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[Cat Party]

Majority of Confederate Monuments were put up as ways to intimidate black population and to make a statement against people who were actually in favor of equality. It was a way for the KKK and other groups to say fuck you. Its why even in states that were part of the Union we see confederate Monuments go up as recent as 2010.

This should be highlighted at all times. Most people don't know this.

 

[shawnbuddy]

I feel like it'd be be better to round this stuff up and put it in a museum so we can contextualize it and not forget it. But there are forces that may not allow this to happen and they're going to have to yield or people are just going to repeat this scene instead. People are just too angry and fed up.

 

[Heroman]

It is time

 

[WillyFive]

It is time

It will be cheaper and safer to just make the country's biggest US flag and cover it up. At least that way it will still be an impressive locale, because of the big flag.

 

[PopeReal]

I'd argue that the racists who want it up would feel a lot worse about their government taking it down than some rowdy crowd. Wouldn't you ?

I would argue that government has put them there and allowed them to stay.

Times up.

 

[Ratrat]

People are racist.

A large number of confederate memorials were erected during the civil rights era to intimidate activists. It might've been one of those.

Should have known. It makes the argument of them being historically important pretty laughable.

 

[TumblingHippo]

I'd argue that the racists who want it up would feel a lot worse about their government taking it down than some rowdy crowd. Wouldn't you ?

"Please why won't someone think of the feelings of the racists!?"

 

[Heroman]

It will be cheaper and safer to just make the country's biggest US flag and cover it up. At least that way it will still be an impressive locale, because of the big flag.

The US flag isn't much better.

 

[Tonedeff]

"Please why won't someone think of the feelings of the racists!?"

Lol Wow

 

[____]

This is beautiful

 

[antonz]

Great Tweet.

 

[Two Words]

What the hell is that statue made of? They were kicking that statue like it was a horse.

 

[jackissocool]

fuck yeah, go to hell confederates

 

[skullmuffins]

Glad it was taken down but it would have been sweeter if it was done through legislation

Sure, but this is the same state that just 2 years ago enacted legislation to make it nearly impossible to take down these monuments.

Plus all that bullshit the legislature pulled last year with kneecapping the powers of the governor because a Democrat dared to win. NC is dirty af.

I feel like it'd be be better to round this stuff up and put it in a museum so we can contextualize it and not forget it. But there are forces that may not allow this to happen and they're going to have to yield or people are just going to repeat this scene instead. People are just too angry and fed up.

Actually historically significant statues, OK.

The rest of them can get fucked.

We don't need to fill museums with tons of crappy monuments to racists that were erected significantly after the war, many in places far removed from any actual connection to the confederacy or the people depicted in the statues, and primarily made to celebrate racism and intimidate black people.

They belong in museums as much as a modern-day nazi memorabilia replicas do.

 

[Geist-]

This is exactly what needs to happen. Tear every confederate symbol down, no quarter given.

 

[Aizo]

I'm so happy to see the people fighting back.

 

[Buckle]

I feel like it'd be be better to round this stuff up and put it in a museum so we can contextualize it and not forget it. But there are forces that may not allow this to happen and they're going to have to yield or people are just going to repeat this scene instead. People are just too angry and fed up.

They should just have been destroyed after the war, honestly.

Too many concessions were made to the south back then.

 

[BlazinSkatinAxel]

What the hell is that statue made of? They were kicking that statue like it was a horse.

Mudhole Stomping Multiplier.

 

[TyrantII]

These people need to be arrested and charged for destruction of property.

And then bailed out and bought a round of beers.

There should be consequences for breaking the law. And we should celebrate them as the willing heros that they are.

 

[The Mule]

topple that shit

lmfao at the dudes kicking it though. relax, my guys. he's down.

yeah, that was cringe worthy impotent rage.

 

[Heroman]

These people need to be arrested and charged for destruction of property.

And then bailed out and bought a round of beers.

There should be consequences for breaking the law. And we should celebrate them as the willing heros that they are.

Why does there need to be consequences? People break the law all the time and get nothing

 

[chromatic9]

The Wade Hampton statue seems particularly egregious.

 

[Bad_Boy]

It will be cheaper and safer to just make the country's biggest US flag and cover it up. At least that way it will still be an impressive locale, because of the big flag.

Whynotboth.gif

 

[GoldenEye 007]

They should just have been destroyed after the war, honestly.

Too many concessions were made to the south back then.

A lot of these weren't built until the early 20th century. At the height of Jim Crow and the KKK.

 

[Kthulhu]

I'm not in favor of the destruction of public property, but I ain't gonna complain.

 

[Bad_Boy]

I cant wait for the the tubmans in 2020.

If trump reverses the plan, theres no defending his racism anymore.

If he doesnt, andrew jackson gets replaced by a proper hero.

Win win.

 

[Snarky(HEART)]

The people saying there should be legal consequences are weird as fuck.

 

[Snaku]

The people saying there should be legal consequences are weird as fuck.

Typical moderate bullshit.

 

[Dubbedinenglish]

The people saying there should be legal consequences are weird as fuck.

