Ghostwriter
I am not fond of this statue. It was a nice gift from France and to many, it has deep meaning. It doesn’t to me. If I were to destroy this statue because I didn’t agree with what it stood for, exactly what would change? The statue would be gone so there would be no more physical evidence of it to point to. I could just hear my grandson say “Prove there was a statue there. You can’t.
I guess I am the odd one out. I have scars all over. People always ask why I don’t do anything about them. The scars are a part of who I am and a reminder that things can change. My scars are my evidence of things that I have overcome. They don’t need to be fixed, they need to be remembered and celebrated.
Tearing down a statue or ruining it simply ruins the evidence. It’s doesn’t fix a problem. I am fairly certain I stand alone on this issue. (That happens a lot to me, I think I am coming to peace with the fact that I simply don’t process things like others.)
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Question of
Do you see value in tearing down statues?
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Yes
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No
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Does destruction inspire you to do amazing things?
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Yes
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No
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IsArmageddon the next event?
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Yes
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Do I have too many things to worry about right now?
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Yes
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No
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Thanks for your vote of confidence. It came at just the time I needed it. I am still unable to see or talk to my brother. I need to settle down and do something productive.
Madness is what all of this is bringing to our country. These statues are all part of our history.
Destroying them just doesn’t make sense to me.
Destruction, desecration, and ”culture-cancelling” ( let’s hope not the Statue of Liberty in the list to ax down to the ground))– with violent, unlawful acts because these destroyers don’t like whatever they find they don’t like– are abhorrent behavior.
Who doesn’t have scars and affliction of the past? The Holocaust survivors and their generations do not tear down monuments and statues of freedom and hope because 6 million Jews were murdered.
I understand your reflections and thoughts in your post.
I just don’t think that destruction changes or improves anything. What are we teaching our children?
First off, i would disagree with the sentiment about the statue of liberty. Only because of the poem on its base. That poem written for the collapses is what America is to me.
My great-grandparents on both sides of my family came to this country. We were not there to displace the first-people, i wish I had been alive to shout stop when that was being done.
We were not there to bring people from China and force them to build a railroad.
We were there because Ireland was experiencing a famine. Denmark was purging people left and right and my family fled where they were to the promise of a new world.
so that statue was the first thing all four of my great-grandfather’s saw. it was the symbol of hope.
It makes me sad to see where our country is. i wish things were better i truly do.
We probably all wish things were better. It is what it is.
i think that is the conversation people around the world are having. I hope the answer is that we will open the door and let the world join us!
Your dream might be the best dream. Today I want to take my family and run. I can’t even get to the hospital. This isn’t the life I want for my family.
i think based on the stories you’ve shared that your family is so glad you are the rock you are!