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  1. Ldlane

    Politics: General Removal of Statues Thread

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

    Politics: General Removal of Statues Thread

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

    Politics: General Removal of Statues Thread

    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.
  4. Ldlane

    Politics: General Removal of Statues Thread

    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).
  5. Ldlane

    Politics: General Removal of Statues Thread

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

    Politics: General Removal of Statues Thread

    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!
  7. Ldlane

    Politics: General Removal of Statues Thread

    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...
  8. Ldlane

    Politics: General Removal of Statues Thread

    Yes I know what conservatives and liberals are and represent.
  9. Ldlane

    Politics: General Removal of Statues Thread

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

    Politics: General Removal of Statues Thread

    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.
  11. Ldlane

    Politics: General Removal of Statues Thread

    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...
  12. Ldlane

    Politics: General Removal of Statues Thread

    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.
  13. Ldlane

    Politics: General Removal of Statues Thread

    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...
  14. Ldlane

    Politics: General Removal of Statues Thread

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

    Politics: General Removal of Statues Thread

    Goodbye Teddy! https://www.marketwatch.com/story/new-yorks-museum-of-natural-history-to-remove-teddy-roosevelt-statue-2020-06-21?reflink=mw_share_facebook
  16. Ldlane

    Politics: General Removal of Statues Thread

    Rhodes must Fall! https://www.democracynow.org/2020/6/16/bree_newsome_bass_racist_monuments_symbols
  17. Ldlane

    News Article: Good luck dealing with a pandemic, depending on this administration...

    Still i Lockdown mostly for us. Now it's because of the Spike in Arizona. https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/covid-19-cases-on-navajo-nation-near-7000-death-toll-at-334/
  18. Ldlane

    COPS TV show....cancelled!

    I'm thinking that show was shot on location in Florida?? Just Kidding!

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