Why are so many statues being pulled down, and what does this symbolise? I discuss this social trend with Associate Professor University of Sydney Salvatore Babones. Is it a sign of democracy at work, or something else?
The New Iconoclasm – With Salvatore Babones
Australian politicians should be deported to their place of allegiance because they have been destroying our history since Cook. Our first monument of 1656 was destroyed to make way for a marina, 10,000 pre Cook European artifacts destroyed. Our first permanent residents of 1629 not recognized nor the many Dutch pre Cook settlements. We have a rich history of apartheid, holocaust, ethnic cleansing and slavery and it is very unpatriotic to be covering this history up because it hampers our future.