Someone beheaded the Christipher Columbus statue in Boston’s North End. Police say they left the head at the scene. Similar statues have been coming under fire nationwide #wcvb pic.twitter.com/VcLHqlEigV
— antoinette antonio (@antoinetteA) June 10, 2020
America’s first Italian immigrant loses his head.
Who’s next?
*resumes knitting*
Yesterday: Glorifying Slavery And Racism
Thanks Johnny
Update:
Protestors have now toppled Christopher Columbus statue outside Minnesota State Capitol.
Organizers were from American Indian Movement & footage from moments ago: pic.twitter.com/nZIb780wva
— Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) June 10, 2020
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A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.
Beat me to it :-)
“I hope they find the punk who did this, and I hope they cut his head off!”
Well done everyone for beheading that statue. Great that we’ve solved racism once and for all!
Columbus’s fault for discovering the place.
If he’d just sailed to India as planned, we wouldn’t be in this mess.
PBP better come up with some alibis fairly lively…
Good.
I suppose they’ll all work Columbus day this year to to demonstrate they’re not just vandals.
Are you aware of the campaign to rename Columbus Day to Indigenous People’s Day?
*see South Park for details
In fourteen hundred and ninety two
Columbus sailed the ocean blue
Then some time later, in twenty twenty,
His head went on a shorter journey.
In fourteen hundred and ninety two,
Columbus sailed the ocean blue,
He spread some bugs,
Robbed gold jugs*,
Now PBP think he’s a poo.
*and other table-ware/jewelry
And torcheres/enslaved people
Cultural Marxism spreads unhindered aided by a mostly compliant media.
Hahahahahahahahahahahaha….good one buzz.
hi /pol/
Oh the humanity…
remember the Taliban destroyed that big statue of the buddha they didn’t agree with and everyone was like ‘oh that’s awful, what savages’.
I’d imagine they are the very same people that are now destroying statues of the people who built their cities.
it’s the perfect example of the old adage, you become what you hate.
Where are statues of construction workers being destroyed?
Now cast your mind back not so long ago, and Charlie Flanagan’s attempt to idolize the RIC and Black & Tans, and the possible erection of a memorial to them.
I think that sentence is still accurate if you remove the last five words.
It was hoped such a thing would be done – the ‘HARP’ society had hopes for it.
For those of you with an open mind, you can read what Charlie Flanagan proposed. It wasn’t to idolize anyone and there is no mention of a memorial:
Full text is here http://www.justice.ie/en/JELR/Pages/PR20000003
‘The approach to the Decade of Centenaries has made clear that there is no hierarchy of Irishness and that our goal of reconciliation on the island of Ireland can only be achieved through mutual understanding and mutual respect of the different traditions on the island.
As part of the Decade of Centenaries (2012-2023), under the guidance of the Expert Advisory Group on Centenary Commemoration, I, on behalf of the Government, will host an event to commemorate the place of the Royal Irish Constabulary and Dublin Metropolitan Police in Irish History.
This event is one of a large number of events taking place during this decade to acknowledge and commemorate significant events or developments in the history of our island one hundred years ago. It is not a celebration. It is an acknowledgement the historical importance of both the DMP and the RIC, and is in no sense a commemoration of the “Black & Tans” or the “Auxiliaries”.
The Decade of Centenaries has, to date, been characterized by an open-minded non-partisan factual approach to our history. It has provided us with the opportunity to remember ALL of those who died over the period.
[…]
There is no question but that there are very real sensitivities involved here. I acknowledge that. But there are sensitivities on both sides. The RIC has found itself on the wrong side of history. The intolerance that was often characteristic of Ireland in the past sometimes forced people to deny their own family histories and airbrush parents, grandparents and siblings out of the picture for doing no more than serving as an army officer or police officer to support their families. It should be noted that the vast majority of Irish people who served as army and police officers did so with honour and integrity.
[…]
Oscar Wilde had sex with under age boys. Shall we smash his statue in Merrion Square?
Are you an underage boy?
^ creep alert
a rather stupid comparison
No more Gone with the Wind. Where will it end?
it’s a long movie alright