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6. Some of the statue-iconoclasts said

Mon Jul 6, 2020, 07:59 AM

Jul 2020

"pull them all down." I doubt they were thinking this.

Like "defund the police", apparently they didn't mean what they said.

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Frederick Douglass statue vandalized in Rochester park [View all] Polybius Jul 2020 OP

Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2020 #1

This country is so beyond broken. Dem2theMax Jul 2020 #2

White supermacists. roamer65 Jul 2020 #3

I agree. likely was trump supporters rockfordfile Jul 2020 #4

well, if you're gonna mess up our statues RussBLib Jul 2020 #14

Anyone surprised that type thing this would eventually happen? oldsoftie Jul 2020 #5

Some of the statue-iconoclasts said Igel Jul 2020 #6

If you can vandalize an elk.... Igel Jul 2020 #19

Not surprised at all DeminPennswoods Jul 2020 #13

Yes. I warned that the focus of the movement was going to be hijacked. oldsoftie Jul 2020 #21

WTF! McCamy Taylor Jul 2020 #7

Racists gonna be racist. nt SunSeeker Jul 2020 #9

I think we have to be consistent on these type of things Polybius Jul 2020 #10

That's a false equivalency harumph Jul 2020 #11

The problem is retaliation Polybius Jul 2020 #16

bullshit RussBLib Jul 2020 #15

Of course not Polybius Jul 2020 #17

Bullshit politics strikes again. Steelrolled Jul 2020 #12

I support removing confederate statues. By a legal means. GulfCoast66 Jul 2020 #18

I said the same thing in different words above Polybius Jul 2020 #22