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Originally posted by JimL View PostWhy not, Columbus was an evil inhumane monster. If you were German would you put up statues honoring Hitler?
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Originally posted by JimL View PostI compare evil with evil and Columbus was no less evil than Hitler.
Also, we're not talking about Columbus here, so I'm not sure why you brought him up. We're talking about William McKinley, who, as far as I can tell, wasn't guilty of anything particularly pernicious towards Native Americans. If it were a statue of Andrew Jackson I could understand, but McKinley being targeted feels outright random.
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Originally posted by lao tzu View PostThere is no such mountain.
Sorry, couldn't resist."I am not angered that the Moral Majority boys campaign against abortion. I am angry when the same men who say, "Save OUR children" bellow "Build more and bigger bombers." That's right! Blast the children in other nations into eternity, or limbless misery as they lay crippled from "OUR" bombers! This does not jell." - Leonard Ravenhill
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostSo the concept was approved by Congress while he was POTUS. But was carried out and horribly administered a few years after his death. Yeah, let's blame him.
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Originally posted by One Bad Pig View PostPeople looking for grievances will never be satisfied. They might just have to work a little harder to find something to protest.
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Originally posted by JimL View PostI compare evil with evil and Columbus was no less evil than Hitler.
I have no issue with valid comparisons to Hitler and the nazis - but I don't see this one as remotely plausible."He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." - Jim Elliot
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Originally posted by Terraceth View PostBlindly accepting the dramatically exaggerated attacks on Columbus is no better than blindly accepting the dramatically exaggerated praises heaped on him in the past.
Also, we're not talking about Columbus here, so I'm not sure why you brought him up. We're talking about William McKinley, who, as far as I can tell, wasn't guilty of anything particularly pernicious towards Native Americans. If it were a statue of Andrew Jackson I could understand, but McKinley being targeted feels outright random."He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." - Jim Elliot
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostHmmm.
Maybe you're on to something after all....
Or maybe you can now see just where such an asinine idea like that would lead us.“He felt that his whole life was a kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.” - Douglas Adams.
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Originally posted by Tassman View PostInvalid comparison! Political opponents cannot be compared to historical figures that set about the destruction of entire peoples. Such people should be reviled, not commemorated by monuments in public places.
Originally posted by Tassman View PostShouldn’t all statues that offend entire segments of the population be removed?
Now you want to move those goalposts clear out of the stadium.
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Actually it was named Dinali by native americans for most of its existence, and was never officially named Mckinley.
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