What should the South do with its unwanted Confederate monuments? University of Tennessee geographers Jordan Brasher and Derek Alderman have a modest proposal: Let’s bury Confederate statues in a graveyard for relics of the Old South.

The idea comes from Estonia, which dealt with its Soviet-era statues by removing them from their pedestals and leaving them, toppled, in a field. Weeds grew over Stalin; Lenin’s nose fell off; birds left their mark on both. The visible neglect subverted the Soviet despots who used to rule Estonia with an iron fist.

A U.S. Confederate statue graveyard of “felled and crumpled monuments would create a somber commemorative atmosphere that encourages visitors to grieve – without revering – their legacy,” write Brasher and Alderman.

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