This is entirely my opinion on the matter, not the ShanniiWrites Forums.
Now, letâs get back to the statues. The statues that are being vandalized are on federal property; this is why many cities who have removed their statues are being sued by the federal government of their states. They have a right to do so since they should have run it by the government before taking them down. Now, I would understand if they are taking them down until the protests are over in order to protect them then that is a different matter altogether. From what I have gathered, that is not the reason. It seems the Cities caved into the pressure which resulted in the removal hoping the protests would stop. They didnât stop.
These statues hold a historical meaning to show what the past was like. Itâs there too so that we know that we made huge milestones since the Civil War. Slavery was over but that doesnât mean that it would be an easy process to transition from being a slave to becoming equal with the people who made you slaves. History has proven time and time again that we get better if we know not to make the same mistakes our ancestors made. Nothing can change what happened in the past but that doesnât mean we have the right to destroy historical monuments because they are based on a time period that is a stigma in this country. If that were the case then many monuments around the world would need to be taken down. It doesnât matter if itâs in books, on the internet or talked about in classrooms. You are taking away another way to learn the history that represents the past regardless of who it is. There are many people in the past who did atrocious acts but we still learn about them so we do not make the same mistakes they did. Be the better person, you are not your ancestors. You are a different person with your own morales.
Honestly, did anyone know that they tried to tear down the statue that honored the emancipation of slaves in the US? They really tried to destroy a monument that represented something good in America. You should probably make sure you know what statue your attacking means. Otherwise, you come off like fools to the public. That was such a face-palming moment when I heard they tried to take that statue down. If you do not like the statue then keep walking. No one is asking you to look at it. (This might come off as rude but Iâm just being reasonable. No one is forcing you to go near it.)
Now, This is where I show a comparison of why the statues should not be torn down. There are many times in history where slavery happened. One of the oldest is the Hebrews who were enslaved by the Egyptians to build their pyramids, tombs, and so on. If we were to apply the same thoughts of what people are doing to the statues in American then that would mean that all of Egyptâs historical monuments should be torn down. Since they represent a time when the Egyptians were suppressing the Hebrews. That will never happen because they are considered Historical wonders. Note the comparison made about the pyramids is a hypothetical example. Then we have the more recent time of the holocaust. A stigma that the world will never forget. They still have the camps preserved for people to go see. Those camps would be torn down if we applied the same logic as with the statues. The point is you do not see anyone protesting for those historical monuments to be torn down so why should statues not fall under that same thought process. Where does forcing your agenda down peopleâs throats over something you do not agree with getting you? Nothing but pain and disappointment. Itâs also another way of tearing down a piece of art. Someone made those statues which their hard work is being destroyed because it has to do with the Civil War. I just feel like this is another way of oppressing some parts of our past. Now, those others are now going to skip over history that covers the slavery of black people. How do you know not to make a mistake if you havenât learned about it? You canât expunge history from education, politics, and life in general. Those are milestones to learn about to see how far we have come. People are going in circles over something that happened 150 years ago. I understand standing up for wrongful deaths like George Floyd, Rayshard Brooks, and many others. Those deaths should not have happened but what do those deaths have to do with statues. Nothing. Those statues are about the past, not the present.
This is an article about the who built the pyramids. Like I said what I listed was a hypothetical theory if the Hebrews had been slaves.
