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In the recent past, we have seen a couple of more statues removed. First Thomas Jefferson was hauled out of the New York Capitol. Back in 2020, in Charleston (SC), a figure of John C. Calhoun, like Jefferson, a former Vice President of the United States was taken away. Then Jackie Robinson was stolen from a ball park in Kansas – albeit probably not for the same reasons. Now, the reason that we are given for this is, of course, that they were white, patriarchal, cisgendered, slave owning racists. Which, was true. Although in fairness they would have no idea what “cisgendered” means or that anything else existed. In the bigger picture, why would any statue be removed? If you consider it clearly, the answer cannot be that it is because they were white, patriarchal, cisgendered, slave owning racists. Why not? Because is not… logical. So what are we left with? In Communist West Taiwan, Imperious Leader Xi has pushed for an educational program that venerates the traditions of Chinese history and culture. His reasoning is based in two things. first, that traditional Chinese culture is rooted in Confucianism and second, that western liberal thinking is not…
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In the recent past, we have seen a couple of more statues removed. First Thomas Jefferson was hauled out of the New York Capitol. Back in 2020, in Charleston (SC), a figure of John C. Calhoun, like Jefferson, a former Vice President of the United States was taken away. Then Jackie Robinson was stolen from a ball park in Kansas – albeit probably not for the same reasons. Now, the reason that we are given for this is, of course, that they were white, patriarchal, cisgendered, slave owning racists. Which, was true. Although in fairness they would have no idea what “cisgendered” means or that anything else existed. In the bigger picture, why would any statue be removed? If you consider it clearly, the answer cannot be that it is because they were white, patriarchal, cisgendered, slave owning racists. Why not? Because is not… logical. So what are we left with? In Communist West Taiwan, Imperious Leader Xi has pushed for an educational program that venerates the traditions of Chinese history and culture. His reasoning is based in two things. first, that traditional Chinese culture is rooted in Confucianism and second, that western liberal thinking is not…
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