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[Slayven]

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/kentuck...erate-statues-after-charlottesville-protests/

The mayor of Lexington, Kentucky, says after the events in Charlottesville, Virginia, he is taking the steps to remove two Confederate-era statues from the lawn of a former courthouse.

Mayor Jim Gray tweeted Saturday he will ask the Lexington-Fayette County Urban County Council at its Tuesday work session to ask a state military commission for permission to take down the statues of John Hunt Morgan and John C. Breckinridge.

Gray tweeted he intended to make the announcement next week, but the "tragic events in Charlottesville" had accelerated his announcement.

Some good news in this complete shit show?

Fast, decisive, competent leadership? I forgot how that looked

 

[jack_package_200]

Good. Mayor seems like a good guy

If neo confederates want confederacy monuments, all they should have is a white flag.

 

[Bronx-Man]

Good. They need to be down everywhere.

 

[Slayven]

I like some one called them "Participation Trophies"

 

[antonz]

Good continue the purge of all things Confederacy. The irony behind most of the Memorials is the leaders of the movement itself were opposed to them. Lee demanded no flags of the confederacy be flown or uniforms at his Funeral. He even spoke against monuments because they would create long term problems instead of letting the Confederacy die to history.

 

[Conciliator]

great, past time to get all this shit torn down.

throw them fuckers in the TRASH

 

[Not]

Very, very good to hear. Don't be intimidated.

 

[clarknova156]

Tear them all down. Every fucking one. They don't have a place in the modern world.

 

[Lightning_Roller]

I like some one called them "Participation Trophies"

Lmao. "You tried to secede and be assholes, here's a stone carving of you failing."


But good on the mayor on getting rid of those things. Now to just hope that we don't get another Charlottesville in Kentucky.

 

[Hale-XF11]

Just how many confederate monuments are there in this country anyways? They should all be taken down.

 

[DontBeThatGuy]

Let's accelerate this movement. Obliterate admiring relics of Confederates from all public spaces that aren't museums.

 

[Fracas]

Just FYI

This is the guy that faced Rand Paul for his senate seat in November

Man, what could've been

 

[Loxley]

Yep, like I said in the Charlottesville thread, these idiot neo-Nazis are only going to hasten the removal of these confederate monuments thanks to their very public pilgrimages and "protests".

Let's accelerate this movement. Obliterate admiring relics of Confederates from all public spaces that aren't museums.

Removing these public monuments seems to be the first step in getting there, eventually.

 

[Netherscourge]

Good.

Tear all those fucking statues down.

They should be defaced if they are still standing after all this shit.

 

[platocplx]

Maybe these dickheads supporting these statues will finally have the opposite effect and more and more places say fuck this shit take them down.

 

[Yaphett Kotto]

I hope this starts a trend everywhere. All this shit needs to come down.

 

[facetheslayer92]

Yes tear them the fuck down.

 

[sleepnaught]

About time. Absolutely vile that we have statues honoring white supremacist traitors. These pieces of shit aren't American in my eyes and should be vilified like the Nazis.

 

[Arrogant Bastard]

They should all come down, each and every one. They should have never been erected in the fucking first place. You treasonous god damn bastards.

Rename the schools, remove the shit from flags, all of it. I know it won't make it go away, I know that, but you don't get a fucking monument for committing treason and treating people like cattle.

 

[Pop-O-Matic]

Reminder that Kentucky was part of the UNION during the Civil War, but for some reason has a shitload of Confederate monuments.

 

[smokeandmirrors]

Good.

More.

 

[DeployThatPizza]

Good. Tear them all down.

 

[Lightning_Roller]

If this does start a movement, can a mayor allow a group of black folks with sledgehammers do the job to one statue? That would be wonderful.

 

[Brawly Likes to Brawl]

Yep, like I said in the Charlottesville thread, these idiot neo-Nazis are only going to hasten the removal of these confederate monuments thanks to their very public pilgrimages and "protests".



Removing these public monuments seems to be the first step in getting there, eventually.

