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EP. 05 Winston Churchill

Uncancelled History

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The Negatives of Churchill

In Edmonton, Canada in 2021, the lifestyle stature of Winston Churchill was assaulted by protesters throwing red paint over him. Schools have been changing their names. There's a school in California that doesn't want to be named after George Washington. Statues have been attacked, including that of Abraham Lincoln. It seems that there can't be a demonstration in Parliament Square any longer, without the police either boarding up the statue or it being attacked and vandalized in some way. The idea of just pulling it down is an absurdity, in my view. I believe there are more productive ways to move society along towards a more inclusive and uplifting future. In Sheffield recently, ordinary people voted to keep a statue

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