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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 4994834" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>I can certainly see how that would be upsetting to you. The problem I have is with taking it many steps further. There are those advocating removing all traces of our founding fathers because many of them owned slaves. There are those who even attack Lincoln of all people. They want to completely erase our history which is dangerous because people need to know what went on, warts and all. The people who want this aren't saints themselves, no one is. If we remove all reminders of our history except for what the state deems acceptable we run the risk of having all information filtered by the state with no dissent allowed to what the state is doing. We're seeing that happening now with social platforms. Some may think this is a good idea but will they when the day comes that an all powerful state doesn't like THEIR ideas? Right now there are people in government and in corporations advocating that Trump supporters should be suppressed. We are getting dangerously close to the kind of world Orwell envisioned. And if you don't believe that can happen you should check out what is going on in Australia right now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 4994834, member: 24302"] I can certainly see how that would be upsetting to you. The problem I have is with taking it many steps further. There are those advocating removing all traces of our founding fathers because many of them owned slaves. There are those who even attack Lincoln of all people. They want to completely erase our history which is dangerous because people need to know what went on, warts and all. The people who want this aren't saints themselves, no one is. If we remove all reminders of our history except for what the state deems acceptable we run the risk of having all information filtered by the state with no dissent allowed to what the state is doing. We're seeing that happening now with social platforms. Some may think this is a good idea but will they when the day comes that an all powerful state doesn't like THEIR ideas? Right now there are people in government and in corporations advocating that Trump supporters should be suppressed. We are getting dangerously close to the kind of world Orwell envisioned. And if you don't believe that can happen you should check out what is going on in Australia right now. [/QUOTE]
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