Basically a real life version of the Striesand Effect

 

[antonz]

If this does start a movement, can a mayor allow a group of black folks with sledgehammers do the job to one statue? That would be wonderful.

I think we need to learn from the Ukrainians in their purge of Soviet Era statues. Just random groups of citizens going out and tearing that shit down

 

[BlackJace]

Good!

 

[AndersK]

Fantastic. Burn them all.

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[Lightning_Roller]

I think we need to learn from the Ukrainians in their purge of Soviet Era statues. Just random groups of citizens going out and tearing that shit down

Sounds fun. Shame it won't happen here in 'merica.

 

[water_wendi]

Seems like this was already in the works still good though. Maybe this can help get other statues taken down? Imagine if after WW2 statues of Goebbels or Rommel were in front of some court houses in Germany. Fuck anyone who is not ashamed enough to openly claim these people as their heritage.

 

[AoM]

If this does start a movement, can a mayor allow a group of black folks with sledgehammers do the job to one statue? That would be wonderful.

They're being relocated, not destroyed.

Reminder that Kentucky was part of the UNION during the Civil War, but for some reason has a shitload of Confederate monuments.

And don't forget they didn't get around to ratifying the 13th amendment until 1976. Better late than never.

 

[WedgeX]

Good.

 

[BitStyle]

Good, fuck the white nationalists and fuck the confederacy

 

[Kenai]

I like this, but it makes me wonder how many are left to remove (nationwide). I assume a lot?

 

[Hero_of_the_Day]

I like some one called them "Participation Trophies"

That is pretty good.

 

[Angry Chair]

Celebrating the confederacy and those that fought for it is beyond disgusting. Get rid of all this shit.

 

[water_wendi]

I like this, but it makes me wonder how many are left to remove. I assume a lot?

Over 700 across the country.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/05/22/confederate-monuments-new-orleans-charlottesville-removal-race-civil-war/101870418/#

 

[Dishwalla]

Good. They have no place in our current society.

 

[Arrogant Bastard]

Over 700 across the country.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/05/22/confederate-monuments-new-orleans-charlottesville-removal-race-civil-war/101870418/#

Don't forget the thousands of schools, streets, and chapels, sports teams, etc.

 

[III-V]

Amazing. Really and Truly. Spineless R Scott and Rubio haven't pushed for the same in Florida.

 

[SolidSnakex]

Take them to an empty field and do what our vets did in WWII

 

[Slayven]

Amazing. Really and Truly. Spineless R Scott and Rubio haven't pushed for the same in Florida.

Rubio would have to show up to work for that.

 

[HeisenbergLannister]

I'm...I'm proud of my State?

 

[100%TrophyMaster]

Good. They need to be down everywhere.

Exactly. Take them all down

 

[UberTag]

I think we need to learn from the Ukrainians in their purge of Soviet Era statues. Just random groups of citizens going out and tearing that shit down

It's not like they're hidden out of sight where they can't be destroyed or desecrated.
Here's a list on WikiPedia.
If there's one in your area, round up some friends, grab some sledgehammers and go to town.

 

[Arrogant Bastard]

Take them to an empty field and do what our vets did in WWII

No, don't do this. I really don't want it purged like this, denazification wasn't the best solution. This should be used as an educational tool to show where we went wrong.

 

[GK86]

Well done. Blow up that shit.

 

[water_wendi]

Don't forget the thousands of schools, streets, and chapels, sports teams, etc.

Those names should have been obliterated..

 

[skullmuffins]

Yep, like I said in the Charlottesville thread, these idiot neo-Nazis are only going to hasten the removal of these confederate monuments thanks to their very public pilgrimages and "protests".

Yeah, probably. Wasn't the current trend against confederate flags and monuments in part sparked by the murder of black churchgoers by a white supremacist? I don't see how freaking Nazi rallies and terrorist attacks around Confederate statue removal will help turn public opinion back to thinking it's about "preserving southern heritage". The jig is up.

 

[Vital Tundra]

Good, get all these symbols of hatred out of the public space. Put them in storage or museums.

 

[Staccat0]

I like the idea of tearing one down every time these babies do a march.