re: so why do YOU care about the monuments being taken down in new orleans?

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I am a diehard white supremacist of course. These statues were the only way I could keep the blacks in New Orleans in check

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And they clearly did their job since Atlanta and Houston outgrew New Orleans since these kept blacks in New Orleans in check except for that outlier known as the city of Richmond which has seen an economic explosion during the same time period and surpassed New Orleans too.

PS nice job with the tongue in cheek comment.

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no it's okay i get it.

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Hahaha...thanks. I used to like him ok, but as time has gone on (like many politicians), he has become more full of $hit and it didn't start with the monument stuff.

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so on the laundry list of items to be fixed in new orleans, this is at the bottom of the totempole, and mitch landrieu is grandstanding?

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Yes - completely grandstanding. I don't think they needed to be removed at all (though I didn't mind the Battle of Liberty Place Statue because that's not a big deal around here and it was a little shadier in nature). We have so many issues around here and this guy had what seemed like the whole police force out there the other night around a statue. And he had snipers on a building for the removal of that other statue. Completely ridiculous and unnecessary.

Maybe 30 residents of New Orleans actually want them down. Make them choose between a BBQ and taking down monuments, and that number drops to 10

Because NOLA has a shitload bigger problems than some statues that are suddenly offensive after 100 years. Increasing violent crime rate, budget deficit, streets in complete disrepair, severely undermanned NOPD. But the mayor's attention has been on taking down harmless statues instead of fixing problems that actually affect people's day to day lives.

And then there's these PC liberals. These statues are just the start for them. They want Andrew Jackson's statue down too, along with the renaming of dozens of streets and schools. They're never going to be satisifed. Once they succeed at removing whatever they deem offensive today, they'll find new things to be offended by tomorrow. They're a very loud minority that ruins shite for the majority of people who don't agree with their agenda, but have jobs and families and don't have spare time to go protest, or don't want to risk the fallout of some crazed SJW finding out their names and where they work and trying to get them fired.

I'm tired of allowing the vocal minority to get their way. Every time we succumb to their demands they just find another reason to be offended. Sooner or later they need to be told STFU and enjoy living in the. Eat country in the world.

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Because NOLA has a shitload bigger problems than some statues that are suddenly offensive after 100 years.

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to counter, i think some people would argue that they always have been offensive.

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ncreasing violent crime rate, budget deficit, streets in complete disrepair, severely undermanned NOPD. But the mayor's attention has been on taking down harmless statues instead of fixing problems that actually affect people's day to day lives.

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clearly more important.

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And then there's these PC liberals.

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slippery slope. thanks. appreciate you actually stating your reasons.

I've never even been to New Orleans, but just like ISIS, I detest people that ruin history, whether good or bad.

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These statues are just the start for them. They want Andrew Jackson's statue down too, along with the renaming of dozens of streets and schools. They're never going to be satisifed

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I've often compared them to locusts. They destroy one field then move on to the next.

It's interesting to see the varying levels of interest and goals of these various groups. Some want to do it for immediate political purposes, some just to piss people off, and some to destroy normal American or western cultural identity. But they all work together on these types of projects.

Like you said. This is only the beginning.

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I've never even been to New Orleans, but just like ISIS, I detest people that ruin history, whether good or bad.

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Yep, it's no different than their destruction of the ancient monuments at Palmyra

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They weren't even a blip on the offended radar until the last 2 years or so.

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Correct. Its a political ploy by the mayor for his own gain