Posted on 08/16/2017 9:35:15 AM PDT by Enlightened1
NC adopted a law in 2015 that protects historical statues from being removed, and Cooper wants this law reversed.
Cooper used a Facebook post to reference the way slaves were once kept in chains in the South. And he criticized the existence of Confederate monuments without mentioning that Southern slave-owners were Democrats and that the Confederacy was a Democrat nation. Rather, he said, “These monuments should come down. Our Civil War history is important, but it belongs in textbooks and museums.”
He then transitioned to public safety, saying, “My first responsibility as Governor is to protect North Carolinians and keep them safe. The likelihood of protesters being injured or worse as they may try to topple any one of the hundreds of monuments in our state, concerns me.”
After voicing his concern that protesters might harm themselves while pulling down historical statues, Cooper said he also worries that protesters will face backlash from “white supremacists ” who could “swarm the site” to retaliate for the historical statue being toppled.
He called for the repeal of the 2015 law that “prevents removal or relocation of historical statues” and asked the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources to calculate “the cost and logistics of removing Confederate monuments from state property.”
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It’s a tragedy when a vending machine falls on a nitwit.
I’m open to leftist nitwits getting flattened though....
Following Cooper’s lunatic logic....
Banks should also put their money out on the sidewalk so no one gets hurt robbing them.
Just read a great post:
“thestocks 3 minutes ago
If we want to erase history, fine.
There was no civil war. There was no slavery.
Now all the people who believe in reparations can be silent.”
Therefore, there was never any oppression either.
Put it to a vote then, loser. Who are you arrogant jackasses to go around tearing down historical monuments to appease a bunch of radicals.
You let the pols in NC vote on reversing this law see where they stand. See what happens to them outside of your safe places of Raleigh/Durham come next election.
The terrorists have won
They submit to their Marxist overlords
Same here! I say let the cops open up on the mob of thugs breaking the law.
Lots of Sherman statues out there. Be ashamed if something happened to them.
http://www.historynet.com/betrayal-at-ebenezer-creek.htm
Sherman’s attitude toward black people is perhaps best illustrated in his own words, in a private letter he wrote to his wife, Ellen, shortly before he left Savannah to continue his march up the coast.
‘Mr. Stanton has been here and is cured of that negro nonsense,’ he wrote. ‘[Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P.] Chase and others have written to me to modify my opinions, but you know I cannot, for if I attempt the part of a hypocrite it would break out in every sentence.
I want soldiers made of the best bone and muscle in the land, and won’t attempt military feats with doubtful materials.’ As he admitted in his memoirs, ‘In our army we had no negro soldiers and, as a rule, we preferred white soldiers.’
There’s a Change.org petition calling for Robert Byrd to be taken down from buildings, roads, and monuments.
Morons in Charlotte, Durham, Raleigh, Chapel Hill, Asheville are why this dem wacko is governor.
Confederate statues are simply the latest crowbar the left and RINO Republicans have found. Trump is unacceptable because he is dismantling the deep state/crony-establishment circle jerk.
Without debate. Leadership by the prevailing winds.
NC gets to reap what they sow. We gave our support for Trump, but some turned their backs on then Governor Pat Mccorry and voted for that weasel Cooper. Suck it up, losers.
No they have not.
They are testing the waters. They are trying to see how far they can get away with things.
I hope the President Trump drops the hammer on them.
Ditto “We the People” on these communist control freak filth.
Is anyone else hearing the swoosh of voter registrations changing from Dem to Republican? Thanks, BLM bigots. Great job there. You just saved us millions we can now spend on more Trump rallys.
Steady on, Deplorables! MAGA!
People can get hurt committing all kinds of crimes. He should allow them to just do anything for their safety.
Yeah banks should also put their money out on the sidewalk so no one gets hurt robbing them.
Erasing history is the easiest way to rewrite it.
If it’s against the law to tear them down isn’t it his job to enforce it instead of allowing it to happen?
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