Saturday, August 27, 2016
More BBC irritation
Aarrghh. BBC does it again. Discussing the destruction of cultural sites like Palmyra in Syria. All the discussers agree that the destruction of Palmyra is awful AND the destruction of the Cecil Rhodes statue at Oxford is wonderful.
No logic at all, just status. The people who destroyed Palmyra are UNCOOL, therefore what they do is awful. The people who destroyed Rhodes are SUPERSUPERSUPERCOOOOOL, therefore what they do is wonderful.
Narrator stated as a flat obvious fact that the Unesco World Heritage Sites in USA are all about Dead White Klansmen, with no regard at all for Firstes Nationses Indigenouses Peopleseseseseses.
Okay, let's check.
Unesco's own website gives a list.
Most of the USA STRONG sites are national parks. These are the non-park sites:
Independence Hall
Kluane / Wrangell-St Elias / Glacier Bay/ Tatshenshini-Alsek
Cahokia Mounds
Chaco Culture
Monticello, UVa
Taos Pueblo
Papahanaumokuakea
Monumental Earthworks of Poverty Point
San Antonio Missions
Nine places. Six of the nine are Firstses Nationses Indigenouses Peopleses. Only three are Dead White Klansmen.
False as always, BBC bigotmonster.
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