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The President of the University of Texas at Austin released a letter regarding the removal of statues on the campus.
[...] The University of Texas at Austin is a public educational and research institution, first and foremost. The historical and cultural significance of the Confederate statues on our campus — and the connections that individuals have with them — are severely compromised by what they symbolize. Erected during the period of Jim Crow laws and segregation, the statues represent the subjugation of African Americans. That remains true today for white supremacists who use them to symbolize hatred and bigotry.
The University of Texas at Austin has a duty to preserve and study history. But our duty also compels us to acknowledge that those parts of our history that run counter to the university's core values, the values of our state and the enduring values of our nation do not belong on pedestals in the heart of the Forty Acres.
The issue isn't a new one, they first looked into the issue in 2015, and had a wide range of options including effectively turning the mall into an open air museum, which they eventually decided against. Should the statues be relocated from their historical context just because of the attitudes and behaviour of noisy minorities? (Your humble editor cannot forget the local riots when a historical but hostile-themed statue was relocated.)
(Score: 0, Flamebait) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday August 22 2017, @07:35PM (3 children)
Go through all the stories you want. You won't find me arguing what you want to find me arguing.
And you say I'm the racist? Here's a clue, short bus, attacking white people for being white is racist. Period. That you don't see me ranting on about how any other racial group is currently being oppressed or persecuted is simple: they're not. Racism only goes one direction in this country in any significant way right now, straight towards white people.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by bob_super on Tuesday August 22 2017, @09:34PM (1 child)
> Racism only goes one direction in this country in any significant way right now, straight towards white people.
You're trolling better when you leave some room for interpretation, rather than go for blatant falsehoods.
When even Chinese people, in California, are complaining about the jump in racist behaviors towards them, and you know they get a tiny fraction of the shit that Brown/Black people get, you know your assesment is really far off the mark.
The white man is a punching bag, and out of media fashion, but we're still in charge.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday August 23 2017, @12:41PM
Self-hating fool. Sigh.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 22 2017, @10:34PM
Ah yes, I was imprecise:
Aside from the edge cases of violence at protests and such (which happens on one side more than another, but we can skip that) white people are in no way under attack. Get rid of the persecution complex.
Holy fucking shit. You just put the nail in the coffin pal, shortbus indeed.
So first we had racism, and it sucked. Then we had counter racism which did not help and made the problem worse. Now we're at counter counter racism... fucking hell, you morons need to grow a pair and start looking into Buddhism.