Statue of Vladimir Lenin in Seattle's Fremont District.
Posted on 05/29/2017 8:11:27 PM PDT by TigerClaws
HOUSTON - The Sam Houston statue has been at Hermann Park since 1925, but a group that calls itself Texas Antifa has started a campaign to take down this and any other landmark that bears the name Sam Houston.
The statue has been a site to see for nearly a century and for some people, it's a site they want to see for years to come. More News Headlines
Sam Houston statue in Hermann Park causing controversy
"Honestly, I think they should keep it up. Yeah," Nicole Nelson said.
But Texas Antifa group members want the Sam Houston statue gone.
On Thursday, the group posted on its Facebook page saying, "Texans agree the disgusting idols of America's dark days of slavery must be removed to bring internal peace to our country."
The group also suggested Mayor Sylvester Turner should back the removal of the statue, because of his ethnicity and political affiliation.
When Turner was asked if he should be in favor of the statue’s removal, he said the thought hadn’t even crossed his mind.
“It's not even on my agenda. I haven't even given it any thought," Turner said.
Nelson said even though Sam Houston owned 12 slaves, he wasn’t a “hardcore advocate” for slavery.
When Sam Houston was a senator in the 1800s, he repeatedly voted against the spread of slavery to new territories of the United States. He was also ousted as governor of Texas for refusing to align himself with the Confederacy.
"It might alleviate some, some anger but it'll also create some anger on the opposite side that you're taking down a statue of a man who helped create the state and what it is today," Paul Stykitus, resident of Houston, said.
Texas Antifa told KPRC 2 it wouldn't speak about the statue until the rally here on June 10 and said, "We don't speak with the fascist media."
Antifa also alluded to a partnership with Black Lives Matter.
Ashton Woods, with BLM Houston told KPRC 2 while they are in favor of removing symbols of the Confederacy, they are not affiliated with this group.
"We were not invited, and had no part in planning their event on June 10. It should be noted that any events by BLM Houston are posted to our Facebook page," Woods said.
You will probably end up being a prophet. It’s impossible to satirize these thugs.
Houston was a great man, I love his courageous stand in favor of the union.
The morning of the rally at three in the morning place a larger hollow paper mache Karl Marx statue over it with an official looking sign that the Houston statue has been replaced. Then watch heads explode. Later just remove the Marx overstatue and burn it.
Next they will want crosses off the churches because it represents white supremacy and the KKK. In the distant future they will be inspecting your shoe tread to make sure it does not make an offensive symbol of racism on the ground.
Statue of Vladimir Lenin in Seattle's Fremont District.
I like the statue there. The loser, dragged out of his own rubble, bought at auction on the cheap, shipped over to the U.S.A., and now he stands in front of variety of shops and stores. (The guy that bought him had big plans for some pro-America park, but couldn’t make it fly - so he sold (gave?) it to Fremont.)
Granted, most of the idiot shoppers and store-keepers are Liberals (they are in Fremont!!!), and don’t get the irony of it. Hmmm. Even looks like Lenin might be trying to get away from all of that Free Market Capitalism - but he never will.
Is that real, and in Seattle?
What’s next on their list ... the Washington Monument? Mount Rushmore? Monticello? Every single plantation home in the South? Historical markers along highways? Civil War forts? Museums?
History cannot and should not be judged in the rearview mirror.
Today’s Antifa or anarchist is nothing but evil mass with eyes.
Your willingness to use deadly force to cut flesh may determine whether you survive in the months ahead.
I dearly hope they hold their anti-Rushmore protest during Sturgis Bike Week.
Give them an inch and they’ll take a mile.
I’ve been arguing this on Twitter with a friend regarding his opinion that Trump should moderate his message.
My opinion is that the liberal mindset sees any small capitulation as a total victory and then believes that they now will continue to nitpick for more total victories. It is never good enough for them.
Such is the situation with Confederate statues. Maryland recently removed a statue of Roger B. Taney, a Supreme Court Justice who authored the Dred Scott decision. Maryland also has a town named Taneytown. The town was founded long before Justice Taney was born, but he and the founder share common ancestry. I’m just waiting for the petition to change the name of the town. Given typical liberal lunacy, they will probably succeed.
Blah, blah blah...I refuse to crap on our history and ancestors weather they own slaves or not. If we are going to get racial then let's look at all thing racial starting with the Black & Hispanic caucuses and go from there.
Alabama Governor Signs Bill Protecting Confederate Memorials
Two words... Rolling Thunder.
A people that do not know where they came from — “Progressives” are always used by the enemy to destroy a nation. Once Sam Houston is removed— will they place Santa Anna—Che Guevarra— or Osama bin Laden — or Harvey Milk in its place?
“History cannot and should not be judged in the rearview mirror.”
Post of the day. An absolutely worthless exercise which gains nothing.
Gains nothing?
Incorrect.
It rewrites history making sure the white Europeans are always the villain. How can we enforce our own borders if we are the evil invaders? Who are we to have any pride in our own country or fight for its continued existence?
If the Left can wipe out our history, they can control our future.
It gains them everything.
It was a general comment concerning historical analysis. If you go down the road of using contemporary mores and laws your analysis will be worthless.
That 2042 rate doesn’t factor in immigration. Democrats can open the floodgates and swamp us in less than ten years.
There are six million+ Africans who want to migrate to Europe right now. Open borders is the quick path to destruction for the West.
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