re: Lattimore, Jeffery want South Carolina to rename Strom Thurmond Wellness Center

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What about the statues and monuments of antiquity that were built by slaves and stand as trophies to rulers and empires who committed unspeakable tragedies?

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There is a difference between the coliseum as a historical sight and a monument build in the 1950s to honor The President of the Confederacy.

There is no historical value to the statue itself.

And I’ve said multiple times I am Not for tearing down every statue. Just like I am Not for tearing down plantation homes.

It’s the difference between destroying the Mona Lisa and a print of the Mona Lisa.