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tulipsandroses

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17. See post #4, description of the statue and video included. The OP has a link to the article
Mon Jun 22, 2020, 01:14 AM
Jun 2020

which has a pic.

Now, if we could just get the owner of Washington's NFL team to change that goddamned name. catbyte Jun 2020 #1
There are plenty of great names for that team IronLionZion Jun 2020 #3
(thanks for the chuckle) n/t orleans Jun 2020 #6
Though he is one of my favorite presidents I can understand this decision. He was progressive yaesu Jun 2020 #2
Can't get excited about removing it, but he did believe whites were superior. Hoyt Jun 2020 #5
he was a stone cold sociopath. i wonder how many creatures he killed mopinko Jun 2020 #18
Geezus Effin Krist! I have never seen this statue. It should have been torn down a long time ago! tulipsandroses Jun 2020 #4
Yes, it is that particular depiction that is objectionable Maeve Jun 2020 #25
Next they will want to remove him from Mount Rushmore. totodeinhere Jun 2020 #7
It never should have been built in the first place alphafemale Jun 2020 #8
Exactly! This is my first time seeing it and I am hopping mad. Why couldn't they have made tulipsandroses Jun 2020 #11
Have you seen the statue in question? tulipsandroses Jun 2020 #9
That's an excellent idea. n/t TygrBright Jun 2020 #10
That "monument" always looks like vandalism to me Warpy Jun 2020 #13
It was never completed? Polybius Jun 2020 #29
Rubble is under the heads and extending downward Warpy Jun 2020 #30
Something I put for discussion yesterday sarisataka Jun 2020 #14
If he was flanked by a subservient African American and Native American, Politicub Jun 2020 #26
Yes the statute needed to come down. But as far as I know the statute was not commissioned by him totodeinhere Jun 2020 #31
Oh, FFS. Warpy Jun 2020 #12
Please take a look at that statue and tell me why it would be appropriate to place it in a park tulipsandroses Jun 2020 #15
I haven't seen it Warpy Jun 2020 #16
See post #4, description of the statue and video included. The OP has a link to the article tulipsandroses Jun 2020 #17
Listened to the video, couldn't see it clearly Warpy Jun 2020 #19
There is a also a pic that is the link the OP posted tulipsandroses Jun 2020 #21
The issue isn't Roosevelt. cab67 Jun 2020 #27
'Night at the Museum': TR, Robin Williams, Ben Stiller appalachiablue Jun 2020 #20
What about the horse? milestogo Jun 2020 #22
good one! Lulu KC Jun 2020 #24
I must have walked past that statue a thousand times, I never even realized who it was. George II Jun 2020 #23
I just hope a place is found to archive at least some of these things - definitely get them out of Kashkakat v.2.0 Jun 2020 #28
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