December 28, 2003

Gay, anti-Vietnam and pro-choice demonstrations are being removed from video footage of the Washington Mall. There seems to be a trend towards editing history at the moment (see my last post). Here's an older article about rewriting history textbooks to "reflect multicultural values".
posted by tracicle 20 years ago
  • The first 2 links are the same.
  • Ah, that was meant to be this.
  • It's a neoconservative world. We just live in it.
  • The NPS might be backing off somewhat on this, but it seems to be part of a broader trend towards "Faith-Based Parks." There are more links in this MeFi thread.
  • Thanks, homunculus. That's a better set of links than mine. Teach me for going on holiday. :)
  • What with the (re)placement of plaques containing biblical quotes and allowing creationist revisions of the Grand Canyon's history to be sold, and now this video-editing issue, it's like the Bush administration is testing the public to see how close to the line they can step. I see a slippery slope a-coming. There's something odd about using the National Park Service to attempt to reintroduce a faith-based government, but it's probably the most innocuous place to start. I wonder how far it will go before the next elections, and for how much Bush is directly answerable, you know, what with him being on a mission from God and all. At least they had the decency/sense to back down on the Washington Mall video.
  • I am guessing that you are an evolution-believing, monkey-worshipping communis. Please confirm, irony is thin gruel.
  • I am a fan of the colour pink, dayes. I wonder what Lenin would have looked like as a monkey. Mostly, though, I'm of the firm belief that life in the White House is getting more and more like that Comedy Central sitcom with the Bush lookalike. (That's My Bush?)
  • it's interesting, i was just at the lincoln memorial yesterday and watched that very video. let me first say, i'm about as left-leaning a liberal as they come. but i tried watching it as a right-wing conservative would. and, yeah, i can see why they're pissed. there's lots of footage of pro-choice, pro-ERA stuff and basically nothing of anti-abortion, anti-gay, etc. but my boyfriend was wondering, have right-wing groups protested at the memorial as often as lefties? maybe the spirit of the memorial -- equality -- draws more liberal voices.
  • Speaking of pro-choice vs. anti-abortion, this is a good article: How Democrats started losing the abortion debate.
  • Why is it even possible to "debate" abortion any more? /na
  • Well, it's not a debate. That's what people who enjoy arguing like to call it though, because coming out and saying they like pissing off those who disagree with them hits a little to close to home. Debate, at least to me implies that the other party might change their minds.
  • See Tracicle, all the dogmatists were sick of hearing that "history is written by the victors" and decided if they could write enough of the history, they'd win.
  • History is bunk. -- Henry Ford