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soothsayer

(38,601 posts)
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 10:29 PM Jul 2020

Local dc news reporting that Baltimore protesters have dumped a Columbus statue into the harbor

Guess that drumpf speech today with 1492 in it didn’t go over too big.

Bwahaha

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Local dc news reporting that Baltimore protesters have dumped a Columbus statue into the harbor (Original Post) soothsayer Jul 2020 OP
Womp womp! fleur-de-lisa Jul 2020 #1
Columbus is the worst of the worst alittlelark Jul 2020 #2
They just showed a picture of the empty pedestal and the drag marks soothsayer Jul 2020 #3
Columbus never set foot in the USA, so I don't understand muntrv Jul 2020 #4
Some little vids tweeted soothsayer Jul 2020 #5
What was left of it! 2naSalit Jul 2020 #12
Couldn't happen to a better statue. Ferrets are Cool Jul 2020 #6
Proud to be 30 minutes from Baltimore I_UndergroundPanther Jul 2020 #7
So does trump call out the troops now? captain queeg Jul 2020 #8
Adios Cristobal! SaintLouisBlues Jul 2020 #9
Awesome! Power to the people! k&r n/t Laelth Jul 2020 #10
Right? They look so happy soothsayer Jul 2020 #11

muntrv

(14,505 posts)
4. Columbus never set foot in the USA, so I don't understand
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 10:45 PM
Jul 2020

why we have statues of him or a holiday for him.

Ferrets are Cool

(23,047 posts)
6. Couldn't happen to a better statue.
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 10:52 PM
Jul 2020

Commiter of genocide and child molester. I still can't believe we have a national holiday for a fucking child molester.
But then, there is our pResident.

I_UndergroundPanther

(13,386 posts)
7. Proud to be 30 minutes from Baltimore
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 10:55 PM
Jul 2020

Baltimore made me proud tossing that awful statue into the harbor.

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