used2scrap
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Post by used2scrap on Jun 7, 2017 21:10:07 GMT
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Post by birukitty on Jun 7, 2017 23:14:16 GMT
You are right, there are no statues of Hitler in Germany. But there are museums about the Nazi era, with Nazi propaganda, Nazi uniforms, and all sorts of Nazi items. In Nuremberg I believe (although I might be wrong as that is one of the cities I didn't visit on my recent journey) there is an entire museum dedicated to this era. I think Germany's decision to not glorify Hitler with statues anywhere but still retain Nazi items and display them in museums to educate people, especially young people is the best decision. There is truth in the statement, "Those who do not learn from history are condemned to repeat it". Queenofsloths mentioned a museum that she'd read about that was forced to close because it had confederate items in it and that she felt a museum is where they should be displayed. I agree with her completely as did Melanell. We as a country are doing ourselves, our young people and generations that follow a huge disservice if we try to eradicate the evidence of our past be it a horrible horrific time period or not. This is why there is an Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum and why so many people of so many different nations visit every year. So it is never forgotten. We cannot erase our past any more than Germany can erase theirs. Nor should we. Slavery happened. It was horrific and it never should have. But it did. What we can do now is honor those who's lives were impacted and those who suffered so greatly by not celebrating it with statues to heros (I agree with that completely) but by erecting museums so their past is never forgotten. The Capital of the state where I live has a large Museum of the Confederacy and the White House of the Confederacy is run I believe by the National Park Service. Museums by thoughtful and knowledgeable curators is a whole different entity than statues commemorating Confederate leaders. I agree completely. Looks like we are on the same page here.
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Post by birukitty on Jun 7, 2017 23:23:49 GMT
Being forced to close and choosing to close are two very different things. And since which flags that were asked to be removed is in dispute (I certainly can understand wanting a confederate flag to be removed if it's flying out front of the building or for sale in the gift shop) but would want that flag as part of the museum exhibit and don't see a problem with that. Since I am not African American for me it is easier to equate it to Nazi Germany. Would I feel funny seeing a Nazi flag proudly flying out front or for sale in the gift shop-heck yeah! That would be totally wrong, unethical and warped. (I'm not Jewish either by the way, I'm Catholic). But it would make sense for me to see a Nazi flag in a museum display. If they chose to close my gut feeling is I doubt this African American woman "bullied" them into anything. She probably asked that they remove the confederate flag from flying out front of their building or being sold in their gift shop-which in my eyes she had every right to. I've lived in either Maryland or Northern Virginia for most of my life. I get a sick feeling in my stomach seeing that flag still flying in the south. I can't even begin to imagine what African American people feel.
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