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@VTHistory25 Murdered? Where did that come from? It feels like a straw man. Most people I know want ICE abolished and arrested. And if anything they have a higher chance of being killed black bagging people while hiding their faces, this is America after all- I’m surprised it hasn’t happened

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@inickdc @history_under @VTHistory25 @ProfMSinha This isn’t a left/right binary—it’s a deeper conflict about how to live with the past in a world that’s still shaped by it. And unless we make room for that tension, we’ll keep missing the real opportunity: transformation that includes truth and understanding. (8/8)

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@inickdc @history_under @VTHistory25 @ProfMSinha On the other, there’s a risk of seeing everything through a single moral lens, which can lead to broad mischaracterizations of intent, flattening individuals into ideological symbols. That too blocks reconciliation. (7/8)

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@inickdc @history_under @VTHistory25 @ProfMSinha On one side, there are people who mourn all loss of historical sites, regardless of context. Their attachment to preservation can sometimes blind them to the living harm such sites still represent. (6/8)

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@inickdc @history_under @VTHistory25 @ProfMSinha When bias overwhelms our commitment to historical clarity, we lose our ability to influence, to educate, or to persuade—especially those outside our immediate echo chamber. (5/8)

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@inickdc @history_under @VTHistory25 @ProfMSinha You may not want reconciliation, but it’s necessary in a world of ideological difference. Refusing to engage with others in good faith doesn’t stop injustice—it replaces one kind of dehumanization with another. That’s how the worst of history repeats. (4/8)

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@inickdc @history_under @VTHistory25 @ProfMSinha Celebration of its destruction is understandable—especially by those most affected by its history—and even more so given the building wasn’t just preserving the past, but actively being used as a celebratory venue, which is ethically troubling. (3/8)

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@inickdc @history_under @VTHistory25 @ProfMSinha In an ideal world, the site would have become a museum—only a museum—operating at cost, dedicated solely to educating future generations about the atrocities that occurred there. That vision is now impossible due to a freak accident. (2/8)

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@inickdc @history_under @VTHistory25 @ProfMSinha I’m not coming at this from the center. I’m coming from a place that sees value in reconciling the two worldviews at play here: Preservationist Historicism and Transformative Historicism. (1/8)

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@history_under @VTHistory25 @inickdc @ProfMSinha It’s difficult on Twitter, but I wonder how we could create space for grief and reckoning—without letting either activism or preservationism flatten the historical complexity. Especially when I view both sides (yes i’m being that guy lol) have a lot of merit

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@history_under @VTHistory25 @inickdc @ProfMSinha You are reasonably distraught at the loss and feel a sort of disgust when people celebrate it. Especially when they’re supposed to preserve History. They celebrate the “karma” and feel it’s not just historical but political, and feel the same when people ignore that

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@history_under @VTHistory25 @inickdc @ProfMSinha It’s interesting because it wasn’t destroyed on purpose. Because of that, what we’re really getting seems like raw bias from both sides. Like both are using this as a tool for confrontation (though the fact she wasn’t willing to engage with you is depressing for a “historian”)

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@VTHistory25 @inickdc @ProfMSinha @history_under I mean, this site was more than just a museum, it was an event space and wedding venue. Mourning the loss of history is one thing, but I feel you’re missing the reason why people would celebrate given the context. She’s rude and closed minded, but this feels like activism as well

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@BearsMom73 @BernieSanders These modern day Pharisees have taken over America. They bastardize everything He stood for then claim his name. The irony is palpable. What a shame 😞 Please be better

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@ian11529679 @mrpro54500 @views09_ You call others weak, but it’s you who can’t handle it. It’s your mind that’s weak. You struggle with complexity, nuance, and historical narrative. You lash out like a child throwing a tantrum, and then deem yourself the strong one for doing so. You’re imprisoned by your own mind

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@ian11529679 @mrpro54500 @views09_ The world isn’t soft, it is anything but. The entire history of humanity has gotten to this point and it is still filled with constant death, strife, and injustice. You likely live in a bubble and project that bubble onto the world. We are in the process of learning how to soften

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@ian11529679 @mrpro54500 @views09_ Real strength is humility. Mocking that shows your chains, not your power

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@ian11529679 @mrpro54500 @views09_ So concerned about superior cultures while demonstrating the culture of a prison rat 💀

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@boonesghost @donglaozi160 @bengal4everson @esjesjesj Best I got is: “There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.”

Jesus also praised eunuchs (treated like a 3rd gender in that time- ancient non-binary) as part of God’s kingdom. He cares more about your soul than your gender

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@boonesghost @donglaozi160 @bengal4everson @esjesjesj I also kinda agree with this, but we also live in a different form of government. We live in a democracy now and with that comes a collective responsibility. Taxes still happened under kings- but individual citizens had no means to rein in the corrupt. We do now, but always fail