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Explanation: For those of you lucky enough to not be aware of US political squabbling, it has been a recurring issue these past few decades over whether statues of 'heroes' of the Confederacy, the attempted slaver secession of the US Civil War, should be torn down. Many of those statues were, in the first place, erected in response to the Civil Rights Movement in an attempt to intimidate Black Americans.
The excuse given by many is that tearing down such statues is 'destroying history' and 'erasing the past'. As if keeping propaganda pieces up in public spaces is necessary to remember historical events.
History is key, which is why in parliament square opposite the statue of Churchill there's a statue of Hitler
... Oh there isn't? Huh
Who is this Hilter guy everyone keeps talking about? Never saw a statue of him so I don't think he's real
Give it a few more months...