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Flat White

Do the mob toppling statues expect their own monuments?

25 June 2020

5:54 PM

25 June 2020

5:54 PM

It is only a matter of time before someone pulls down a statue of Mother Teresa because she was silent on transgender rights.

Admittedly, the Catholic Saint did some good work amongst the poor of Calcutta, but did she ever use her international profile to campaign for gender-neutral bathrooms? No. And so her statue must go.

And statues of Florence Nightingale will likely be demolished because she failed to speak out about the climate emergency.

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