Tim CE
Tim CE
Aug 25, 2017 · 1 min read

2. But of course we shouldn’t remove monuments to Washington and Jefferson. That would be absurd.

I would deny premise 2.

Memorialization and heroization are different. The latter is socially, politically, and ethically insidious. And these statues generally perform the latter function at the expense of any otherwise-redeeming function.

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