HomeMy WebLinkAbout1/21/2020 Item 15, Byrd
Tonikian, Victoria
From:Marvin Byrd <marvin.byrd@gmail.com>
Sent:Tuesday,
To:E-mail Council Website
Subject:Ill-Advised Public Art Policy
Dear Mayor and City Council,
I wanted to voice my opinion against adopting the proposed public art policy banning commemoration of individuals.
Wanting to avoid personal depictions because people are inherently flawed does not make any sense. One cannot
idolize an idea, they can only look up to a person. Idea's don't change anything, its only the specific way in which they
are carried out by people that change the world. The world is filled with pseudo intellectuals with ideas that will never
change anything.
I understand that Roosevelt was bad to native Americans, but when we memorialize someone we slice their lives up into
the pieces we want to remember, and that is our inspiration. Saying you want to generically save the environment does
not help the world at all, by contrast seeing how someone actually was able to protect the most beautiful nature in the
US for generations is inspiring. I am sure that Hitler did one or two nice things in his life, but we will never remember
that, he will only be known as one of the most evil people to ever walk the earth. On this day after MLK day let us
remember he died an enemy of the state.
Don't limit our cities ability for people to express themselves. You already have the power to prevent a specific statue if
it is in bad taste. I am wondering why this is insufficient? It is going to be seen as San Luis Obispo falling in line with
newer more radical left that is on a conquest to limit free speech. This is in starch contrast to liberalism which
emphasized the freedom for a person or people to freely express themselves.
Libertarian Delegate, spokesperson, and Newsletter committee member for California.
Sincerely
Marvin Byrd
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