the sculptures of the Presidents on top of Mt. Rushmore with the founders of Black Lives Matter, Ibram X. Kendi, and Robin DeAngelo. In the park below have representations of the peaceful protesters and the rioters. While I would despise that, these are the people that actually accomplished the change.
None of the above changes my desire that whomever did this gets caught and given the maximum so that they be made an example of. While I agree that it would be unfair and a double standard of the highest order, the long road from mob rule has to start somewhere.
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