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hexola

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15. Maybe - how is it different from any of the other statues?

Reply to unc70 (Reply #14)

Tue Aug 21, 2018, 12:23 AM

Aug 2018

That have been torn down?

Not like this is the first - I suspect there will be greater issues.

I defer to your regional knowledge - but hope for a more positive outcome.

Maybe times ARE changing - took this long to tear 'er down...

Onward!

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Big News from NC - "'Silent Sam' is down: Protesters topple Confederate statue on UNC campus" [View all] NRaleighLiberal Aug 2018 OP

Silent Sam has had his day in the sun ornotna Aug 2018 #1

Fantastic job. dalton99a Aug 2018 #2

A well-earned dirt nap - enjoy, Sam! hatrack Aug 2018 #7

Short video tonight. appalachiablue Aug 2018 #20

why the warning about graphic content? They pulled down a statue Demovictory9 Aug 2018 #28

ha ha Demovictory9 Aug 2018 #21

Sweeeeeet!!! Well done!! InAbLuEsTaTe Aug 2018 #30

Interesting, why he is called silent. Croney Aug 2018 #3

There might be one round in his shirt pocket. JustABozoOnThisBus Aug 2018 #33

Lol! Looks like it didn't help him any in the long run though. Croney Aug 2018 #34

The explanation I heard when I was at UNC.... Jim Lane Aug 2018 #37

since 1913... Jim Crow not Confederate Statue... Woodrow Wilson Segregation not War Casualty Statue populistdriven Aug 2018 #4

Wilson was a monster. samir.g Aug 2018 #10

Fuck yes! Glamrock Aug 2018 #5

Man those things are cheap pieces of crap underpants Aug 2018 #6

That should piss off some white supremacists. Blue_true Aug 2018 #8

As my kids woud say, Awesome! iluvtennis Aug 2018 #9

Exactly what Repub legislature wanted unc70 Aug 2018 #11

This will be long forgotten by election time! hexola Aug 2018 #13

Not by the target audience with GOP reminders unc70 Aug 2018 #14

Maybe - how is it different from any of the other statues? hexola Aug 2018 #15

I haven't heard of any that were taken down illegally by a group of people. Honeycombe8 Aug 2018 #26

One was taken down in Durham,NC unc70 Aug 2018 #29

They already have a racist symbol in tRump. Makes no difference... RiverStone Aug 2018 #16

Zactly. Duppers Aug 2018 #23

Yep, a "martyr" for the cause relayerbob Aug 2018 #18

You're right about that. A La. Senator is already using the "socialism" thing on FB.... Honeycombe8 Aug 2018 #27

NC republicans can replace Traitor Sam with a Traitor Pooty Poot statue Achilleaze Aug 2018 #31

You are exactly right Lee-Lee Aug 2018 #32

Fuck Retrumplicans maxrandb Aug 2018 #35

Don't play into hands of NORTH CAROLINA GOP unc70 Aug 2018 #36

Confederate Statues in Museums NOT honored in Public aeromanKC Aug 2018 #12

breaking news video link orleans Aug 2018 #17

I'm Happy . . OldManTarHeel Aug 2018 #19

Great News DallasNE Aug 2018 #22

K&R Scurrilous Aug 2018 #24

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