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Polybius

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22. I said the same thing in different words above

Reply to GulfCoast66 (Reply #18)

Tue Jul 7, 2020, 11:02 AM

Jul 2020

You can't support mobs taking down one statue and cry when it happens to the other. I think what set the right-wing off was Andrew Jackson nearly coming down and Columbus going into the river last week.

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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

Maybe, but we've seen statues of abolitionists & freedom fighters pulled down. oldsoftie Jul 2020 #8

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

Gotta admit I missed THAT one. Good lord. I'll have to go find the story!! nt oldsoftie Jul 2020 #20

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