I live in the capital of the confederacy so the statue destruction was right down the street. And no, all I could gather from that (being a kid who had! to do community service/slave labor for "defacing" a statue by literally leaving an empty ginger ale bottle on it ACCIDENTALLY after a friend and I played there one Sunday, now these fuckers are painting on it and it's SANCTIONED? How are they going to pay me my hours back that I wasted in the first place (punishment DID NOT fit the crime) but now, I'm even VINDICATED.) was that they didn't want any reminders laying around of "government overthrow" or the like so we useless eaters wouldn't get any ideas. What other reason could there possibly be? History is not racist. Its a lie, but not racist. Can't be. Apparently it's just a story. Neither here nor there but no, I can't argue they are the same because of personal bias. You couldn't ever have known that because I've never really told anyone that in twenty years or more.

If you want to start a debate club shouldn’t you be able to how they aren’t the same?