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In reply to the discussion: Roosevelt Statue to Be Removed From Museum of Natural History [View all]totodeinhere
(13,037 posts)31. Yes the statute needed to come down. But as far as I know the statute was not commissioned by him
and he should not be held responsible for something he did not create. However, he should be help responsible for his racist comments about African Americans. However, he was very progressive for his time in many other ways and I think we need to acknowledge that as well.
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Now, if we could just get the owner of Washington's NFL team to change that goddamned name.
catbyte
Jun 2020
#1
Though he is one of my favorite presidents I can understand this decision. He was progressive
yaesu
Jun 2020
#2
Geezus Effin Krist! I have never seen this statue. It should have been torn down a long time ago!
tulipsandroses
Jun 2020
#4
Exactly! This is my first time seeing it and I am hopping mad. Why couldn't they have made
tulipsandroses
Jun 2020
#11
Yes the statute needed to come down. But as far as I know the statute was not commissioned by him
totodeinhere
Jun 2020
#31
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
See post #4, description of the statue and video included. The OP has a link to the article
tulipsandroses
Jun 2020
#17
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