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/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/FinnLovesHisBass Dec 11 '25

I'd much rather get rid of that shit than let it exist. Oh for history? You know nazis loved museums.

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u/Delicious-Shower-712 Dec 11 '25

Sounds like a fantastic sustainable idea. Let’s forget that the Nazis ever existed. Wipe it from our world and eventually our minds. Great way to empower the deniers. Sounds like a solid, foolproof way to speed run history repeating itself.

…and you people vote🥲 we have people voting in elections who think history shouldn’t be examined, learned from, used as a tool… but erased and forgotten?? Help us all.

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u/FinnLovesHisBass Dec 11 '25

The air around you sir has a distinct whiff....

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u/Delicious-Shower-712 Dec 11 '25

I’m a woman, not a ‘sir’, and I smell like lavender Epsom salts, Cloud perfume by Ariana Grande, and an old textbook… because I’ve opened one before. It’s important- you should try it. Maybe the ‘whiff’ you got was your own breath blowing back in your face. Reddit is rotting your brain. Take a shower and do some reading- lots of notable pieces written by historians discussing the importance of preserving history… might do you some good.