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Originally Posted by Maggy
Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Too many regimes have hidden or deleted aspects of history they would like to remove. I say that's a dangerous thing to do. Let's try to be better than our forebears but not try to eradicate our history in doing so. We need to make sure it's all seen including the warts. By all means complain and move slavers statues but make sure that they are placed where we can still acknowledge their failings and possibly any good they did. the same can and should be applied to online material.
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I totally agree, though I think that there's already plenty of harmful/offensive material on the internet to let future historians know how some misused it at the expense of others!