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“Displaying a monument that claims white people control America in an institution that is controlled by white people merely reinforces its message.”
― Erin L. Thompson, Smashing Statues: The Rise and Fall of America's Public Monuments

“Some of those who say they are worried about erasing history are really objecting to decisions about monuments being taken down by a small group of people, whether protesters or officials. Ideally, communities as a whole should decide, but you cannot impose this as a requirement without the existence of a real process for having these conversations. Today, what we are truly in danger of losing is not history but rather the chance to use monuments, whether fallen or still standing, as paths to get to a better future”
― Erin L. Thompson, Smashing Statues: The Rise and Fall of America's Public Monuments

“The forward to the landmark 1980 DSM III was appropriately modest and acknowledged that this diagnostic system was imprecise. So imprecise that it never should be used for forensic or insurance purposes. As we will see that modesty was tragically short lived.”
― Bessel Van Der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score, How Healing Works, Hashimoto Thyroid Cookbook 3 Books Collection Set

“When one abdicates universality, one obtains universal horror.”
― Alain Badiou, Theory of the Subject