“” “” As a southerner I can actually sympathize with the communists in this one case. Why tear down your history? Let it be a lesson for generations.”” “”
A rare voice of sanity. Rewriting history is a first sign of Orwellian society.
You shouldn’t be a Communist to be against statue demolition.
So why aren’t there any statues of, say, Czar Nikolas II? Technically, we should still have statues of him since he was a large part of Russian history. Heck, we don’t even have statues of King Louis XVI, and that’s DESPITE his being involved in our War of Independence.
Even though I don’t like the whole removal of statues of Confederates, I do think that Lenin’s statue SHOULD be removed, as well as Marx’s statue. The more we acknowledge that the event happened, the more likely it is for Russia to become Communist again. Don’t forget, Marx based the whole Communist ideology on Robespierre’s Reign of Terror, and made clear he wanted a gorier remake of it. As did Lenin. Heck, did people forget Stalin? Heck, no! Putin’s making sure they remember him at all, and they’re supporting him even though he slaughtered multiple people.