Got banned from a local history group for posting a photo of a torn down building

Honestly, it was about two years ago on this Facebook group for our town's history. I shared a picture I took of the old movie theater on Main Street right after they started tearing it down. I just wrote something like 'End of an era, this place was my first job.' Next thing I know, my post is gone and I'm banned. The admin sent me a message saying I was 'spreading negativity' and 'not preserving the town's positive image.' Tbh, it felt so weird because it was just a fact, it was happening. That whole thing made me stop posting in local groups. Now I just keep that stuff to myself or share with a couple friends. Has anyone else been banned for something that was just... true?

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ericfox3d ago

That admin's logic is totally backwards. Preserving history means showing the good AND the bad, the stuff that's still here AND the stuff that's gone. If the group only wants pictures of pretty old houses and happy parades, that's not history, that's a postcard. It's like saying a family photo album should only have birthday parties and never show a broken arm or a flooded basement. Real memory doesn't work that way. Banning a picture of a torn down theater is trying to erase a fact everyone in town can see.

finley_bennett283d ago

Actually makes you wonder who that history is really for. If a group only shows the good old days, it's not for the people who lived them. It's for selling an idea to newcomers or making older folks feel good. A torn down building is a real event that changed the town for everyone who uses that block. Hiding it just means the record is wrong. Future people looking at that group will get a fake story.