UNC Rioters deploy smoke bombs, topple Silent Sam (Greensboro, Durham: condo, to live)

[TarHeelNick]

Originally Posted by ucctgg

What was untrue about the heading ?

It originally read "antifa rioters" in the title.

OP has since corrected it.

[dariusxiv]

Originally Posted by m378

For the record I see both sides of issues like these. I understand why they're controversial, but I also see the historic value.

What I don't agree with, is that people can get away with destroying property just because they do not agree with it. We all know nothing will happen to these protesters, and that's not right. It sets a terrible precedent.

Excellent comment...well stated.

[Tigeru]

The school mascot is a racist confederate name. Is that statue next?

[mclarksn9]

Forgive me as a Philly guy that has lived in the South since I was 18, but why is the Confederacy celebrated? Is there a comparable losing side that had statues put up? I am asking seriously for a historical parallel and not to flame.

[take57]

Good riddance.

[RedZin]

Originally Posted by hey_guy

This is tiresome meme and a million liberals spouting it doesn’t make it fact

I know you’re familiar with DoC and I know you know they’re just a lost cause movement

So...Carr didn’t speak proudly of white purity and horse whipping a black woman during the dedication of the Silent Sam monument?

[RedZin]

Originally Posted by mclarksn9

Forgive me as a Philly guy that has lived in the South since I was 18, but why is the Confederacy celebrated? Is there a comparable losing side that had statues put up? I am asking seriously for a historical parallel and not to flame.

I was born and raised here and I do not understand it, either.

[Renownedtheworldaround]

Can’t really say that I’m sad to see it go. I don’t agree with the method in which the statue was taken down but it was also bound to happen after the statue toppling in Durham last year.

As for punishment, it wouldn’t surprise me if the General Assembly made some heinous proposal in reaction to this incident.

[BullCity75]

Originally Posted by TarHeelNick

This wasn't an "antifa riot"...... it was a student protest.

They shouldn't have toppled the statue....that was over the top; but so is your Alex Jones style heading on this thread.

These weren't students. It's the same anarchist group that did the Durham statue.

[hey_guy]

Originally Posted by TarHeelNick

It originally read "antifa rioters" in the title.

OP has since corrected it.

No I didn’t