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re: Group looking to get Sam Houston statue removed from Hermann Park in Houston
Posted on 5/26/17 at 10:23 pm to PrimeTime Money
Posted on 5/26/17 at 10:23 pm to PrimeTime Money
This continues to be some insane shite. Lots of wasted energy and money that could be better used elsewhere. Unfrickingbelievable.
Instead of being wasteful, they could try to utilize their time and raise money to put up more statues for people they want memorialized.
Instead of being wasteful, they could try to utilize their time and raise money to put up more statues for people they want memorialized.
This post was edited on 5/26/17 at 10:26 pm
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Posted on 5/26/17 at 10:32 pm to tonydtigr
No way it's gonna happen. It's just a fringe group pushing this right now. It's not the mayor like it was in New Orleans.
But it just goes to show you how insane people are.
Sam Houston is like the father of Texas. He fought in the Battle of San Jacinto and won Texas' independence. Also, and here's the kicker:
He was also the only governor within a future Confederate state to oppose secession (which led to the outbreak of the American Civil War) and to refuse an oath of allegiance to the Confederacy, a decision that led to his removal from office by the Texas secession convention.
When he was a young man, he spent time with the Cherokee Nation, into which he later was adopted as a citizen and into which he married.
So this is a guy who is a Texas hero, was governor, was against secession, refused to support the Confederacy and was removed from office because of it, was made a Cherokee by the Cherokees and married a Native American woman. In the 1800's!
And yet they want his statue removed. The only explanation is because he's white. That's all I can come up with.
But it just goes to show you how insane people are.
Sam Houston is like the father of Texas. He fought in the Battle of San Jacinto and won Texas' independence. Also, and here's the kicker:
He was also the only governor within a future Confederate state to oppose secession (which led to the outbreak of the American Civil War) and to refuse an oath of allegiance to the Confederacy, a decision that led to his removal from office by the Texas secession convention.
When he was a young man, he spent time with the Cherokee Nation, into which he later was adopted as a citizen and into which he married.
So this is a guy who is a Texas hero, was governor, was against secession, refused to support the Confederacy and was removed from office because of it, was made a Cherokee by the Cherokees and married a Native American woman. In the 1800's!
And yet they want his statue removed. The only explanation is because he's white. That's all I can come up with.
Posted on 5/27/17 at 7:55 am to tonydtigr
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Instead of being wasteful, they could try to utilize their time and raise money to put up more statues for people they want memorialized.
That's the real problem for them. They don't have anyone worth memorializing.
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