Reply To: Nazi guard scientist statues.

Health,
i don’t really care who started slavery. The idea is that if we don’t understand why a black person should be bothered by a statue of a man who was also a slaveholder, then we shouldn’t be bothered by a statue of a man who had a side job as a Nazi guard.
That does not mean that Thomas Jefferson is evil or innocent. That also does not mean that the part time Nazi guard is evil or innocent.
And by the way, you write “How are you comparing Stautes that honoring people for what ever reason, just because they believe in Slavery to Nazism?!?”
So to be clear, rounding up Jews and putting them into concentration camps = completely evil, but buying blacks and putting them into forced labor = totally fine.
Maybe i misunderstood what you are trying to say, please clarify. i didn’t realize i was saying something controversial.

Goldilocks,
Just to clarify, i fully agree. My point was just that we should understand why it bothers black people, not that we should agree with tearing it down.