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Should murals be removed from the Boone County Courthouse?
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One lawyer told ABC 17 News that while the murals can be offensive, that's the point and they should stay.
One lawyer told ABC 17 News that while the murals can be offensive, that's the point and they should stay.
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Vernon Taylor
We need to be reminded of the past and the progress made from those events. Proposals of this ilk simply appease those with personal agendas who feel they are more important than history itself. They feel they are more important than than the rest of us when in reality we are aware they are not.
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Matt Goodsell
History can be ugly, but removing the reality of it would be much worse! Denying history would translate to a repeat of it.
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Mary Perrey
We should not be destroying history. It is important to see just how far we have come in so many ways. Those murals help demonstrate that.
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I find the painting of famous Native American hunter pointing a rifle at a man preticuly racist.
ReplyCivic art need not be eternal, especially if it is meant to tell a story, as this art is. Time to support new artists and reconsider the impact of the visuals we choose for our public spaces.
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