#Monuments

Derek W. Black

DerekWBlack

Though we carry constitutions in our pockets & build beautiful monuments to democracy, America is but an idea. If we lose faith in the idea or stop convincing others of

鍾翔宇 Xiangyu

notXiangyu

1. I understand the sentiment, but stop saying things like "while we have monuments and streets named after slaveowners, Germans have long denazified because they're ashamed of that history!" Upon

Neil Hauer

NeilPHauer

Yeah this is a straight up liehttps://twitter.com/Anar_Karim/status/1326437397270310912 This is a common refrain used by Azerbaijani scholars, officials etc to lay claim to everything Armenian - that all these centuries-old monuments

3M-TripleM✍️

SwissTriple_M

Jim Golden: If you are confused as to why so many Americans are defending the confederate flag, monuments, and statues right now, I put together a quick Q&A, with questions

Kenny Brophy

urbanprehisto

1/ Hi we're Kenny & @AJ_Watson_. We are presenting a Twitter paper on 'analogue cremations in a digital age'. In this age, where anything is possible, why are more &

Beth Loveland

heartofloveland

Dear poor whites, I’ll never forget where I came from so I need to say something to you - during my failed experiment in civility of Facebook, I heard a

C. Tocci

C_Tocci

Chicago's #Columbus Drive & the statue in Grant Park glorify a wretched historical figure & are directly connected to facism. A short thread...#TakeThemDown @chicagosmayor After coming to power, Mussolini invested

Jxlhš ☪️🇹🇷

jxlhs

Some Greeks say,"a truly civilized nation respects all monuments". We sent him the scrapbook containing the tender notice of 26 minarets in Salonica, which were demolished by the municipality with

Dr. Karen L. Cox ✍🏻🏳️‍🌈😷

SassyProf

I'm gonna say this about Trump's video telling folks to go home--he helped create this moment of mob violence. It reminds me of Gen. Robt. E. Lee after the Civil

Dr. Erin Kane

Diana_monkey

this is such a bad, extremely white, take.https://twitter.com/paulkrugman/status/1304385740063805440 Forever wars, the Department of Homeland Security, the PATRIOT act, the TSA, actual Muslims, and people who prejudiced people in an outbrea

The Bills make Dr. Jennifer Sessions want to shout

Laprofmme

Having spent a decent chunk of the 20 years studying public monuments & revolutionary iconoclasm, am both awed & dumbstruck by the downpour of falling statues. Since I can't muster

Dawn Michael, PhD💗

SexCounseling

President Donald Trump over the last week did the following, but you probably won't hear about it from the News.1. Made vaccines voluntary not mandatory.2. Defunded WHO forever and wants

(Kat)harsis

AnyAFKat

Instead of studying, I want to tell you about a bada*s woman named Hatshepsut. She was the 2nd woman to become pharaoh in her own right in the Old Kingdom...that

Matt Gabriele

prof_gabriele

so this is from me & @Lollardfish and the main point is that how we tend to think about monuments can be divided into categories of "nostalgia" & "memory." #twitterstorians

Destructive Chemistry

DestructiveChem

Okay, @CillizzaCNN let's go line by line. https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/04/politics/donald-trump-mount-rushmore-south-dakota-speech-lines/index.html Thread. Trump is giving thanks to our responders and their work, but the speech is about

Anjula Hettige

AnjulaHettige

My grandmother was a Jaffna Tamil. She never taught Tamil to mom; afraid we will be prosecuted. I remember asking her if the Sinhalese will continue to treat minorities badly

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