"but he also founded the scouts and they are different now!"
OK then put a statue of a worthy UK modern scout instead, problem solved.
What is irking is that it seems to be yet another "most of Conservatives/kippers/etc up in arms" VS "most Labour/LibDems/Greens may not agreeing perse but understanding the issues".
Would be nice if a Conservative thinking/figurehead would stand up and say "Hey remember we thought slavery was good, then it wasn't? We don't have to celebrate people with really problematic views, remember when we all, including commonwealth and mainland Europe fought against Hitler? That dude though Hitler was sorta ok, well most of us didn't."
"but he also founded the scouts and they are different now!"
OK then put a statue of a worthy UK modern scout instead, problem solved.
What is irking is that it seems to be yet another "most of Conservatives/kippers/etc up in arms" VS "most Labour/LibDems/Greens may not agreeing perse but understanding the issues".
Would be nice if a Conservative thinking/figurehead would stand up and say "Hey remember we thought slavery was good, then it wasn't? We don't have to celebrate people with really problematic views, remember when we all, including commonwealth and mainland Europe fought against Hitler? That dude though Hitler was sorta ok, well most of us didn't."