ALL Confederate monuments ripped out overnight in Baltimore (racist, Obama, March)

[danielj72]

America is becoming like a communist dictatorship or ISIS and the Taliban. They erase history so they can rewrite it. I bet they are also thinking about burning books next. This is sickening. These cities doing this are places I will NEVER spend my money in.

[budlight]

I can see the lovely people of Baltimore have figured out how to destroy things. Buildings, stores, businesses, monuments. At what point will they try to rebuild or produce something?

[Rakin]

Probably will sell for scrap metal so they can pay their bills.

[ottomobeale]

Weird part. MD was a border state that did not join the confederacy. Numbers Ive seen were roughly 2-1 union.

[PedroMartinez]

Originally Posted by fibonacci

Just like Charlottesville who made the choice to do the same. So why is there pointless outrage there from outsiders?

You'll have to ask them. In every state removal thread where I have commented about the statues, I always take the stand "their city, their choice".

[shiftymh]

They should really focus more on not smoking crack and shooting each other.

[ellemint]

Way to go Baltimore! Now come on Lexington! You can do it!

[texan2yankee]

Yeah, those statues have been killing lots of people in Baltimore. Way to focus on the important stuff, City Council of Baltimore.


Baltimore’s woes continue as the city’s murder rate soars.

Baltimore’s 2017 per capita homicide rate is putting the city on track to become America’s murder capital.

http://www.salon.com/2017/08/10/as-b...an-ceasefires/

[moneill]

Originally Posted by fibonacci

Confederate monuments taken down in Baltimore overnight - Baltimore Sun


Well, it happened whether people liked it or not. No protestors trying to keep them there either.

They wren't ripped out -- they were taken down.

The one in Durham North Carolina was ripped down.

[burdell]

Originally Posted by EvilEyeFleegle

And so it begins..this is what happens when the public..is enraged.

IMO, more like what happens when people are inanely fixated on inanimate objects rather than the incompetents they put in office. I'd rather protest our asinine involvement in wars of choice having no benefit to the US than try and gloss over what 150 year old history.