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Re:Archivists work to save disappearing Data.gov datasets by exe34 on Saturday February 01, 2025 @04:04PM (#42902309)
I never understood the removal of statues. I think everybody is capable of good and bad - we should still celebrate the good stuff they did and simply add a note that says "they were humans of their time and they screwed up by doing..... - let's not forget that even the great can screw up."

otherwise we keep perpetuating the myth that the great/rich/powerful can do no wrong.

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Re:Archivists work to save disappearing Data.gov datasets by ocschwar on Saturday February 01, 2025 @07:40PM (#42904218)
Most of the statues we're talking about were installed during the Civil Rights era as an explicit flex meant to intimidate African Americans.
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Re:Archivists work to save disappearing Data.gov datasets by exe34 on Sunday February 02, 2025 @01:56AM (#42906650)
here in the UK we had the same burn the -witch+statue- panic and ours were imperial leaders of some sort - but the people they oppressed were oceans away.
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