Monday, August 14, 2017

Heather Heyer, Killed By Charlottesville Car Attack; Maybe Rename Lee Park Again?

It's important to remember that not all the counter-protesters were the worst of the left. Heyer certainly sounds like she was one of the best--an admirable person by all accounts. I wonder whether C'ville ought to consider adding a statue of her to the park?
   I'm torn on the issue of Confederate monuments, but one type of option is to add rather than subtract--that is, add e.g. other statues, informative plaques, and so on around them. (I've wondered whether it might not improve the situation to take statues like that of Lee of their pedestals, as it were...) A statue of Heyer might be exactly the right sort of thing--though I don't mean to make this sound purely instrumental.
   Another option would be to rename the park for her, despite the fact that it's only recently been renamed. 'Emancipation park' (is that the one? I can't keep the new names straight) is well-intentioned, but pretty generic.

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