Statue of Abe Lincoln being removed in Boston today (racist, abuse, government)

[moneill]

Originally Posted by Absolom

So the problem it seems is that the black statue is seen as "groveling." I guess that reveals more about the viewer than the statue itself. I see it as the freed slave rising up.


But progressives gonna do..........

What matters is how Black people perceive it -- not you....it's not all about you -- -or me.

I personally don't have a horse in this race. But I understand why it may be offensive.

So remove it -- it isn't history, it is a statue.

It does not erase history.

History is not the statues built

[whogo]

Originally Posted by Rachel976

It’s what it signifies: the cancel culture of anything white, no matter how significant a contribution that person made to America.

Maybe we should tear down all the statues of MLK, and rename all the MLK schools, and see what happens.

Why did Boston's citizens tear down a statue of King George?

Sorry the negros ain't bowing to the white man anymore.l

[moneill]

Apparently the statue has been controversial since the day it was dedicated. There was an alternative statue showing Lincoln with Black Union soldiers but it was going to be 'too expensive'. So from day one this statue seems to have been the source of a good debate.

Maybe they should commission that alternative and place them side by side in a museum.

[PullMyFinger]

He’s begging him to keep the Democrats away from his people.

[lrfox]

This statue has been gone for about 6 months now... Aren't there more important things to worry about than a statue that was removed 6 months ago?

[mascoma]

Maybe they could put up a statue of some old black liberation army members like Sundiata Acoli and Assata Shakur who murdered of a New Jersey state trooper in 1973. It can depict them standing over the dead cop.

[middle-aged mom]

Originally Posted by Pilot1

You're wrong. Statues are history. Most people care about history. Don't like it? Don't look at it.

Are there statues depicting slave owners beating and raping slaves? That is very much a part of history.

Is the landscape in Germany peppered with statues honoring Hitler.? Does the Nazi flag fly in state houses?

Has Germany and the world forgotten the Holocaust, because the country removed statues and flags that promoted Hitler?

This particular statue was erected in 1876. What is objectionable is the slave groveling at Lincoln’s feet.

[PullMyFinger]

Originally Posted by middle-aged mom

Are there statues depicting slave owners beating and raping slaves? That is very much a part of history.

Is the landscape in Germany peppered with statues honoring Hitler.? Does the Nazi flag fly in state houses?

Has Germany and the world forgotten the Holocaust, because the country removed statues and flags that promoted Hitler?

This particular statue was erected in 1876. What is objectionable is the slave groveling at Lincoln’s feet.

So you’re comparing Abe Lincoln to Hitler now? Or the slave?

[ben young]

Originally Posted by Rachel976

Yup. We are heading toward Marxism. And the communists will have their Manchurian Candidate in the White House, bought and paid for.

I think Democrats are idiots. And yet, we STILL have the Biden signs in my neighborhood, so they are happy to declare their idiocy and rub it in the face of intelligent Americans who don’t want to destroy the country.

" useful Idiots " and the state leaders go along with it., COWARDS.

[ChrisC]

Soon to be replaced by a Lenin or Marx statue...