Monuments conceal the law-endowed evils of founding figures
Evidence
The granite of statues conceals the ugly side of “great men” who leveraged the power the law endowed them with to commit great evils, unforgivable evils that stand alongside foundational nation-making achievements. — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 1108
Categorization
Category: Definitional Content
- XREF: The law as instrument of evil connects to the reader’s broader interest in how legal and institutional structures legitimize harm.