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@JeanninePiergallini [name pseudonymized] [ontology] [07]: Strategy of savages:
1. Lie about history
2. Inspire mobs to destroy priceless statues
3. Show broken statues in museums & call it a "conversation."
#cancelculture #woke #heritageconservation #museum #artistsontwitter #arttwt #history [URL redacted]
#NarrativeTruthImmutableHistorical Artefact Conservation #PleaAWorldOfSimpleStableFixedOperations #CatchcryCancelCulture
#IRLHistoricalFigureEdwardColston #IRLHistoricalFigureJeffersonDavis
Supplementary "Tim Cole, of the History Commission, said most people wanted 'something short and factual that explained what was absent and why'. 'On 13 November 1895, a statue of Edward Colston (1636-1721) was unveiled here celebrating him as a city benefactor.
In the late twentieth and early twenty-first century, the celebration of Colston was increasingly challenged given his prominent role in the enslavement of African people. On 7 June 2020, the statue was pulled down during Black Lives Matter protests and rolled into the harbour. Following consultation with the city in 2021, the statue entered the collections of Bristol City Council's museums. 2024'
He added: 'Most people in the city wished to see a plaque placed on the plinth briefly explaining what once stood here, why it was now empty, and what happened to the statue.' Bristol City Council planning officers have recommended that the planning committee approve the wording at a meeting on 10 April." https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmmqqg47dvno #EDUUKUniversityOfBristolTimCole
Supplementary "Tim Cole, of the History Commission, said most people wanted 'something short and factual that explained what was absent and why'. 'On 13 November 1895, a statue of Edward Colston (1636-1721) was unveiled here celebrating him as a city benefactor.
In the late twentieth and early twenty-first century, the celebration of Colston was increasingly challenged given his prominent role in the enslavement of African people. On 7 June 2020, the statue was pulled down during Black Lives Matter protests and rolled into the harbour. Following consultation with the city in 2021, the statue entered the collections of Bristol City Council's museums. 2024'
He added: 'Most people in the city wished to see a plaque placed on the plinth briefly explaining what once stood here, why it was now empty, and what happened to the statue.' Bristol City Council planning officers have recommended that the planning committee approve the wording at a meeting on 10 April." https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmmqqg47dvno #EDUUKUniversityOfBristolTimCole
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