To paraphrase a poem recently disdained by one of the current white house occupant's minions,
"Give us your tired, your poor, your wretched refuse of Slovakian (NOT Yugoslavian!) mud pits, your larger than life monuments to revolution undone, your symbols of someone else's nation desparate to be dressed in drag and pooped on by pigeons..."
As far as RantWoman is concerned, it would be fine to leave Lenin alone perched on his corner in the middle of the highly capitalist People's Republic of Fremont. The endless costume changes are not exactly overflowing with dignity. As RantWoman understands it, he is on private property and up for sale anyway. RantWoman has heard divergent opinions about the Fremont Lenin from several people she knows from the former Soviet Union.
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| Lenin, appointed comparatively tastefully |
RantWoman probably would defer to a unified call from people closer to the Soviet Union's famous Lenin Personality Cult, but the historical barbarities associated with Lenin are not going to be undone because some statue is removed from public view. On the contrary, RantWoman for instance is MORE likely to remember these barbarities if there is a big hulking hunk of artwork in the middle of a public street to remind RantWoman of the topic.
And one more reason to leave Lenin alone: service as gay lust object! RantWoman knows one guy who says Lenin was his first gay crush, fed over and over by all the Lenin monuments available in his childhood! So if you leave Lenin alone, you can strike one more blow for healthy teenage coming out, acceptance of same-sex relationships and one more protest against resurgent homophobia at home and abroad.
RantWoman is just saying....
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