He was a man of his time

Slavery was and is abhorrent and his statue almost serves as a warning from history (served).
We cannot rewrite history though, as things become dishonest if we try to do this.
Many cities were built on the business of trading sugar, tobacco and slaves and many lovely old buildings were funded by these profits. Do we just tear these down in protest??
The great irony about Colston was his altruism in later life, which in no way makes up for profiting from others misery but shows he was not all bad.
This doesn’t fit the current narrative though, and I am in no way trying to justify this man’s actions!

Posted By: JoeyDeacon on June 7th 2020 at 17:39:31

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Bristol today (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Jun 7, 17:33:08
- Hi. Can I ask if you are black? (General Chat) - Nelsons final flanel, Jun 7, 21:07:23
  - No (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Jun 7, 22:24:47
    - I mean no, (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Jun 7, 22:49:45
- A slave trader? Fuck him and his statue (n/m) (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Jun 7, 20:52:54
  - I don't disagree (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Jun 7, 22:38:04
- Who’s next? Churchill? (n/m) (General Chat) - Surrey Yella, Jun 7, 19:53:22
  - A useful guide is - what are you most famous for? (General Chat) - jampersands, Jun 7, 20:36:16
  - Plenty to dislike about Churchill tbf (n/m) (General Chat) - Agatha Fisty, Jun 7, 20:32:25
  - Not very popular with Indians including British Indians. (General Chat) - DH Yellow, Jun 7, 20:21:56
    - Our country should be ashamed of how it made it’s wealth. Appalling (n/m) (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Jun 7, 20:53:55
  - probably he was a (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Jun 7, 20:03:01
- seemed pretty reasonable to me (General Chat) - matt in london, Jun 7, 19:46:57
  - Was quite an emotional moment that (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 7, 19:50:19
- Fuck all them racist old statues up, get rid, get them upstream pronto. (n/m) (General Chat) - MIKEWALKER, Jun 7, 18:45:13
  - Put some fecking clothes on.... (General Chat) - yellowman, Jun 7, 19:25:25
- Do you know what? I am anti violence, anti vandalism, not comfortable with the increased (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jun 7, 18:10:02
  - Best statue in Thetford (General Chat) - Winged Eel Creosote, Jun 7, 18:23:06
    - HaHa brilliant, must admit I used to love the Giles one of Grandma in Ipswich (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jun 7, 18:33:32
      - Giles was a brilliant cartoonist (n/m) (General Chat) - JoeyDeacon, Jun 7, 19:56:55
        
        He provided me with the same present to get my dad every Christmas, easy (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jun 7, 22:02:20
  - Agreed. Most people had never heard of the bloke (General Chat) - jamesward, Jun 7, 18:21:47
    - Sky news interviewed a black lad (General Chat) - Pukki Pies, Jun 7, 19:53:24
      - Done its job then, educated people (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Jun 7, 21:02:02
      - Super stuff (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 7, 19:57:34
- Except that most people never heard of him until today - how's that for (General Chat) - StraightOuttaBacton, Jun 7, 18:09:27
- trollololol (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 7, 17:54:12
  - Why troll? (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Jun 7, 19:21:24
    - I didn't say anything like that (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Jun 7, 23:25:38
    - “I love slave traders” something along those lines? (n/m) (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Jun 7, 20:57:26
- He was a man of his time (General Chat) - JoeyDeacon, Jun 7, 17:39:31
  - Can see why you don’t think there’s a racist issue in the UK 🇬🇧 now. Only 🇺🇸 😂 (n/m) (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Jun 7, 20:54:41
  - There’s a big difference between acknowledging history and celebrating jt (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Jun 7, 20:22:16
  - Man of his time maybe, but in should we have a statue of him in 2020. (n/m) (General Chat) - DH Yellow, Jun 7, 20:17:41
    - Should never have gone up at the end of the 19th century (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 7, 20:23:13
  - Most of them idiots didn't and wouldn't of even known who he was last week (General Chat) - Pukki Pies, Jun 7, 18:38:02
    - That’s simply not true (General Chat) - Sellbydave, Jun 8, 09:50:33
    - That’s probably why it was still up last week (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 7, 19:09:41
    - He swims with the fishes now (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jun 7, 18:39:29
      - What's next, Churchill, Nelson, statue of liberty the pyramids were built by slaves (n/m) (General Chat) - Pukki Pies, Jun 7, 19:10:36
        
        😂 (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 7, 19:19:25
        
        These fools realise the slave trade is still a thing and Africans are dying in the med (General Chat) - Pukki Pies, Jun 7, 19:34:05
        
        Lol (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 7, 19:52:05
        
        Lefty always resort to violence and fighting. Standard tactic (n/m) (General Chat) - Pukki Pies, Jun 7, 19:54:46
        
        Haha, so thick (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Jun 7, 21:03:27
        
        Were slave owners lefties? They use to be very violent toward their black HUMAN slaves (n/m) (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Jun 7, 20:55:38
        
        Interesting take, that... (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Jun 7, 20:21:40
        
        I see (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 7, 19:58:42
  - That Hitler bloke, man of his time, built great roads. Wouldn't want a statue of him in (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jun 7, 18:29:02
    - what about that goodwin bloke (n/m) (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Jun 7, 20:10:26
    - No agree on that one (n/m) (General Chat) - JoeyDeacon, Jun 7, 19:04:33

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