[TaxPayer2000]

Protesters pulled down this 15-foot-tall statue of a Confederate soldier Monday night, Aug. 14, 2017, on East Main Street in downtown Durham.

[dragnet2]

Think of all the targets there are in the U.S., which one group or another dislikes or hates. They could go on for years erasing American history!

Lets just all stand by and watch. Looking sharp America!

[mosesdapoet]

A key Organizer named in an earlier FR posting was a Viet Namese Loan Tran.

[Republican Wildcat]

Irrational, violent, and uncivilized behavior isn't exactly an effective means of drawing sympathy for a cause...and the person was admittedly "filled with rage" at the mere site of a statue is not an indication they are playing with a full deck. This kind of behavior is not compatible with civilization. Many soldiers in the Confederate army were drafted and had no choice but to serve. This monument honored the war dead, not the Confederacy itself.

[blueplum]

replace it with one 10 feet taller. Then imbed key parts with the same ink used in theft prevention tags on clothes. Barney purple.

[Captain Compassion]

The statue was in front of the court house and a bunch criminals tore it down in broad day light? Where were the police? Are there police in that town. It certainly wont be a problem finding the perps. They are all over YouTube. Dumb.

[hattend]

So it should be fine to go hammer this statue into oblivion as well, right?

[jughandle]

“Moments later, the crowd pulled on the rope and the statue fell. One man quickly ran up and spat on the statue and several others began kicking it.”

Some chaotic scene of a Simpsons mob popped into my head reading that.

[Mashood]

I guess the message here is: do not make Loan Tran unhappy.

[x1stcav]

A good friend of mine makes some fine Bronzes. Makes me want to commission him to do a Confederate themed statue just for leftard bait.

Then I could bust some caps into these slime without having to travel too far.

[Deplorable American1776]

I guess we can protest anything named for MLKing, Booker T. Washington, or any black person? Let’s see if we can!