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BaltimoreBadger23 t1_iv588i8 wrote

I don't know if it will be replaced, but the author of the Dredd Scott opinion does not deserve to be honored with a statue.

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dizzy_centrifuge OP t1_iv6dsqk wrote

I couldn't have told you who it was but when I saw it was gone figured they did something undesirable and there was pressure to remove it which is fine. I just hope they replace it with another comparable statue

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[deleted] t1_iv5dgzj wrote

Let’s outlaw all statues. No one is above the flaw!

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sit_down_man t1_iv5e1f1 wrote

Thank god you arrived to defend the Dredd Scott decision!

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explodingkneez t1_iv9vhek wrote

Say what you want, Taney didn’t defect to the Confederacy. He also never owned slaves unlike that prick George Washington who’s monument is still up.

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[deleted] t1_iv5egj5 wrote

That’s quite a stretch, virtue man.

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SonofDiomedes t1_iv5mi38 wrote

I’m good with avoiding statues of individuals. A statue honoring soldiers of a given conflict, or the proffession of Nursing, sure.

Lionizing a particular person begs to become irrelevant at best, or worse, as in this case: dude loved slavery.

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BaltimoreBadger23 t1_iv66dw9 wrote

Here's a guy who misses the point.

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[deleted] t1_iv67il0 wrote

No, it’s quite clear. Sometimes people simply agree and disagree on various aspects and aren’t phased despite the assumptions and simplistic, course accusations of others.

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