Politics: General Removal of Statues Thread

[Ldlane]

Either support BLM or don't. This makes you sound like a racist. You may think that is unfair, but it does. If you are okay with that keep posting stuff like this.

I'm sorry you feel that way. However, just because one disagrees with a movement's political ideology or your viewpoint does not make one a racist. I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

 

[Ldlane]

Another Oñate statue is removed. One left in El Paso!

City of Albuquerque removes statue of Juan de Oñate in Old Town

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The City of Albuquerque has removed the statue of conquistador Juan de Oñate in Old Town on Tuesday morning. On Monday, June 15, a male was shot during a protest fo…

www.krqe.com

 

[Tidewater]

And now a petition to rename the city of Lynchburg, Virginia.

The petition was started Wednesday by resident Daisy Howard, who grew up in the city. In the petition, Howard writes, “If black lives truly matter to the city, then such a word defining the hanging of people of color can and will be eliminated."

John Lynch founded "Lynch's Ferry." The state recognized it in 1786 as "Lynchburg."
We are entering an evidence-and-reason-free zone here.

 

[Ldlane]

An interesting viewpoint on a historical caricature that I think should have been retired "ions" ago.

"A lot of people want it removed. We want the world to know that our cousin Lillian was one of the Aunt Jemima's and she made an honest living. We would ask that you reconsider just wiping all that away. There wasn't a lot of jobs, especially for black women back in that time. She was discovered by Quaker Oats to be their brand person," Vera says.

Family of woman who portrayed Aunt Jemima opposes move to change brand

 

[Ldlane]

Oh Say can you see .......

Protesters bring down statue of Francis Scott Key

Francis Scott Key, who wrote the national anthem, was a slave owner.

abcnews.go.com

 

[Ldlane]

Down goes Grant! Not the wrath of Lee! LOL!

Maybe it was because he smoked and drank too much!

Protesters tear down statues of Union general Ulysses S. Grant, national anthem lyricist Francis Scott Key

Protesters in San Francisco on Friday toppled the statue of former President Grant, who led the Union Army during the Civil War, in Golden Gate Park.San Francisco police said that approxi…

thehill.com

 

[TexasBama]

Fred Rogers statue still standing. For now.

 

[Ldlane]

San Francisco is on a roll! Exit Junipero Serra!

Statues of Junipero Serra, Ulysses S. Grant toppled at Golden Gate Park

Group also pulled down Francis Scott Key and Ulysses S. Grant monuments

www.mercurynews.com

 

[Crimson1967]

Grant did own a slave for a period of time.

 

[Ldlane]

Fred Rogers statue still standing. For now.

Still a wonderful day in the neighborhood!

 

[Ldlane]

I'm waiting on the Sherman statue to go. There are a lot of reasons why Southerner's hate him, Native Americans and Mexican Americans.

 

[Tidewater]

And now this.
Ulysses Grant statue toppled in San Francisco
And now this.
This is no skin off my nose. I am not likely to ever go to San Fran again, but it does show that this trend has fallen into the hands of violent nihilist a-holes.

 

[Ldlane]

A new Jacobite Uprising is occurring right before our eyes! I have a couple of those in my tree somewhere.

 

[TIDE-HSV]

A new Jacobite Uprising is occurring right before our eyes! I have a couple of those in my tree somewhere.

There you go again - falling into historics...

 

[Ldlane]

There you go again - falling into historics...

I can't help but think of the more "colorful" members of my ancestry and the question of "What were you thinking at this time?" or were you?

I mean I have both "Unionist" and "Confederates" in my Ancestry. My Unionist participate shows a reduction in rank right before the end of the war and often wonder what stupid thing he did to deserve the reduction.

 

[Tidewater]

The man who wrote this?

And this:
Bill to Prevent the Importation of Slaves, &c., [16 June 1777]

To prevent more effectually the practice of holding persons in Slavery and importing them into this State1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly that all persons who shall be hereafter imported into this Commonwealth by Sea or by Land whether they were bond or free in their native Country upon their taking the Oath of Fidelity to this Commonwealth shall from thenceforth become free and absolutely exempted from all Slavery or Bondage to which they had been subjected in any other State or Country whatsoever.

 

[Ldlane]

Good article on the destruction of on "Juan de Oñate" in ABQ from a Latino perspective: If you have Chrome you can use Google Translate:

Juan de Oñate and New Mexico: Ignorance against History. By José Crespo

 

[MattinBama]

If only we had J. Edgar Hoover around to shine the light on these Communist agitators like he did with that Marxist Martin Luther King. Perhaps the honorable William Barr will be up to the task.

Please won’t these openly fascists save us from these maybe Marxists?!?

 

[Ldlane]

If only we had J. Edgar Hoover around to shine the light on these Communist agitators like he did with that Marxist Martin Luther King. Perhaps the honorable William Barr will be up to the task.

Please won’t these openly fascists save us from these maybe Marxists?!?

I think there was a fairy tale about that called "There was an old lady that swallowed a fly"!

 

[81usaf92]

And now this.
Ulysses Grant statue toppled in San Francisco
And now this.
This is no skin off my nose. I am not likely to ever go to San Fran again, but it does show that this trend has fallen into the hands of violent nihilist a-holes.

Well, if all these "heritage" lovers not been so obnoxious about sticking it to POC when they asked for them to move them, then we wouldn't have a crazy "lets topple that statue next" kinda thing right now.