Jessie Matanky
Aug 23, 2017 · 1 min read

Removing the glorifying symbolism and replacing it with memorials and educational museums and monuments. Educate in schools with objective and rational thought about the truth. That was Germany’s strategy. They didn’t erase the history by taking down statues, they simply rephrased it in a more appropriate way.

Cultures, and governments should be allowed to change their mind about what deserves monuments and what doesn’t. We shouldn’t have to keep every statue that we ever built just because we once revered it. Abhorrence is a valid reason to remove something from public eye. We can teach children and communities without the statues there.

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