THE WHOLE IS GREATER THAN THE SUM OF THE PARTS : ENCOURAGEMENT TODAY for right wing pundits and sock puppets seeking to defend the philanthropic legacy of Edward Colston.
“Plans to design, construct and install the Harold Shipman Memorial Statue are being ramped up,” a spokesman for all the historically ignorant and racist social media commentators, oh and the UK Government, told LCD Views, “we hope to install Mr Shipman far from water, on a plinth, outside a lucky hospital by the end of the summer.”
But critics of the decision have attacked the plans to raise a statue honouring one of the UK’s worst mass murderers.
“They’re missing the point,” the spokesman hit back, “just like the left wing snowflakes who completely ignore the philanthropy of slave traders. So what if someone murdered thousands of humans, threw thousands of humans into the sea, actively profited off the worst of humanity’s ability for evil, so long as they left some cash after to a charity. I mean, let’s get a sense of perspective. Besides, the Colston statue only really offends people who aren’t white, right?! So who’s colour blind here?”
Wow.
But surely there is no justification for erecting a statue to a doctor who betrayed the trust placed in his profession so absolutely, to the point of murdering vulnerable people?
“I’ve just explained all this. We’re not erecting the statue to remember all the people he killed. We’re erecting it to remember he also prescribed antibiotics. I mean, that’s a one of a kind achievement that more than counterbalances the other stuff, which we’d prefer people didn’t mention.”