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Letters to BS on statue politics: Why is it unfair to raze statues?

The razing of the statues of any political thinker reeks of arrogance and intolerance towards the opponents

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Political ideologies can never be fully correct or completely wrong. Each political ideology is a result of the prevailing social, political, and cultural situation and the disenchantment of the people with the prevailing political scene. Every ideology has its pros and cons. Hence, a healthy debate on the relevance of a particular political ideology should happen. The razing of the statues of any political thinker reeks of arrogance and intolerance towards the opponents. The demolition of a statue does not necessarily mean the end of the ideology proposed by that thinker. The argument that the razing of Lenin's statue in

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