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Day 20,378

We need more weird, abstract idols in the Blue Ridge Mountains instead of Confederate statues. Preferably deep in the woods where they can be stumbled upon unexpectedly. Anywhere in Appalachia, really. I really love that practically live at the middle of the Appalacian Trail, and my only complaint is that in the Jim Crow era, and again as late as the 50’s and 60’s that there was a trend to put the losers of the civil war up as segregationist response to civil rights.

Confederate monuments are often located in public places, such as in front of courthouses or capitol buildings. They can serve to symbolize power and who was in charge, rather than mourning or loss. I certainly don’t want to erase history, but I also do not wish to celebrate the lives of those who sought to hold people down, often in chains.

I think those statues could be framed as a warning rather than a celebration.

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