- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
2
Posted on 6/12/20 at 9:55 am to Dizz
quote:
Not to mention the statue is a historic landmark that gives it certain protections.
Oh, so now they are going to start enforcing laws?
Posted on 6/12/20 at 9:55 am to BrohanDavey
quote:
Yeah, let's never mind that Andrew Jackson successfully defended New Orleans from the British with some ~2000 less troops. Idiots
Those soldiers were invading this racist country to free the slaves and Jackson prevented it to preserve slavery! Take it down!
Posted on 6/12/20 at 9:55 am to OBReb6
quote:
Would be a shame, a damn shame.
Of course it would, but we seem to have passed the point of this making any sense.
Posted on 6/12/20 at 9:56 am to Alt26
quote:
It's basically a terrorist situation. The mob says either you (government) take it down if you want to somehow preserve it. OR, we'll blatantly commit a crime and come tear it down because you aren't going to stop us or punish us.
Except the “terrorists” are actually mostly government employees and their family members in masks. The government is protesting itself to give it political cover for what it already wants to do.
Actually, considering how the CIA and FBI fund and masquerade as terrorists, it’s actually exactly like terrorism.
Our corrupt governments are the terrorists, the rioters, the cultural vandals, and the stazi clamping down on our rights in the name of safety. This is all orchestrated with approval from the local governments and funding from national (and trans-national) political figures and organizations.
Posted on 6/12/20 at 9:57 am to upgrayedd
quote:This.
I love how people naively think their favorite historical figure is safe despite supporting the destruction of others
It is the hilarity of all of this.
They will come for you in the end.
Nothing is safe.
Posted on 6/12/20 at 9:58 am to upgrayedd
quote:
Those soldiers were invading this racist country to free the slaves and Jackson prevented it to preserve slavery! Take it down!
Don’t forget he used bales of fricking COTTON to build walls to defend the city. Basically a complete mockery of the slaves.
Posted on 6/12/20 at 9:58 am to upgrayedd
quote:
Those soldiers were invading this racist country to free the slaves and Jackson prevented it to preserve slavery!
Great Britain didn’t abolish slavery in her colonies until 1833, 2 decades after their attempted invasion of New Orleans. So, no, they weren’t going to “free” any slaves.
Posted on 6/12/20 at 9:59 am to Scruffy
quote:
If they successfully move to remove a previous president, they will definitely move to remove other presidents.
He was not only a president but the de facto patron saint of the city. Taking that statue down is pretty much opening the flood gates wide open.
Posted on 6/12/20 at 10:01 am to kingbob
quote:
Great Britain didn’t abolish slavery in her colonies until 1833, 2 decades after their attempted invasion of New Orleans. So, no, they weren’t going to “free” any slaves.
I guess I forgot to use the sarcasm font
Posted on 6/12/20 at 10:05 am to JS87
Add a statue of Nagin and rename it Chocolate Square. Satisfy everyone.
Posted on 6/12/20 at 10:09 am to JS87
Andrew Jackson = Hitler. Good to know for history class.
Posted on 6/12/20 at 10:13 am to upgrayedd
There is a huge amount of tourism based on the history of NO, you remove all the history and you will remove all that tourism money. The net effect will be a loss of service jobs and tax revenue that help support all aspects of the city’s economy. Next step will be mass outcry bc nobody wants to visit NO, and it will be bc the things they were coming to see no longer exist.
Posted on 6/12/20 at 10:17 am to moester75
quote:
Andrew Jackson never rebelled against his government and he’s one of my favorite Presidents because he truly despised the international bankers with all his heart. He fought in duels and he threatened to hang John C Calhoun from the tallest tree in South Carolina if Calhoun tried to break up the Union. I’m sincerely asking the far left to please leave President/General Jackson alone man.
FYI, their problems with Andrew Jackson have nothing to do with breaking up the Union. Rather, it's that nickname "the architect of the Trail of Tears" that gives some people pause, hero of the Battle of New Orleans or not.
Posted on 6/12/20 at 10:20 am to td1
quote:
There is a huge amount of tourism based on the history of NO, you remove all the history and you will remove all that tourism money. The net effect will be a loss of service jobs and tax revenue that help support all aspects of the city’s economy. Next step will be mass outcry bc nobody wants to visit NO, and it will be bc the things they were coming to see no longer exist.
You're thinking way further into this than they are. They don't care nor will they factor in anything you just stated. Jackson was a bad white man and that's all they look at.
Posted on 6/12/20 at 10:22 am to JS87
Remember in 1976 they tried to change the high school mascot 
Posted on 6/12/20 at 10:22 am to LAcajun2
He’s considered Hitler to Native Americans because he ordered the forcible removal of all Native Tribes living East of the Mississippi. This included the “civilized” tribes which had largely been assimilated. The Trail of Tears which resulted was ethnic cleansing on a massive scale.
However, Jackson had many notable accomplishments beyond (destroyed the National Bank, pioneered the Spoils system, founded the Democratic Party, prevented a Civil War with his handling of the Nullification Crisis, paid off the national debt, saved New Orleans from British invasion, etc) that which make him such an important historical figure that the period in time during which he dominated is known as the Jacksonian Era.
However, Jackson had many notable accomplishments beyond (destroyed the National Bank, pioneered the Spoils system, founded the Democratic Party, prevented a Civil War with his handling of the Nullification Crisis, paid off the national debt, saved New Orleans from British invasion, etc) that which make him such an important historical figure that the period in time during which he dominated is known as the Jacksonian Era.
This post was edited on 6/12/20 at 10:25 am
Posted on 6/12/20 at 10:24 am to kingbob
Only president to pay off the national debt too
Posted on 6/12/20 at 10:24 am to JS87
quote:Dunno, but it's clear that we'll have this thread every day until it is.
How long until Andrew Jackson’s statue is removed from Jackson Square?
Posted on 6/12/20 at 10:25 am to tetracarbon
quote:15 tons of bronze.
Who's going to stop the mob when they come for it?
Page 2 of 4
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News