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Originally Posted by Cherie
He supported and endowed schools, almshouses, hospitals and churches in Bristol, London and elsewhere. Many of his charitable foundations continue
the group who sent him to a watery grave need to seek out these charitable foundations and shut them down yes? the hospitals, schools and churches too, lets not leave a stone unturned in this quest ….
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Yes, good point if you disregard common sense.
A building can have it's name changed, it's benefactors or creators disavowed but a statue of someone in a public place can only exist as a tribute to that person's life. Buildings serve a purpose, statues do not. Trying to equate tearing down a statue to tearing down schools or hospitals is utter nonsense. Destroying a statue of a long dead slaver doesn't negatively affect anyone, it's a symbolic destruction of a memorial to a slaver. Destroying a school or a hospital affects many people and it's ultimately a waste.
You in your misguided defense of a slaver's statue are basically saying that these people have to go around destroying charities, schools, hospitals and more because they destroyed a statue and they're hypocrites if they don't. It's false equivalence at it's most blatant and yet more gatekeeping on your part. 'You can't do this if you're not willing to do this utterly bat**** thing I'm suggesting because I say so.'