HisArpy
Loose canon extraordinair
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People project their values onto sayings on money. anthems. flags.
And when people don't share their views on those symbols, I'm sure they don't get upset either.
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You still are failing to acknowledge why the symbols exist in the first place. People put them up for a reason and take them down for a reason. And when majorities support the efforts, that also means minorities may not. Both see more than a statue.
It has been said that money is the measure of personal success. That statement has also been said to be meaningless by those who have no money or personal success. Anthems and flags change, are used as effigies, and either unite or divide based on the PERSONAL IDEOLOGIES of the people involved.
It's not a symbol. You keep trying to insist it is, but it isn't. It's a chunk of inert metal shaped into a likeness of a person. The only reality it has is that it's an inanimate object.
There is no "deeper meaning" because it has no meaning. Confusing meaning with purpose is where you go wrong. It's all on you. That you refuse to acknowledge that is where you keep failing in your understanding.
Tear it down, it's meaningless. Just realize that your act of tearing it down is an act of destruction, not creation.