‘Silent Sam’ Confederate Statue

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kage69

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For those who need some context: the statue was placed by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and during the dedication ceremony the industrialist Julian Carr touted the Confederate soldier as valuable to the "welfare of the Anglo Saxon race," particularly in the four years after the war... in other words, he saw the statue as a tribute to the Ku Klux Klan.

I would have preferred a formal removal process, but I'm happy the statue is down and hope it stays that way forever. It was a monument to racism and nothing else.

Winning post of thread nominee.
 

yllus

Elite Member & Lifer
Aug 20, 2000
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When I was Estonia they had a museum wing of old Communist statues. Lots of giant stone and copper(?) heads of Lenin and other such dudes. It was kind of eerie.

I would've liked that here, with a nice big plaque explaining how abhorrently racist the private citizens group the United Daughters of the Confederacy were and how this made it into a public space.
 
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Alpha One Seven

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Destruction of public property is never a good or wise thing if you have a legitimate point to make.
The best way to prevent an idea is to prevent freedom of speech.
 

Blackjack200

Lifer
May 28, 2007
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Destruction of public property is never a good or wise thing if you have a legitimate point to make.
The best way to prevent an idea is to prevent freedom of speech.

I think they just wanted the fucking statue gone.


...oh look, the fucking statue is gone.
 

glenn1

Lifer
Sep 6, 2000
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I think they just wanted the fucking statue gone.


...oh look, the fucking statue is gone.

So if alt-right folks want "the fucking statue gone" of someone like MLK and have a mob do so then you'll be cool with it. Gotcha.
 

Alpha One Seven

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Sep 11, 2017
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So if alt-right folks want "the fucking statue gone" of someone like MLK and have a mob do so then you'll be cool with it. Gotcha.
Of course, it's the example being set for all to follow. If there is anything you find objectionable, tear it down, it's cool.
 

Moonbeam

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Democracy is dead in America, killed by the one percent. All hail the new world government, the vigilante. As we sow so shall we reap.
 
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Triloby

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Really strange that human lives seem to take a backseat when it comes to freaking statues. IMO, statues can be rebuilt and relocated if necessary. If a statue gets destroyed, someone can make another one. If a person dies or disappears, that life simply cannot be taken back.

I don't approve of the way those protesters decided to get rid of that statue by tearing it down, but at the same time, I'm not going to lose any sleep over it.
 

UglyCasanova

Lifer
Mar 25, 2001
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Really strange that human lives seem to take a backseat when it comes to freaking statues. IMO, statues can be rebuilt and relocated if necessary. If a statue gets destroyed, someone can make another one. If a person dies or disappears, that life simply cannot be taken back.




Didn’t know somebody’s life was on the line. In that case good riddance!
 

sactoking

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Anyone that finds the removal of these statues by these means to be questionable or objectionable needs to take active measures to prevent such occurrences from happening in the future...

...by offering up their thoughts and prayers to protect them.
 
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zinfamous

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Didn’t know somebody’s life was on the line. In that case good riddance!

Remember that very fine Nazi that murdered a girl last year because he was angry that she wanted to take away his lovely statue?


Remember that?

Also, this statue in Chapel Hill was specifically erected on the spot where the sponsor pridefully whipped a black woman into a bloody mess. It was there for that exact reason.

Why doesn't any of this actually concern you?
 
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