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Dark n Stormy Knight

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19. When they died fighting against the USA to defend their enslavement of other human beings,

Mon Aug 14, 2017, 09:38 PM

Aug 2017

a memorial to those dead does not belong anywhere associated with a US state or federal government property.

Never did. Never will.

It's hard to believe these monuments to evil have not all been toppled long before now.

And I have ancestors who were "boys who wore the gray.”

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BREAKING - Protesters in Durham topple confederate monument downtown [View all] kpete Aug 2017 OP

More video... Bladewire Aug 2017 #1

Pull them all down and recycle them dalton99a Aug 2017 #2

☝️ into an Obama statue Bladewire Aug 2017 #11

Shoulda never went up. (n/t) Iggo Aug 2017 #3

Exactly. dalton99a Aug 2017 #4

☝️ This Bladewire Aug 2017 #6

Yep. mountain grammy Aug 2017 #58

The shifting history of Confederate monuments (PBS NewsHour) Petrushka Aug 2017 #73

Not sure I agree with toppling a war dead memorial. NutmegYankee Aug 2017 #5

Are you sure we agree that Russia is worse? Bladewire Aug 2017 #7

What does Russia have to do with this? Nt Weekend Warrior Aug 2017 #9

Russia is twisting this event to be a bad thing Bladewire Aug 2017 #12

"Russia is twisting this event to be a bad thing" Weekend Warrior Aug 2017 #14

Russia & Trump are trying to influence our discourse Bladewire Aug 2017 #16

Ahhh. A call for unity by accusing multiple du members of being Russian trolls. Weekend Warrior Aug 2017 #17

☝️ America is united against Putin Bladewire Aug 2017 #21

I wish they were. Nt Weekend Warrior Aug 2017 #22

☝️ America is united against Putin Bladewire Aug 2017 #25

Suddenly it becomes clear Hekate Aug 2017 #66

Russia doesn't have a thing to do with this. NutmegYankee Aug 2017 #20

Exactly. I also defend Silent Sam on the UNC campus Warpy Aug 2017 #29

Russia does have to do with this Bladewire Aug 2017 #70

Congratulations on getting by MIRT. NutmegYankee Aug 2017 #74

I never saw you before tonight, and you seem to be all over the place with odd comments Hekate Aug 2017 #64

You speak in vague negativity Bladewire Aug 2017 #69

Anything that went up in a segregated US needs to come down. Barack_America Aug 2017 #10

☝️ This 🇺🇸 Bladewire Aug 2017 #13

The Northeast has monuments of almost the exact design in many small towns. NutmegYankee Aug 2017 #18

Are they Civil War memorials or pertain to our national struggle with race? Barack_America Aug 2017 #31

They are Civil War dead monuments with a nameless anonymous soldier on top. NutmegYankee Aug 2017 #35

Everything must come down ??? MichMan Aug 2017 #48

None of which, as far as I'm aware of, are of the United States' enemies in those wars. eShirl Aug 2017 #61

A lot of these 'monuments' aren't that old leftstreet Aug 2017 #23

They aren't always old, but it's bad politics to go after one without a traitor on top. NutmegYankee Aug 2017 #30

Would "Anything that went up...." include the Civil War Unknowns Monument in Arlington Cemetary? Petrushka Aug 2017 #34

Maybe. I think we need to discuss them all. Barack_America Aug 2017 #36

Maybe? Would one "wish to remember" the Confederate Memorial in Arlington and what it represents?-- Petrushka Aug 2017 #44

Pretty much all those Confederate statues went up in the 1920s, one of the heydays of the KKK... Hekate Aug 2017 #63

Melt it down. smirkymonkey Aug 2017 #8

Twitter Is Coming.... Grassy Knoll Aug 2017 #15

When they died fighting against the USA to defend their enslavement of other human beings, Dark n Stormy Knight Aug 2017 #19

Most of us were taught lies, not the true meaning of these statues Bladewire Aug 2017 #24

Well, nobody had to teach me that. Dark n Stormy Knight Aug 2017 #67

How did you learn the meaning of the statues without being taught? Bladewire Aug 2017 #72

As I said, Dark n Stormy Knight Aug 2017 #75

Grabbing the popcorn right now in anticipation of what Lint Head Aug 2017 #26

I'm hoping for more poetic results Brother Buzz Aug 2017 #27

That picture makes me laugh every time I see it. hunter Aug 2017 #60

this is vigilantism freddyvh Aug 2017 #28

They can't. shanny Aug 2017 #33

if these protesters don't follow the law freddyvh Aug 2017 #39

They don't now, why should we? shanny Aug 2017 #41

Because theoretically we believe in the constitution and rule of law. Ms. Toad Aug 2017 #46

True, it doesn't. shanny Aug 2017 #50

What is your basis for the assertion that the citizens of Durham wanted it taken down? Ms. Toad Aug 2017 #53

The basis for my assumption shanny Aug 2017 #62

Was a majority of Durham present to tear it down? Ms. Toad Aug 2017 #65

We will continue to disagree. shanny Aug 2017 #81

So you would be OK if they also firebombed the courthouse next to it ? nm MichMan Aug 2017 #77

Ridiculous and pathetic. nm shanny Aug 2017 #80

The law was passed two years ago, a month after the Charleston shootings, as anti-Confederate struggle4progress Aug 2017 #78

Thank you. I knew it was recent. nt shanny Aug 2017 #82

local government wants it down but the racist state legislature wont let them grantcart Aug 2017 #37

then change the laws freddyvh Aug 2017 #38

How many decades should we wait for that? grantcart Aug 2017 #40

Spot on. Expecting Rain Aug 2017 #45

They are already haters what they going to do now? Double hate? lunasun Aug 2017 #51

I completely agree ... Mob rule opens a Pandora's Box LovesPNW Aug 2017 #54

All they succeeded in doing is fanning the flames a little higher Henry Krinkle Aug 2017 #32

I Remember Watching The Jetsons..... Grassy Knoll Aug 2017 #42

Fine. shanny Aug 2017 #43

As an Art Historian I cannot and will not ever support this. Coventina Aug 2017 #47

Me too. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2017 #52

IDK...this is not the way Catherine Vincent Aug 2017 #49

And if someone goes after the FDR memorial for Japanese internment camps? nt MadDAsHell Aug 2017 #55

Great analogy MichMan Aug 2017 #56

Invalid analogy. Dark n Stormy Knight Aug 2017 #68

I love these folks! I'll donate to any defense funds ecstatic Aug 2017 #57

Stupid. greytdemocrat Aug 2017 #59

It was time for it to go. ucrdem Aug 2017 #71

I'm fine with this, ExciteBike66 Aug 2017 #76

I applaud the outcome, condemn the method. . annabanana Aug 2017 #79