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Now they are vandalizing confederate monuments - Black Lives Matter

Posted on 6/26/15 at 7:20 am
Posted by jbgleason
Bailed out of BTR to God's Country
Member since Mar 2012
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Posted on 6/26/15 at 7:20 am
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I was starting to lean towards agreeing the flag should come down from state grounds but this BS is changing my mind. Criminal activity and intimidation to attempt to force political and social change? Isn't that called terrorism?

I can't get the article photos to copy or post but these folks are painting Black Lives Matter on historical war memorials.

Vandals target Confederate monuments in half-dozen states

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Vandals have targeted monuments dedicated to the leaders and soldiers of the Confederacy, painting the slogan "Black lives matter" on memorials in a half-dozen states where the landmarks stand tall in parks and outside government buildings.
The graffiti reflects the racial tension that permeates post-Ferguson America, more than a week after a white man was accused of shooting and killing nine black congregants at a Charleston, South Carolina, church.

Michael Allen, a lecturer in American culture studies at Washington University in St. Louis, compared the vandalism to the toppling of statues in Russia at the end of the Soviet empire.
"If the monuments are strong statements of past values, defacing them is the easiest and loudest way to rebuke those statements," Allen said.

One of the defaced monuments was the Confederate Memorial in St. Louis' Forest Park, 10 miles from Ferguson. The same graffiti was reported on memorials in Charleston; Baltimore; Austin, Texas; Asheville, North Carolina; and Richmond, Virginia. No arrests have been made.

This post was edited on 6/26/15 at 7:21 am
Posted by meauxjeaux2
watson
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Posted on 6/26/15 at 7:22 am to
Posted by ForeverLSU02
Albany
Member since Jun 2007
52147 posts
Posted on 6/26/15 at 7:22 am to
I feel for our kids and grandkids if something isn't done soon...
Posted by MC5601
Tyler, Texas
Member since Jan 2010
3886 posts
Posted on 6/26/15 at 7:23 am to
If only they were smart enough to realize that the majority of people in the north wouldn't have wanted any more to do with a black person than someone in the south. There are many things around our country and the world that deserve attention and it's sad that this is getting all of it.
Posted by LsuTool
Member since Oct 2009
34844 posts
Posted on 6/26/15 at 7:23 am to
Koler me suprised
Posted by Hangover Haven
Metry
Member since Oct 2013
26446 posts
Posted on 6/26/15 at 7:24 am to
#thenstopfrickinkillingeachother....
Posted by AbitaFan08
Boston, MA
Member since Apr 2008
26538 posts
Posted on 6/26/15 at 7:24 am to
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No arrests have been made.


And if any are made, it's racist.
Posted by HailToTheChiz
Back in Auburn
Member since Aug 2010
48904 posts
Posted on 6/26/15 at 7:30 am to
Bunch of dumbasses living in and running this country
Posted by Salmon
On the trails
Member since Feb 2008
83525 posts
Posted on 6/26/15 at 7:35 am to
this will be over by next Friday

just calm down

everyone will move on to the next crisis and we will all go back to pretty much forgetting about the Civil War again
Posted by The Sad Banana
The gate is narrow.
Member since Jul 2008
89498 posts
Posted on 6/26/15 at 7:35 am to
I don't really know what we can do here. It's not like I pass a statue in Lee Circle everyday and salute it, lay down flowers and say a silent prayer for the deceased because I'm a racist a-hole bigot. NO! I don't even notice it. I don't even care that it's there. So, if these individuals can take off work to dedicate for wronging the rights of people they had no connection to whatsoever, I guess I have no rustled jimmies.
Posted by Rhino5
Atlanta
Member since Nov 2014
28897 posts
Posted on 6/26/15 at 7:40 am to
You're seeing a vicious attack on America. Congrats to those who voted for that terrorist Obama.
Posted by el Gaucho
He/They
Member since Dec 2010
52918 posts
Posted on 6/26/15 at 7:41 am to
If Eli Whitney would've been born in the 1600's the world would be a better place.
Posted by Giantkiller
the internet.
Member since Sep 2007
20269 posts
Posted on 6/26/15 at 7:43 am to
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Now they are vandalizing confederate monuments - Black Lives Matter


They?

Racist.
Posted by PolyPusher86
St. George
Member since Jun 2010
3357 posts
Posted on 6/26/15 at 7:43 am to
It doesn't matter even if you were putting down flowers and saluting the statue, it's your damn right to do it as a free American. All this politically correct bullshite is a double standard. There's tons of things that bother me that are going with this country and the people of it, but it's their right. People need to remember this.
Posted by jose canseco
Houston via Houma via BR via NOLA
Member since Jul 2007
5667 posts
Posted on 6/26/15 at 7:44 am to
At least they not shooting people in churches
Posted by NYNolaguy1
Member since May 2011
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Posted by Rhino5
Atlanta
Member since Nov 2014
28897 posts
Posted on 6/26/15 at 7:47 am to
Did you see the black guy that broke into the house in DC and beat the white CEO and his family to death with a baseball bat and tortured their 10 year old son for ransom? Is Obama speaking on that?
Posted by NYNolaguy1
Member since May 2011
20870 posts
Posted on 6/26/15 at 7:48 am to
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these individuals can take off work


Don't worry, they have extremely generous vacation policies from their employers.
Posted by Split2874
Mandeville
Member since Jul 2012
2438 posts
Posted on 6/26/15 at 7:49 am to
the more I think about this...I do not really agree with the all of sudden out-rage. It is like it took 200 plus years for people to realize we lost the war.

Most of the time when you lose a war your flag comes down and the statues come down. I guess because they did not have CNN and Fox News to broadcast it, they had to wait until now.
Posted by ctiger69
Member since May 2005
30590 posts
Posted on 6/26/15 at 7:49 am to
They did this in Austin too.

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This is what Obama wanted. The people doing this are pathetic.
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