Posted on 09/01/2017 2:15:55 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
NEW YORK CITY — Controversial Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio appears to be backing down from his crusade against “symbols of hate” in the Big Apple amid significant political pressure.
In the wake of the clashes between right and left-wing protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, which led to a surge in calls from the left for the removal of Confederate statues and monuments across the country, de Blasio got on board with the trend and said he would conduct a 90-day review of all “symbols of hate” on city property.
He later refused to say that Christopher Columbus’ statue in the world-famous Columbus Circle would not be removed as part of the left’s iconoclasm. This fear was stoked when fellow Democrat and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito suggested that Columbus could be purged.
“I think that that has to be looked at and we have to look at history,” she said, according to the Observer. “We have to look at it thoroughly. He is a controversial figure and I know that some may take offense to that but for many of us that come from the Caribbean islands, we see him as a controversial figure.”
“I’m not going to get into the name game here,” the mayor said when asked last week about Columbus, according to the New York Post. “We have to look at everything here.”
The suggestion of removing Columbus was met with widespread derision, with even the New York Times noting that such removals may “mobilize the right and alienate the center.” Such a focus from the mayor when the New York City subway system is being dogged by delays and malfunctions is unlikely to warm him to many moderate New Yorkers.
But since then, de Blasio appears to have backed down somewhat.
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The Dope from Park Slope.
“Symbols of hate”
You mean like the New York Times sign, or maybe NBC, or CBS or ABC or CNN..
that kind of hate?
He’s on the ropes. Go for the jaw.
Yeah, that kind of hate is what needs to go. FAKE NEWS = HATE NEWS!
Cancel the executive order. If the congress wants to reinstate some part of it then they can use it for a bargaining chip with the dems to get something the GOP wants. Instead of just giving it away.
“...but for many of us that come from the Caribbean islands...”
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If it is true that many in the Caribbean Islands do not view Christopher Columbus as a hero, then it is equally true that many in the NYC area do.
This left wing hack is supposed to represent the people of NYC not the Caribbean islands. If she wants to return there than I say “go - and take your Puerto Rican terrorist boyfriend with you.”
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