Recent events about removal of Confederate statues seem to support this if you follow the news.
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Why treat statues differently from paintings?vegetariantaxidermy wrote: ↑Fri Aug 18, 2017 5:02 am More PC disingenuous BS. I have to agree with Trump here. It's history ffs. What are they going to do next? Have any mention of that era removed from school history books? (if there is any such thing these days. Perhaps teachers just 'Wiki' everything now). What about George Washington? Isn't he on your dollar notes? I'm sure he kept slaves.
Humans have done all kinds of horrible things in every era. Why don't they just pull down all the cathedrals and destroy all religious art works because of the horrors that catholicism has inflicted on countless millions?
You tell me. I didn't say they should be, except that statues are rather more public. People are very precious now. Those statues have long since become simply historical artifacts of a bygone era. I don't see anything wrong with that. Their value now is historical and as an interesting part of the cityscape. They look nice in parksPhilosophy Explorer wrote: ↑Fri Aug 18, 2017 5:18 amWhy treat statues differently from paintings?vegetariantaxidermy wrote: ↑Fri Aug 18, 2017 5:02 am More PC disingenuous BS. I have to agree with Trump here. It's history ffs. What are they going to do next? Have any mention of that era removed from school history books? (if there is any such thing these days. Perhaps teachers just 'Wiki' everything now). What about George Washington? Isn't he on your dollar notes? I'm sure he kept slaves.
Humans have done all kinds of horrible things in every era. Why don't they just pull down all the cathedrals and destroy all religious art works because of the horrors that catholicism has inflicted on countless millions?
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I can see the points you are making VT... but they're focused only on some of the elements of the situation. If my family had been abused as slaves, and told stories of it throughout the generations, I might not appreciate seeing a fucking statue in my town of an asshole who perpetuated that, you know?vegetariantaxidermy wrote: ↑Fri Aug 18, 2017 5:02 am More PC disingenuous BS. I have to agree with Trump here. It's history ffs. What are they going to do next? Have any mention of that era removed from school history books? (if there is any such thing these days. Perhaps teachers just 'Wiki' everything now). What about George Washington? Isn't he on your dollar notes? I'm sure he kept slaves.
Humans have done all kinds of horrible things in every era. Why don't they just pull down all the cathedrals and destroy all religious art works because of the horrors that catholicism has inflicted on countless millions?
There's not really any response to that.Lacewing wrote: ↑Fri Aug 18, 2017 6:37 amI can see the points you are making VT... but they're focused only on some of the elements of the situation. If my family had been abused as slaves, and told stories of it throughout the generations, I might not appreciate seeing a fucking statue in my town of an asshole who perpetuated that, you know?vegetariantaxidermy wrote: ↑Fri Aug 18, 2017 5:02 am More PC disingenuous BS. I have to agree with Trump here. It's history ffs. What are they going to do next? Have any mention of that era removed from school history books? (if there is any such thing these days. Perhaps teachers just 'Wiki' everything now). What about George Washington? Isn't he on your dollar notes? I'm sure he kept slaves.
Humans have done all kinds of horrible things in every era. Why don't they just pull down all the cathedrals and destroy all religious art works because of the horrors that catholicism has inflicted on countless millions?Just because some people made a statue of him (for their own purposes), doesn't mean he was a worthy or honorable person. We don't have to rewrite history... but we also don't have to maintain symbols of ignorance and cruelty from the past. Knowing what we know now, and having different values, we can respect those who are living now. I'm just offering another perspective on why it matters to some people to remove those symbols from our living spaces.
Why not have statues of children and animals and nature and acts of kindness? Shouldn't our symbols represent our evolution more than our stunted past?
As mentioned by VT they are continually in public view. More people see statues whether they want to see them or not than paintings which obviously you can only view in enclosed places like museums.Philosophy Explorer wrote: ↑Fri Aug 18, 2017 4:24 am Why do statues stir emotions much more than other types of art (e.g. paintings)?
Recent events about removal of Confederate statues seem to support this if you follow the news.
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It's not about statues or sculpture, or art in general, is it? These statues are not in an art gallery or museum, are they?Philosophy Explorer wrote: ↑Fri Aug 18, 2017 4:24 am Why do statues stir emotions much more than other types of art (e.g. paintings)?
Recent events about removal of Confederate statues seem to support this if you follow the news.
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