Confederate statue dedicated to 'faithful slaves' targeted in class-action lawsuit

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: msn/The Independent

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A federal lawsuit filed in Columbia, North Carolina is targeting a Confederate monument outside a courthouse that bears an inscription with the line "IN APPRECIATION OF OUR FAITHFUL SLAVES." The lawsuit is calling for that portion of the inscription to be removed or covered up.

“I just remember thinking that slaves had to be so-called faithful or they would be punished or even worse,” Sherryreed Robinson, one of the members of the lawsuit, told the New York Times. “As an adult, the words sitting on the grounds of a courthouse made me question whether Blacks could really receive justice there.”

Earlier this year, a federal judge ruled that a portion of the lawsuit could move forward. Tyrrell County officials have been resistant to taking action themselves, citing state monument protection laws that, they say, bars them from making any changes to the monument.

The challenge to the statue — which sits on the lawn of the Tyrrell County Courthouse — comes at a time when President Donald Trump and his administration are restoring Confederate names and monuments after many were demolished and destroyed during or in response to racial justice protests in 2020.

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[JustAnotherGen]

1. Let it get erected

Nothing a little car accident can't fix.

[BumRushDaShow]

2. Or a bulldozer, "accidentally" left in neutral

[OldBaldy1701E]

4. It's been there for a long time.

Too fucking long. Such things are a stain on my home state and they should be destroyed. They have no purpose other than to intimidate anyone who is not pasty white. They are an insult to our nation and our culture.

Tear them down. We don't celebrate the losing side. Nor do we do anything to present any aspect of that in a positive light.

[JustAnotherGen]

5. We have a *living wall*

In my Borough that is a neglected eyesore owned by a private company.

The surrounding township is putting up a bunch of warehouses and the rigs are going to have to drive through my two circles where that eyesore exists.

I'm praying for an ice storm in NJ.

Wait - you guys aren't really snow ready down there - right?

[Paladin]

3. The only thing missing is the theme from "Gone With The Wind" in the background.

The fact that this sort of shitty Confederate worship is still allowed to be displayed anywhere says everything you need to know about how fucked we are as a nation. Some brave, skilled vandalism is called for.

[Bayard]

6. Shitty Confederate worship at the highest levels of our government

Waiting for them to take down the U.S. flag flying over the Capitol, and put up the Confederate one.

[Paladin]

7. Seems like I used to think our enemies had limits re how low they would go.

I'm under no such silly illusions, any more...

[twodogsbarking]

8. They were slaves. The unfaithful ones got dead.