Recent content by Ldlane

Then how come Russian Bots haven't been found that quickly for the Statue removals? If this one was found so quickly.

Here is a "Russian Bot": https://www.newsweek.com/white-jesus-statues-should-torn-down-black-lives-matters-leader-says-1512674

Russian Bots .... LOL! Those Russian Bots went to Lafayette Square and tried to take Andrew Jackson down last evening. *Not that I would be torn up.

The founder of Phoenix was a member of the CSA in the territory. His name was Jack Swilling. His wife was Mexican and adopted two Apache kids ( Boy and Girl).

It will be interesting to see if the Confederate Monument in Phoenix continues to stand in the upcoming weeks.

Cultural Marxism comes in many formats and disguises. Even Liberation Theology is based in Marx. I had the best Marxist professors in the country at FSU!

Oh and I agree. But, it’s not just about statues if you start looking past the cleansing of public spaces and start looking at the ideology of th current fringe movements like LatinX as as an example. They are garnering their own curriculum at the university level. Other minority studies Are...

Yes I know what conservatives and liberals are and represent.

Thanks for the honest answer! So until then we wipe out the icons of the colonial past?

But, when does "My History" become "Our History"? Right or wrong. I mean there are only two statues that have been targets of removal from the Right-wing idiots that I can think of and that is Villa in Tucson and the Lenin statues.

Well, I don't agree.

First I don't believe that it was started with Birmingham. There has been a worldwide movement of the left that started before the "Rhodes Must Fall" movement to rid the world of these icons Confederate or Colonial. If you read the Bree Newsome article earlier in the thread she talks about...

If they've served no "real purpose" then why are we taking them down? I would say there is a certain tourism value to having them up.

So when does "My History" become "Our History"? I've always said we need more statues, landmarks, etc.... of diverse groups that make up history the history of the country. We have the Desoto Trail with Markers representing Spanish history, we have the Ft. Mims massacre reenactment, I believe...

That is where Academia is coming into play and various movements.