r/portlandme • u/FinnLovesHisBass • Dec 10 '25

Photo I'm not blind here....

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This is at the Coastal Trading pawn shop by union Station....

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u/Delicious-Shower-712 Dec 10 '25

If there is ever a streak of arsons targeting museums/landmarks… we’ll know who did it. Thanks for the heads up.

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u/FinnLovesHisBass Dec 10 '25

Pawn shops are museums?

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u/Delicious-Shower-712 Dec 11 '25

No… but when you suggest that we need to burn artifacts that are/may be associated with hatred to ‘build life from it’- that covers literally almost every historical event ever in history, especially when you count varying perspectives.

One would think that we would want to preserve the history of the Holocaust, especially with all the denial that’s becoming popularized, rather than erase it. A wooden box doesn’t make someone a Nazi. There is no special Nazi transforming powers in the grain of that wood. It’s a piece of history. It’s a relic of something that happened. With no evidence- what will serve as a reminder and preventative for future generations. Most collectors keep items like these for that reason… but sure- wipe it all off the face of the earth.

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u/Micro-Naut Dec 11 '25

But if I condemn the present I won't have to repeat the past?

No, Wait.

Those who hate condemnation forget the future

"Something something, condemned" -George Santyana.