Charlotte ClymerApr 14, 2023
Defending Nazi memorabilia or artifacts or whatever the hell by citing an “appreciation for history” rings hollow when you spend your free time at school board meetings screaming at teachers for having the audacity to teach your white child about American slavery and Jim Crow.
Show thread(((Baslow)))Apr 14, 2023
@charlotteclymer
I would make a distinction.
Publicly accessible museums -- or even collections of artifacts and manuscripts which are accessible only to qualified scholars and experts -- can provide us with valuable insights into the past -- especially those aspects of the past we'd prefer to forget.
The distinction lies not so much in the things or the collections of things but in the attitudes towards and disposition of them, of the place they hold in the larger system of public thought.
Show threadWesley FaulknerApr 14, 2023
@baslow @charlotteclymer I believe the distinction is that she's talking about an individual and their choices and actions.
Show thread(((Baslow)))Apr 14, 2023
@wesley83 @charlotteclymer
No, I understand, but our posts are global and last far longer than the immediate context. Encountered by someone a few days from now, the context of this post may be obscure or lost. This is simply me, popping up randomly, to remind people I deem to be conscientious actors that what we say here is more like a worldwide radio broadcast than it is like a tete-a-tete in a salon. It is in the interest of forces of division that we forget that...
Show threadWesley FaulknerApr 14, 2023

@baslow @charlotteclymer I'm sorry but I don't understand. The toot was clear to me without any external context. Are you concerned that someone would read it and think what? That Nazi stuff should be destroyed? Is that where your head is at?

Can you clarify what ill you were trying to avoid?

Show threadNicole ParsonsApr 14, 2023

@wesley83 @baslow @charlotteclymer

Why is this tactic of hair splitting over the definition of terms so often used?

It redirects the conversation into the weeds. Red herring derailment of the point. Discussion of irrelevant minutiae instead of the whole.

I don't care about the difference between "memorabilia" or "artifact".

I care about a Supreme Court Justice taking bribes from a billionaire. A billionaire who thinks Nazi statues are "cool".

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@Npars01 @wesley83 @baslow @charlotteclymer agreed lol
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