Violence in Charlottesville

[Strike For The South]

Brass knuckles have a pretty mixed bag of laws around them in the US; does anyone actually carry them outside of organized crime?

No

I don't support transfers of land or sovereignty to native tribes.

Fair enough

I liked the author's argument in that it criticized the mode of the representation (state-sponsored mega-works) rather than the subjects.

I have sympathy for the argument. As we have pointed out ad nueaseum, this monuments are a consolidation of white power. They have meaning in the sense they are meant to show who is in charge, who controls the narrative. If Congress decides to get rid of Rushmore, so be it. I simply wont sign the petition. I will sign all the confederate ones though.

However, My expectation is that the sponsorship of the state won't diminish but rather transition.

I think we agree, My hand wringing is over the circumvention of processes and institutions. No doubt the counter arguement to that is my privilege affords me the luxury of respecting these institutions.