Not weird, I'll paraphrase MLK when he said the white moderate who prefers order to justice is the biggest enemy of civil rights.

 

[Kenai]

"Please why won't someone think of the feelings of the racists!?"

Err...that's kind of a weird thing to say. He's inferring that the racists would feel far worse if the government removed them instead of random protesters. Which is probably correct.

Not that I think the government would remove them anytime soon and am 100% on board with the statues getting removed or defaced or w/e asap, but still.

 

[Gordon Shumway]

Great Tweet.

New York, New York is where we live, and we're thorough..

 

[FTF]

Oh wow that's so awesome! Hope this starts happening everywhere!

 

[LionPride]

The people saying there should be legal consequences are weird as fuck.

I mean it is a crime but again...

I don't give a fuck

 

[Slayven]

The people saying there should be legal consequences are weird as fuck.

Tone policing is weird as hell

 

[Snarky(HEART)]

It's like if your best friend defended you from bully and beat the shit out of them you wouldn't say " i'm really glad you did this and you're a hero but there should be consequences."

Or maybe you would say that. In which case, you're weird as fuck.

 

[JeTmAn81]

Has the gif of Emperor Palpatine's statue being pulled down been posted yet

 

[Evening Musuko]

You never fail to disappoint.

Can you please change your icon though so cute corgis aren't ruined for me?

Dude's probably gone if history is any indication, but hopefully he likes my suggestion.

 

[Stead Fast]

I feel like it'd be be better to round this stuff up and put it in a museum so we can contextualize it and not forget it. But there are forces that may not allow this to happen and they're going to have to yield or people are just going to repeat this scene instead. People are just too angry and fed up.

Unless the statues have actual historic ties (as in, being constructed during the times they are representing - in which case the historic significance is more from a study on art and stone-masonry in American history), the only significant representation a side such as the confederacy deserves is a more abstract monument of shame. To argue whether fighting for the right to have slaves is right or wrong is grotesque, to honour the men who died for that ideal is to do a disservice for every single slave that suffered throughout history. Museums should by no means shy away of discussing - at length - as much of the Civil war as possible insofar as to educate, but statues are historically a symbol of admiration, which is something the confederacy has never deserved imo.

Tear the fuckers down.

 

[theignoramus]

I like it because this will infuriate Confederate apologists across the country.

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

Good stuff.

 

[ShironRedshift]

Why does there need to be consequences? People break the law all the time and get nothing

Indeed. Case in point: the traitors whose images these status are made it in the first place. Since the US just completely let them off the hook, we can surely look the other way about these statues coming down too, can't we? Seems only fair to make up for the initial wrongs of them being pardoned and the statues being allowed to go up in the first place. Or does that type of thing only go one way (not that I don't already know the answer to that)? I'd definitely jury nullify so freakin' hard if I were on the jury for anyone who gets charged for anything in association with this.

 

[Somnid]

The people saying there should be legal consequences are weird as fuck.

Rule of law. You can break the statue, but you accept there are consequences. If you're going to claim moral exceptions, then you can expect Trump and his ilk to do the same and you'd be very stupid to erode that barrier "because Confederate statues".

 

[norm9]

I like it because this will infuriate Confederate apologists across the country.

Middle of the road folks furrow their brow in disappointment. Certainly there must be another way.

 

[JABEE]

Arizona's Governor has announced he will not order Confederate Memorials taken down because "history" 2 of the most recent were installed in 1999 and 2010. "History"

What history? Racism.

Also, these statues shouldn't fall because the Confederates were losers and traitors to America.

These statues should fall because they were erected as symbols of hate and pride in the institution of subjugating black people.

These regimes fought to hold their right to own other people. Soldiers died to maintain their superior standing in the community over what they considered subhuman.

Anyone who wishes to romanticize this with films like Gone with the Wind or statues, is a racist asshole. Arizona commemorating slavery and valorizing the fabricated meaning of a war they did not participate in is blatantly racist.

If you a politician using racial supremacy as your wedge issue, maybe get the fuck out of office, because you are an absolute power-hungry cretin.

 

[Hellraizah]

I like it because this will infuriate Confederate apologists across the country.

Will you like it as much when they start throwing grenades in these crowds?

 

[Mr. X]

Racist traitors don't deserve momuments. Good riddance.

 

[BlazinSkatinAxel]

Err...that's kind of a weird thing to say. He's inferring that the racists would feel far worse if the government removed them instead of random protesters. Which is probably correct.

Not that I think the government would remove them anytime soon and am 100% on board with the statues getting removed or defaced or w/e asap, but still.

It's in quotes. It's sarcastically mocking what racists would say.

 

[WillyFive]

The US flag isn't much better.

What do you want, the French flag?

 

[The Wart]

Do the laws preventing substantive alteration require them to rebuild the statue, or can they just leave it down?

Could it be argued that they can't legally rebuild it without committing substantive alteration?

No chance in hell they're replacing a confederate statue anywhere in the Raleigh-Durham area. That area is bluer than the sky with several large universities. There'd be massive protests.

 

[TheCochese]

I used to be on the side of protecting the statues.

Used to.