#Monuments

Texas Observer

TexasObserver

1/ Yesterday, a mob of pro-Trump extremists pushed past police barricades and breached the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. Lawmakers, including those from Texas, were evacuated. Four people are

Jared Yates Sexton

JYSexton

The people decrying the loss of things like Aunt Jemima syrup, Confederate monuments, and superheroes and pop culture figures being recast are more worried about perceived loss of cultural power

AIDAN🖕

AidanMaclear

I've been meaning to do a thread on home decor and spiritual caste. Spengler once said that the basic layout of the peasants home was the truest map of the

Jessica Green

LibtKitWitch

This statue is private property. Ok so I got curious and am kind of going down a rabbit hole: I was wondering if there were still any statues of Stalin

DharmaDrishti

DharmaDrishti

LIST OF MOSQUES IN #KASHYAPKAKASHMIR WHICH WERE BUILT AFTER DEMOLISHING THE HINDUTEMPLES from sri Sita ram goelIt should be kept in mind that the list below doesn’t include all the

Sally Gimson

SallyGimson

On being European: someof my earliest memories are of going to Church of Scotland German/British reconciliation services in Edinburgh 1/12 My parents who were born in the early 1930s were

Dravidian Here

DravidianHere

[ Saturday morning ride - THREAD ]Today's ride is to a beautiful named hill called Ponsori Malai (Sorimalai colloquially) - it's a archeological site where 2,500 yr old stone monuments

Christopher Nichols

CMcKNichols

As @RayHaberski & I wrote @madebyhistory, there's a long tradition of penitent protest as part of US social movements, useful to think of this in terms of civil religion. Kneeling

Jake Walker

Jake_W

Public history/memory thought here: I have no love for the Confederacy, but at the same time, I think one of the reasons the Edmund Pettus bridge holds such significance as

Julian Waller

JulianWaller

There's a lot of doomerism going around about undermining shared symbols of American national identity ('cancelling' G. Washington/Lincoln, removing the anthem from public events/arguing for replacement, full end of teaching

Rauðgrani ᚱᛆᚢᚦᚴᚱᛆᚿᛁ

GraniRau

The entire story of how David offered up the children and grandchildren of Saul, to end a famine. It has all the steps. David "inquired", which means some form of

Melissa Chen

MsMelChen

The Broken Windows theory has not been fashionable for a while but I think mob-driven unrest and increase in crime rates today have lent some credence to it. In the

Gareth Harney

OptimoPrincipi

1/7) A powerful plea to the Emperor asking for religious tolerance ..coming not from a Christian, but from a Pagan - the senator Symmachus, petitioning the Emperor in 384 AD

Jennifer Mercieca

jenmercieca

Trump takes the stage at the SAM rally behind a foot thick (+/-) of plexiglass, which makes him look blurry and weak.AND THE SOUND DOESN'T WORK! "turn the cameras" shtick.Trump

Atticus Finch

Atticus59914029

Friends the Stonewall Jackson monument in Richmond was taken down today. Much as Paul proclaimed he was a Pharisee and the son of a Pharisees, I consider myself as a

Varsha Singh

varshaparmar6

Ellora is one of the largest rock-cut monastery-temple cave complexes in the world, featuring Hindu, Buddhist & Jain monuments & artwork.It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.गर्व है हमें हमारे प

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