The statue of Lee, who was a prominent slave owner and revered Confederate Army general, was removed from its plinth in Charlottesville, Virginia, in July 2021.
Following protests by Black Lives Matter after the death of George Floyd and the infamous Unite the Right rally in 2017, the city council voted to have it removed.
I wonder how the College alumni will view this. I don't think it will go over well.
ReplyDeleteI don't know about you, but I feel all warm and fuzzy inside. History has been made. A great burden has been lifted. All wrongs have been made right. Racism is officially over. Right? ...right?
ReplyDelete"WE HATE YOU FOR NOT SAVING OUR SLAVES".
ReplyDeleteReminds me of how the Taliban destroyed works of art they disagreed with, (e.g. the Buddhas of Bamiyan). Same mentality too.
ReplyDeleteActually been there and seen it, well, not seen it. Great analogy though!
Deletedid they take the bronze and pour it into a watermellon ?
ReplyDeleteNo, no they didn't. But they should make a pile of shit with it to reflect their true nature.
DeleteWait for the day we kept down all the statutes of blacks.
ReplyDeleteGonna personally drive to Minnesota so I can piss on St. Floyd of Fentanyl before they melt it down....
DeleteYou folks do realize this is a large part of the communist agenda taking over our country, right?
The first thing they do is erase your history.
Probably not enough bronze to make a statue of the fat woman who had a heart attack.
ReplyDeleteSo, have the democrats blamed slavery on the Republicans yet ?
ReplyDeleteWhen is George Washington going to be removed from the white house?
F communism, hybo
ReplyDelete"black history museum"
ReplyDeleteAnother money-losing taxpayer-funded sinkhole that no blacks ever visit, I am sure.
When are they going to melt down the statue of George Floyd? Oh sorry, he’s a black hero.
ReplyDeleteI find that whole imbroglio incredibly sad.
ReplyDeleteI sure liked that statue. I always stopped and looked at it on the way to the library.
ReplyDeleteLast summer I finished a huge biography of Robert E. Lee. He was truly a great American. There was so much more to his life than just the Civil War.
ReplyDeleteThe photos in the book included his famous statue in Virginia, I had hoped to see it in person some day.
I'd like to see the statue replaced on private property, along with five or six similar statues celebrating the Confederacy.
ReplyDeleteSo would many of us.....the council, however, turned down a $100,000 offer for purchase just so the they could melt it in order to make their damned "statement".
DeleteThis is very disheartening. All involved, in a sane society, should be fed to the worms.
ReplyDeleteAahhh you are keeping your local list of collaborators current?
They all have named, addresses, and routines.
Winner winner chicken dinner!!!!
DeleteI 'thought' it was supposed to be 'moved to a safe place away from the public', not melted down. Hopefully, sometime in the future, it can be recast from pictures taken before it was melted down...
ReplyDeleteAt twice the original size....
Deletelive by fire-die by fire
ReplyDelete"Robert E. Lee's memory lives on in the Southern soul." - Rebel Son
ReplyDeleteThe more they do things like this, the greater the divide becomes.
It hardens the resolve to tell people that the winner of the war between the states was not the North, but the federal government. Everyone else, you , me, North or South, We are the eternal losers of that war.