But the big point here is this: taking down Confederate statues is liberal pandering to other liberals, whites, mostly, to avoid confronting their own inherent racism.
Take Madison mayor Paul Soglin, whose 60s radicalism is mostly expressed these days in trying to make sure the homeless are driven from Madison's business district rather than treated humanely and helped.
Soglin last week received plaudits for ordering the removal of Confederate somethings from somewhere.
Soglin was invisible for most of the Tony Robinson shooting: you could not find him taking a stance, on anything related to the cold-blooded murder of a young, unarmed black man by Madison cops. When those same Madison cops settled by paying $3,350,000 to Robinson's mom, Soglin defended them, and criticized the settlement.
Racism doesn't always dress in white robes, and racism isn't cured by easy fixes like pulling down statues.
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True, but pulling down the statues is a good place to start.
Especially for people who have grown up around these things and been trained to believe that these were great men and the South had a great cause.
"They" are saying not to get pulled into the the statue debate. Because, really, it's not about the statues. It's about the racists. And while we are all racists to a greater or lesser degree, the trick is to look at one's prejudices and try to overcome them (or at least find a way to coexist with everyone else).
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