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They're a way for people to take easy steps that show they're doing something so they can feel better but it's not doing anything to really make a change.
Whut? The statue toppling has had a dramatic impact on the political debate. Just walking past those statues is what has demonstrably had zero effect. Most demonstrations have zero effect.
itsbruce-
The statue toppling has had a dramatic impact on the political debate.
What do you think that dramatic impact is? Exposure? Amplification?
I've tapped out of a lot of news since C19, but I listened to R4 Any Answers at the weekend to hear the comments. My takeaway was WornCleat and NurseHolliday are 100% on the money. A handful of people trying desperately to move the conversation on. Everyone else: Statues.
I would not be the least bit surprised if the chat about Churchill's statue didn't come straight out of No.10 comms. unit.
hugo7
I think at the moment I'm being extremely frustrated by a couple of things:
Statues and TV shows are a distraction. They're a way for people to take easy steps that show they're doing something so they can feel better but it's not doing anything to really make a change. The media jump on these actions to celebrate them either in an innocent positive way or maliciously, but in both ways the end result is more division.
The 2nd thing is this current idea of censorship is totally flipped on its head.
People saying removing statues is censoring the past and quoting 1984 are not even understanding that the statues themselves are a form of censorship. The past has already been censored to only display the positives, not the negatives, all that is happening now is it is being uncensored. We're celebrating a version of the person, a version of the past, not the whole truth.
Likewise, I don't think we should be censoring TV shows, they exist, leave them there, use them to teach what is right and what is wrong. Just don't make more like that.