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jcmaine72

(1,773 posts) Fri Jun 19, 2020, 02:58 AM Jun 2020

George Washington statue toppled in Portland

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/

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George Washington statue toppled in Portland (Original Post) jcmaine72 Jun 2020 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author CentralMass Jun 2020 #1

Wow. love_katz Jun 2020 #2

Great news!! Let's hope many more statues and monuments to racist slave owners are toppled!! InAbLuEsTaTe Jun 2020 #3

Some conservatives I know Archetypist Jun 2020 #4

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love_katz

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2. Wow.

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Fri Jun 19, 2020, 03:59 AM

Jun 2020

InAbLuEsTaTe

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

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Fri Jun 19, 2020, 06:35 AM

Jun 2020

Archetypist

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4. Some conservatives I know

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Sat Jun 20, 2020, 11:45 AM

Jun 2020

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.

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