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The statue of Admiral Raphael Semmes in Mobile, Al has been removed.
Posted on 6/5/20 at 7:46 pm
Posted on 6/5/20 at 7:46 pm
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Mayor Sandy Stimpson, in a string of messages sent on Twitter, said he ordered the removal. The decision to take down the statue wasn't about Semmes or the monument itself, “and it is not an attempt to rewrite history,” he wrote.
“Moving this statue will not change the past. It is about removing a potential distraction so we may focus clearly on the future of our city,” Stimpson said.
The city would not say where the statue had been taken or what would be done with it, and it didn’t rule out the possibility that it would be returned to its original location.
here is an old photo of it not long after the Bankhead Tunnel was completed I think?
Mayor Sandy Stimpson, in a string of messages sent on Twitter, said he ordered the removal. The decision to take down the statue wasn't about Semmes or the monument itself, “and it is not an attempt to rewrite history,” he wrote.
“Moving this statue will not change the past. It is about removing a potential distraction so we may focus clearly on the future of our city,” Stimpson said.
The city would not say where the statue had been taken or what would be done with it, and it didn’t rule out the possibility that it would be returned to its original location.
here is an old photo of it not long after the Bankhead Tunnel was completed I think?
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Posted on 6/5/20 at 7:49 pm to LooseCannon22282
What was his record?
I don't want a statue to no loser.
I don't want a statue to no loser.
This post was edited on 6/5/20 at 7:50 pm
Posted on 6/5/20 at 7:50 pm to LooseCannon22282
But I was told this was about a dude in Minnesota
This post was edited on 6/5/20 at 7:50 pm
Posted on 6/5/20 at 7:50 pm to LooseCannon22282
His name was on a street on LSU campus and was renamed to something else. I knew the street, but I honestly didn’t know who he was or what he did at the time. This stuff is so stupid and I’m sure this stuff will recycle as like 500 years from now, someone will start tearing down statues of famous black people for some reason.
Posted on 6/5/20 at 7:52 pm to LooseCannon22282
The destruction of century old art to appease a momentary gripe of some lynch mob is a travesty.
Posted on 6/5/20 at 7:52 pm to fr33manator
I don't think they destroyed it. They are just moving it.
Posted on 6/5/20 at 7:53 pm to LooseCannon22282
Really sad that they’re erasing our racial history
All the minorities get their own month why can’t poc (people of confederacy) get one?
All the minorities get their own month why can’t poc (people of confederacy) get one?
Posted on 6/5/20 at 7:53 pm to BZ504
A lot of folks were angry that it got removed during the middle of the night.
but what does that have to do with anything?
the decision was already made.
but what does that have to do with anything?
the decision was already made.
Posted on 6/5/20 at 7:54 pm to LooseCannon22282
quote:
Mayor Sandy Stimpson
White republican full of white guilt
Posted on 6/5/20 at 7:55 pm to LooseCannon22282
Here's what America will look like in 5 years
Posted on 6/5/20 at 7:56 pm to Cosmo
I think that is a fair statement.
Posted on 6/5/20 at 7:58 pm to upgrayedd
quote:
Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.
George Orwell, 1984
Posted on 6/5/20 at 7:59 pm to fallguy_1978
Nah, man this is just to heal our racial wounds
Posted on 6/5/20 at 8:00 pm to LooseCannon22282
quote:
Moving this statue will not change the past. It is about removing a potential distraction so we may focus clearly on the future
Said Stalin, Hitler, Mao, and the leaders of the Taliban
Posted on 6/5/20 at 8:01 pm to Breesus
Don't forget ISIS
This post was edited on 6/5/20 at 8:03 pm
Posted on 6/5/20 at 8:01 pm to Breesus
European Americans destroyed Native American shite too.
Maybe it is just shite humans do.
Maybe it is just shite humans do.
This post was edited on 6/5/20 at 8:02 pm
Posted on 6/5/20 at 8:02 pm to LooseCannon22282
quote:
It is about removing a potential distraction
Bet you not 1 in 100 HS students in Mobile have a clue who this is...
Posted on 6/5/20 at 8:02 pm to BZ504
quote:
This stuff is so stupid and I’m sure this stuff will recycle as like 500 years from now, someone will start tearing down statues of famous black people for some reason.
Not even that long. The South will be majority Hispanic by the end of the century and they don't particularly like black people too much. They'll find a reason to remove MLK from everything.
Posted on 6/5/20 at 8:03 pm to fightin tigers
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What was his record?
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Posted on 6/5/20 at 8:03 pm to upgrayedd
quote:
Here's what America will look like in 5 years
he had been a serving officer in the United States Navy from 1826 to 1860.
He was a decorated and honored naval commander for over 30 years and then he defended his home state in a massive bloody civil war.
I guess erase him from memory.
Because if we forget our past and all of our mistakes and history we never have to learn a lesson or evaluate our present.
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