Thread for statue vandalism of anti-slavery figures and other random persons

[Mr. Reactionary]

Apparently the Khmer rouge attacked a statue of Voltaire in France, which makes sense as Voltaire encouraged people to think which is bad now. The Polpot fetishists pulled down a statue to revolutionary war veterans in Richmond as well. Fine people.

[Mr. Reactionary]

https://m.magnoliastatelive.com/2020/06/23/iconic-statue-at-historic-mississippi-cemetery-damaged/

Cemetery attack.

[Mr. Reactionary]

Well, looks like Wisconsin is Titanium R after all now:

https://twitter.com/ehamer7/status/1275666597399744513?s=20

So let me get this straight. The Woke Robbespierres destroyed a statue of an immigrant who killed slavers, a statue commemorating women's rights and then attacked a gay Democrat legislator?

Well played.

[Mr. Reactionary]

https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2020/06/19/statue-brigham-young/

A few days old but Brigham Young. Im sure the Mormons aren't too happy.

[Mr. Reactionary]

https://www.cpr.org/2020/06/25/colorado-civil-war-soldier-statue-torn-down-at-the-capitol/

Another Yankee soldier monument tumbles.

[Mr. Reactionary]

The complaining about statues being destroyed is really silly. The artists who made them were paid. Statues don't teach history. This is an effective way of keeping the media's attention, and unlike the destruction of businesses, it doesn't ruin anyone's livelihood.

Would I prefer the statues not be destroyed? Sure. But the way people are reacting to this, it's like the human being represented was murdered rather than an artistic rendering of them being removed. This is the cultural equivalent of crying about some flowers being trampled.

C'mon, if white nationalists were vandalizing statues of abolitionists and AIDS memorials no one would be brushing this off.

Random destruction like this is just stupid and accomplishes nothing.

That's why I can't take his posts seriously. If its "just a statue" why in the hell do these mobs tesring them down care so much?

[Mr. Reactionary]

https://denver.cbslocal.com/2020/06/26/christopher-columbus-statue-pulled-down-denver/

A statue of the Vitruvian man was pulled down because the plaque referrenced Columbus. Given that the statue had more than 3 faces and more than 2 arms you'd think they would have realized it wasn't depicting Columbus but then again barbarians aren't known for their intelligence.

Also looks like a fight broke out in St Louis over a statue to its namesake who was born in the 1200s and shockingly doesn't meet the new rules of PC that were invented this past month.

[Mr. Reactionary]

NYT op ed finally comes for George Washington, lol ... matter of time, I guess.

It's the author of a single op-ed article, not the times editorial board itself.

If they can run an article by Tom Cotton calling for the federal military to be deployed to cities for cracking down on protesters, surely we can survive some guy saying Washington isn't worth having monuments too.

FTR, I oppose both positions. But consider me funny funny if I'm admittedly somewhat more concerned about the one that has the overt support of the president and his political allies versus largely a coalition of Twitter nobodys and mobs who are one missed bus ticket away from dissipating. Especially when that former position will, you know, actually kill people.

Let's see if they fire their editor over this. This is a much more radical opinion than that espoused by Cotton which at least one poll  showed majority support for. The firing of the editor was the real scandal.

[Mr. Reactionary]

NYT op ed finally comes for George Washington, lol ... matter of time, I guess.

All I know is that if George Washington gets canceled for being a slave owner notwithstanding the gap in time then logically the Prophet Muhammad should also be cancelled for being a slave owner. Am I allowed to tear down the Dome of the Rock now?

[Mr. Reactionary]

Not a person, but the Commies in Portland destroyed a statue of an elk and got it removed. It must have had mammal privilege.

https://www.wweek.com/news/2020/07/02/city-of-portland-is-removing-elk-statue-after-protesters-burned-it/

[Mr. Reactionary]

Article

Virginia state government orders United States flag removed from private property citing vandalism threats.

Tell me again how this cleansing is limited to something something traitor treason.

[Mr. Reactionary]

OMG

Frederick Douglass statue in New York vandalized on anniversary weekend of 'What to the Slave is the Fourth of July' speech

On the same weekend in which famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass 168 years ago delivered one of his most historically resonant speeches, a statue of Douglass was toppled from its base and left near the Genesee River gorge.

Located in Maplewood Park, the statue "had been placed over the fence to the gorge and was leaning against the fence" on the river side, according to a statement from Rochester police. The statue was left about 50 feet from its pedestal.

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/07/05/frederick-douglass-statue-rochester-new-york-vandalized/5381093002/

Something something systemic oppression.