Lenin statue: Normalizes political violence

Re: “Dear Seattle: We need to talk about Lenin” [July 9, Opinion]: Sometimes it takes someone new to see the obvious. Many thanks to columnist David Volodzko for pointing out the real harm in hosting a statue of Lenin. It normalizes and “makes a joke” …

July 13, 2023
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Lenin statue: ‘Well-deserved humiliation’

Re: “Dear Seattle: We need to talk about Lenin” [July 9, Opinion]: I think you’re looking at Fremont’s statue the wrong way. It is precisely the scale of Lenin’s evil that makes this so delicious. He is now our plaything marching into Fremont, in a tut…

July 13, 2023
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