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Object to erasing OUR history? Statues and Honor? - Above That

Posted: Aug 20th, 2017 - 9:49 am

J. Marion Sims was a gynecologist in the 1800s who purchased Black women slaves and used them as guinea pigs for his untested surgical experiments. He repeatedly performed genital surgery on Black women WITHOUT ANESTHESIA because according to him, "Black women don't feel pain.” Despite his inhumane tests on Black women, Sims was named “the father of modern gynecology”, and his statue currently stands right outside of the New York Academy of Medicine. #FightSupremacy

It has become OUR duty, for whatever reason, this moment in OUR history to recognize and rectify the errors of our ways. We MUST stop honoring these blatantly racist acts. Yes, these actions occurred, but NO, we no longer need statues to these actors. The racism is in the fact that the people who knew how they came by their "positive" result (dubious for many with Robert E. Lee, but locally positive?, which is where statues are located), felt they could ignore the treatment of blacks, as they were inconsequdntial, subhuman, owned, animals----THERE IS THE RACISM.

We NOW are speaking against that racism. We no longer will tolerate honoring those with that past.

I understand that this comes dangerously close to questioning honoring a number of people in our lives, and no one is suggesting we burn down Monticello and replace with a plaque. No one is suggesting we re-write the history books ( as Stalin was known to do). We want the ACTUAL history to be reported. If it makes people uncomfortable, so be it.

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Object to erasing OUR history? Statues and Honor? - Above That (Views: 1078, 2017-08-20, 9:49 am)
- Doctors who perform abortions say the same thing - about babies, they don't feel pain. (Views: 520, 2017-08-20, 9:59 am)
  - You missed the entire point. - Somehow I am not surprised (Views: 470, 2017-08-20, 10:19 am)
    - Seems you are the one missing - the point - Not surprised (Views: 543, 2017-08-20, 10:46 am)
      - How crafty and creative - Mmm (Views: 469, 2017-08-20, 10:53 am)
        MMM - You ERR indeed, otherwise - you would be aware of the (Views: 485, 2017-08-20, 10:57 am)
        Must depend on your science - Real Science (Views: 688, 2017-08-20, 11:48 am)
  - This is a spiritual warfare. There is going to be a race war. - While the left is busy tearing down (Views: 787, 2017-08-20, 10:23 am)
    - That's a big issue. - Sm (Views: 754, 2017-08-20, 10:59 am)
      - Of course I feel nervous around angry mobs, color - doesn't matter. You need a PET (Views: 478, 2017-08-20, 11:02 am)
        Illogical conclusions abound - I'm going to feed the cat (Views: 469, 2017-08-20, 11:50 am)
      - BLM protests were largely by paid operatives - hmph (Views: 499, 2017-08-20, 5:43 pm)
        That is a media lie - Sm (Views: 473, 2017-08-20, 10:52 pm)
        You Love to Attack - hmph (Views: 473, 2017-08-21, 7:25 pm)
        $33 billion is a huge sum for community organizing - hmph (Views: 404, 2017-08-21, 8:32 pm)
  - One of the great failings is the churches, the press, and - the education system failing to (Views: 842, 2017-08-20, 10:27 am)
- Anthony Johnson, a black man, was the first slave - holder. After the Civil War, (Views: 621, 2017-08-20, 10:03 am)
  - Take down their statues too - Applause sign (Views: 484, 2017-08-20, 10:22 am)
- Are the vigilante mobs going to tear the statue of - of Stant Waite, the Cherokee who (Views: 893, 2017-08-20, 10:12 am)
  - All their anger when looked at with intellectual - scrutiny doesn't hold up. Let's (Views: 493, 2017-08-20, 10:59 am)
    - Yes it is and Trump is right on schedule. Once we all - fighting each other he will sell (Views: 472, 2017-08-20, 11:43 am)
    - Saying history will be erased is just not true. - This is about choosing (Views: 487, 2017-08-20, 11:47 am)
- After all the statues and symbols are gone, then what? - Is that what this is really about? (Views: 893, 2017-08-20, 10:15 am)
  - Well, that comment could be a treatise - Answer (Views: 493, 2017-08-20, 10:31 am)
    - Clearly no historial knowledg here or - accurate references. NOT SURPRISED (Views: 434, 2017-08-20, 10:53 am)
    - Born and raised in the south. My heritage - sm (Views: 726, 2017-08-20, 11:11 am)
      - I would bet that the percentage of people in - mt (Views: 389, 2017-08-21, 7:04 am)
  - It's a great question and shows the real motive here. - Martin Luther King statues will have (Views: 492, 2017-08-20, 10:56 am)
    - Great post! Highlights the stupidity of - the Liberal Fascists (Views: 480, 2017-08-20, 11:00 am)
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  - Instead of tearing down the statues we have, - mt (Views: 386, 2017-08-21, 6:57 am)
- How do you feel about Margaret Sanger? - I'll wait. (Views: 516, 2017-08-20, 11:53 am)
  - As expected, crickets from the hypocrites on the left - anon (Views: 421, 2017-08-20, 5:10 pm)
  - Thanks for bringing her up. - hmph (Views: 473, 2017-08-20, 5:39 pm)
    - Her goal was to kill off black babies. - Did the libbies forget because (Views: 514, 2017-08-20, 8:53 pm)
      - Pure manufactured fiction - Nm (Views: 411, 2017-08-21, 9:42 am)
        Denial Ain't a River in Egypt - hmph (Views: 400, 2017-08-21, 7:30 pm)
  - Sanger truth - See link (Views: 1053, 2017-08-20, 11:53 pm)