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Did the Boone County Commission make the right decision about the courthouse murals?

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Did the Boone County Commission make the right decision about the courthouse murals?

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The commission voted Thursday to remove the murals from the courthouse after complaints that the scenes depicted included violence and slavery.

The commission voted Thursday to remove the murals from the courthouse after complaints that the scenes depicted included violence and slavery. Show Less

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Some defended the murals, saying their intent wasn't racist or intimidating but to depict local history, even if it is ugly.

Some defended the murals, saying their intent wasn't racist or intimidating but to depict local history, even if it is ugly. Show Less

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Pamela Stephens

The murals are a part of history! If we keep taking down/and or removing statue's and Murals why teach history in schools!!! This is getting totally out of hand!!

Tim Montee

why take them down, it is history that needs to be seen and remembered the way it was and not the way they want you to see it, or not see it...

Border Ruffian

If the paintings are offensive, then you'd have to count George Caleb Bingham's famous Order Number 11 painting as offensive too.

Donna S

History is HISTORY!!!

Max

Trying to sweep history under the door is no way to improve our Nation. The Boone County Commission is a failure.

Mike S

Examining our past is SUPPOSED to feel uncomfortable. This is where the urge to grow and change comes from. It's the same sort of whitewashing of the past as the fake issue of Critical Race Theory.

Max

If these paintings were painted today, there would be drive by shootings, tent cities on the sidewalks, and needles and human waste everywhere. We don't want the truth to be exposed. It might hurt someone's feelings.