Blah Blah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The toppling of the statue in Bristol, makes sense > in the context of the demonstrations. > > Anger at a statue is not the same as violence > towards Police and others (which is never > acceptable), so I never feel too much outrage at > graffiti on statues. That can always be removed > easily. And to be fair, Churchill WAS a racist. > Yes he was the right person for the job during > WW2, but he was also responsible for the fiasco of > Gallipoli, and other controversial decisions. So > for some, Churchill is a mixed bag. It does not > take away from WW2 to discuss that and I think we > have every right to question the narrative around > some of those we laud from history. It is about > balance and fairness at the end of the day. The > whitewashing of history is something black people > have always been aware of. There are no lessons to > be learned from history in doing that. How can we > understand the rage of another group if we never > see where that rage stems from? > > On Bristol, there had been a long standing > campaign to remove/ amend this statue, ignored by > the local council. So very few are mourning its > loss. I agree that the best place for it once > retrieved, is in a museum, where the good and bad > of historical figures can be considered in > context. In its place, I would like to see a > memorial to the slaves he exploited. That would be > a powerful statement and a poignant tale of > protest. One for the history books in fact : Your post doesn't make sense.