RE: Statues, Monuments, and Monsters, OH MY... I introduce the "Nose of history".
The statues are only the beginning if these maniacs have their way. The statues are the most visible reminders of the past in the public eye. Then they will move to burn the books that could counter their historical revisionism as the unthinking madness it is.
Others have already pointed out that based on the logic being used today, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights should be destroyed because some of the people involved were slave holders.
If I were a betting man, I would predict using historical slavery as the hot button topic to efface history, denigrate American values and overthrow its institutions will catch up to the present soon.
When the powder has been primed and the fuse set, the vast tide of historical and functional illiterates will be informed that slavery wasn't actually abolished by the 13th Amendment, just restricted to those who have committed crimes. The spark will be the connection being drawn to the over-criminalization of American life and prison demographics.
I hope I'm wrong.
Yep, slavery was not abolished just moved into prisons. Out of sight out of mind. I believe it is one of the main reasons so many victimless crimes carry long prison sentences. Slave labor. I've also written before that "Made in America" is not a great thing to say if it was made inside a prison, and more and more goods are being manufactured by prisons, more and more service jobs are being taken over by prisons. We talk about outsourcing jobs, yet at the same time we are doing the same thing but into prisons.
Yes, I remember reading Made in America, that was a really good post. We are definitely of one mind on this issue.