Erasing history

[Liz Rosenthal]

(05-02-2013 09:04 AM)Rsmyth Wrote:  Most Germans and the world agree that Nazi emblems should not be displayed yet the vestiges of concentration camps should remain as a reminder of the horrors that occurred.

That's true, but....

The concentration camps are there not to honor the Nazis but to remember the victims of the Holocaust. These sites also serve to guide humanity about what should *not* be done to one's fellow humans. In order for the monument outside Atlanta to be considered analogous to Holocaust memorials (even though we're not talking about the same level of atrocity), it would have to remember the victims of the Confederacy- in particular, the slaves - and assert in some way that slavery and/or secession should never happen again.

I imagine that I will now be pelted with figurative tomatoes.

As I wipe off these very nutritious bits of figurative fruit from my face and torso, I would also like to point out that, in Germany, it is a CRIME to advocate Nazism or Fascism. I'm pretty sure that this is not the case with Confederate history. Plus, there are the odd individuals here in the U.S. who try to assert that slavery really wasn't all that bad. And, a couple of years ago, you had the heads of certain states suggesting that they might not mind seceding. I didn't notice any prosecutions of the individuals advocating their strange positions.