George Washington statue toppled in Portland

[jcmaine72]

This literally just occurred a short while ago. The protest is still ongoing. Luckily no one was injured when the statue came down, like that poor gentleman in Portsmouth, Va was last week.

https://www.koin.com/news/protests/portland-protests-black-lives-matter-blm-george-floyd-police-reform-racial-justice-demonstration-rally-march-day-21/

[love_katz]

2. Wow.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

3. Great news!! Let's hope many more statues and monuments to racist slave owners are toppled!!

[Archetypist]

4. Some conservatives I know

are extremely triggered by this; they want the National Guard sent in over this. But ... the dude did own 123 slaves. Personally I would vote to leave up George Washington statues *but* add prominent educational info giving historical context. I have no issue with confederate statues coming down or getting blasted to tiny bits, though, but if people want to move those into museums or add historical context that would be fine too.