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« on: August 12, 2017, 10:03:28 PM » |
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In light of the rally in Charlottesville being inspired by the removal of Confederate symbols, I'm curious which of these countries with less-than-stellar reputations you would not judge someone negatively for displaying.
I'm also curious, since I have some Eastern bloc memorabilia. Despite the awful systems in countries like Ceausescu's Romania or Stalin's USSR, it doesn't seem like buying a button with a red star or a pocket watch with a hammer and sickle on it has the same sort of emotional effect on people that a swastika or a Confederate flag would. Plus, I think a lot of propaganda can have some amazing art value and tell you a lot about the country that used it. So, I feel like I'm at least a bit more torn about the whole Confederate statues issue than other liberals, even though I think on balance the symbols should go, or at least be relegated to a garden outside some visitor center at a battlefield or something.
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