komAnt t1_iudqhpf wrote
Reply to comment by Charlesinrichmond in NY Times writing about statue removal, expect more where should I live and bagel discussions by Charlesinrichmond
What's interesting about that?
Charlesinrichmond OP t1_iudsxo5 wrote
It's basically marketing. RVA goes on the radar as a place to live for people who either hadn't thought about it, or were pondering it but were worried we were just like Alabama. If you were marketing Richmond and buying ads this would cost a fortune
Basically "look! They are still cheap and aren't backward anymore!"
a form of the medium is the message. NYTs take on things gets loaded with authoritative affect.
Glen_YngkinDid_9-11 t1_iue0ucd wrote
It’s almost like the capital of a slave-state removing all of the statues glorifying that government is a big deal.
Charlesinrichmond OP t1_iufsuzy wrote
a thing yes. Big deal enormously overstates it though
Glen_YngkinDid_9-11 t1_iugqi3f wrote
How is it not a big deal?
Charlesinrichmond OP t1_iuieuc3 wrote
how on earth is it a big deal? It's a minor thing that's going to be forgotten in a decade. The very definition of temporary virtue signalling. The people getting bent out of shape about it are silly, and the people thinking its of lasting importance are also silly.
I think we should have just renamed Lee to "Grant" Stuart to "Sherman" etc. Would have achieved the same thing much more cheaply
Glen_YngkinDid_9-11 t1_iuj31uf wrote
I wonder if a Jew would feel like taking down a statue of Rommel is “virtue signaling?”
Why is everything about how “cheap” it is, for rightists? Maybe the expense wouldn’t matter if we actually taxed the landlords?
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