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orthoclad

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14. Mayor Robinson is a brave man

Reply to electric_blue68 (Reply #12)

Tue Aug 23, 2022, 12:55 AM

Aug 2022

threatened from top and bottom: Covfeferate citizens and State pressure.

He was brave enough to do it without asking permission from the State or the Daughters of the Covfeferacy, who donated it to the town when the Klan was resurging after WWI (think Birth Of A Nation), and most of the gray monuments were erected.

That po-lice chief needs to be fired.

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Confederate statue is bulldozed as mayor livestreams it, video shows. 'Not in my town' [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2022 OP

Confederates did not want to be Americans joe_stampingbull Aug 2022 #1

Nice... progressoid Aug 2022 #2

Also, don't read the comments. progressoid Aug 2022 #3

Boy howdy. MontanaMama Aug 2022 #4

Good job, Mayor! Sky Jewels Aug 2022 #5

This is Mondale Robinson jmowreader Aug 2022 #6

Ha! I'd say so! I love his expression! But ... electric_blue68 Aug 2022 #9

I hope for his safety EnergizedLib Aug 2022 #7

Yup. As it's been pointed out no orher country has statues up of people lost an internal war. electric_blue68 Aug 2022 #10

I think I know what that's called EnergizedLib Aug 2022 #11

By Jove, I believe you've got it. electric_blue68 Aug 2022 #13

It's now a crime scene orthoclad Aug 2022 #8

Yikes. Boys in blue & gray & white (sheets). 😔 electric_blue68 Aug 2022 #12

Mayor Robinson is a brave man orthoclad Aug 2022 #14

He sure effing Is! electric_blue68 Aug 2022 #15

I was thinking orthoclad Aug 2022 #16

I know most were put up later... electric_blue68 Aug 2022 #17

I didn't watch the entire video, but His Honor Vogon_Glory Aug 2022 #18

This message was self-deleted by its author Vogon_Glory Aug 2022 #19

At the bottom right there's a link for you to self-delete your own posts JHB Aug 2022 #20

North Carolina mayor under investigation after livestreaming teardown of Confederate monument Eugene Aug 2022 #21