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Now they are vandalizing confederate monuments - Black Lives Matter
Posted on 6/26/15 at 7:20 am
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.
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 on 6/26/15 at 7:22 am to jbgleason
I feel for our kids and grandkids if something isn't done soon...
Posted on 6/26/15 at 7:23 am to jbgleason
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 on 6/26/15 at 7:24 am to jbgleason
#thenstopfrickinkillingeachother....
Posted on 6/26/15 at 7:24 am to jbgleason
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No arrests have been made.
And if any are made, it's racist.
Posted on 6/26/15 at 7:30 am to AbitaFan08
Bunch of dumbasses living in and running this country
Posted on 6/26/15 at 7:35 am to jbgleason
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
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 on 6/26/15 at 7:35 am to jbgleason
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 on 6/26/15 at 7:40 am to jbgleason
You're seeing a vicious attack on America. Congrats to those who voted for that terrorist Obama.
Posted on 6/26/15 at 7:41 am to jbgleason
If Eli Whitney would've been born in the 1600's the world would be a better place.
Posted on 6/26/15 at 7:43 am to jbgleason
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Now they are vandalizing confederate monuments - Black Lives Matter
They?
Racist.
Posted on 6/26/15 at 7:43 am to The Sad Banana
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 on 6/26/15 at 7:44 am to jbgleason
At least they not shooting people in churches
Posted on 6/26/15 at 7:47 am to jose canseco
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 on 6/26/15 at 7:48 am to The Sad Banana
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these individuals can take off work
Don't worry, they have extremely generous vacation policies from their employers.
Posted on 6/26/15 at 7:49 am to jbgleason
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.
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 on 6/26/15 at 7:49 am to jose canseco
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