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Originally Posted by Damien
I don't remember what that is from, it's been a while since I read Orwell, but that point could be argued either way.
After all, what is being argued for now is a greater understanding of our history. To start talking about slavery, racism and empire in a way that we typically have not. The people who've been destroyed are not those whose crimes nevertheless inspired statues but those who've been written out of history because we would rather not address what happened to them.
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The guardian has literally been talking about this stuff my entire life. To claim otherwise is bullshit.
Should we take down Alfred the great because he killed Viking hostages?