Official Protest Thread

[Bofferbrauer2]

sethnintendo said:

Bofferbrauer2 said:

These statues (among other pieces of art, of course) can become tourist magnets, paying for themselves over time through the tourists they attract. One alone doesn't achieve much, but the more there are, the better they are at attracting tourists. Investing into culture ain't throwing money out of the window, it's a kind of investment. It's also supposed to bring some beautification, attracting people to live there, helping the local governments in earning taxes.

Just looking at the cost and thinking it doesn't have any effect is just too narrow-minded and leaves out almost literally half the picture.

Any statues of traitors to USA should be removed.  There shouldn't be any Benedict Arnold statues in USA and there shouldn't be any statues of confederates.  We might as well erect a statue of King George III in USA.  Known for our stupidity I wouldn't doubt there is one on USA soil.  There is a point of knowing history and glorifying the past of wrong sides.  No reason in my book to have traitors glorified with a statue.

The confederacy can go fuck itself.

I agree to that.

But his premise was that building any statue would be a waste of money, and there I do disagree.