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    Florida to replace Confederate statue in US Capitol

    No news on what will become of General Smith's statue once removed.


    TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s governor has ordered a statue of a Confederate general at the U.S. Capitol to be removed and replaced with one of an African-American woman.
    Gov. Rick Scott signed the bill (SB 472) making that step official Monday.
    The bill removes a statue of Confederate Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith and replaces it with a statue of Mary McLeod Bethune. She founded a school that would eventually become historically black Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Florida.
    Bethune’s statue would be the first African-American woman in Statuary Hall.
    Congress allows each state two statues in Statuary Hall. Florida’s other one is of John Gorrie, whose inventions led to modern-day air conditioning.


    https://www.apnews.com/7a947876bdeb4...-in-US-Capitol
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ethereal View Post
    Where will this stop? That's the question nobody has a real answer to.
    What's wrong with honoring a woman who founded a university? Is education less valuable than violent combat?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dr. Who View Post
    What's wrong with honoring a woman who founded a university?
    I never said there was anything wrong with honoring this woman. I object to the removal of the Confederate statue. I notice you did not attempt to answer my question.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ethereal View Post
    I never said that was anything wrong with honoring this woman. I object to the removal of the Confederate statue. I notice you did not attempt to answer my question.
    I would say it's about Florida nit wanting to present a certain image in the US capital.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ethereal View Post
    I never said there was anything wrong with honoring this woman. I object to the removal of the Confederate statue. I notice you did not attempt to answer my question.
    Perhaps it's about time to honor people who contribute to the future rather than wallowing in the violent past.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Crepitus View Post
    I would say it's about Florida nit wanting to present a certain image in the US capital.
    I would say it's about them wanting to appear politically correct without much thought as to the potential implications it might have for American history generally.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dr. Who View Post
    Perhaps it's about time to honor people who contribute to the future rather than wallowing in the violent past.
    Except the present is arguably much more violent than the past.

    The 20th century was basically one nonstop horror show.

    And the 21st century doesn't seem to be panning out any differently.

    In any case, if your plan is to remove or denigrate all references to the "violent past", then I doubt there will be much left of American history to contemplate.
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    By the way, does "wallowing in the violent past" also include the violence committed by the north? Or does it only apply to those evil southerners?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ethereal View Post
    By the way, does "wallowing in the violent past" also include the violence committed by the north? Or does it only apply to those evil southerners?
    All of the above Eth. What good is accomplished by dwelling on violent conflict other than keeping divisiveness and hate alive? Isn't it better to honor things that advance humanity? Violence is primitive and the antithesis of human success.
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