That is a bridge too far for me. But I get you point.

What on earth are you talking about?

I’m not too worried about the Nazis making a comeback. And I think there is bipartisan support for 95% of this issue.

I’m not sure the state can pass a law that bans Confederate statutes. I move to a local community in the hills of Georgia where we all moved to the same neighborhood because we all have the same sick, racist, neo-Nazi thinking. We want to put a Hitler statue up in the front of our neighborhood. I don’t think the…

That would be fine, I guess. I’d rather just melt them down for the symbolism of it. The big key is getting them out of places where it seems they are being venerated.

Wait, did he mean that or was that for political consumption? It is a little tricky, I know. But I think he thought slavery was morally corrupt. He could have made a deal to give them guarantees of keeping slaves that could have avoided the war in the first place.

I don’t think there will be Hitler statues in Germany in 300 years. I get your point, there is wisdom in what you say. Genghis Khan slaughtered everyone in sight and it seems cute now. But the distance between Hitler and the 1860s is not a big enough gap to make a difference.

I just don’t think that is where history gets taught. But the point is so arcane it is hard to fight with you about. We agree on what matters.

I don’t disagree with any of that. Pretty well said. But “pretty milquetoast” from an editorial board seems hard to get worked up about. Their general sentiment was opposition but letting local communities decide.

All right, all right. We good.

Yes. I am sure there is not excess demand for more plantations to tour as slavery relics.

But more to the point, I don’t think leaving up statues of Hitler and Stalin and saying “These are important because they show how dumb they were” is necessarily sending the right message. Right?

Okay, okay. But no one is going to these hundreds of museums.

You judge it by the morals of THAT DAY. Absolutely. John Adams got it. So did Alexander Hamilton. And many many more. These guys should have gotten it too and they should be judged for the fact that the didn’t

Yes. The editorial was taken out of context entirely.

I could not agree more and I posted this same sentiment elsewhere although you say it better. I am against venerating these guys and I’m fine if that slippery slope leads to a reevaluation of Washington and Jefferson. But if a local community wants to put a life-sized Hitler statute in their town square and their…

Might have saved untold human suffering. But that kind of reshuffling of this historical deck would mean I would never be born. Put that time machine away and let Johnny do his thing.

Don’t agree with him too quickly. Read the Post editorial first. It is hardly a controversial position they are taking and they clearly oppose the monuments.

Plantations in parks? What? We are talking about monuments. We had lots more plantations than there were concentration camps so I don’t think we need that many museums.

Does having these statutes saved somewhere help us not forget? I can’t believe our recollection of history depends on having a statute stored away somewhere. I have never seen a Hitler statute but I’ve have not forgotten him.