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Sam Houston statue in Hermann Park causing controversy
Click2Houston ^ | May 26, 2017 | Brandon Walker

Posted on 05/27/2017 4:59:29 PM PDT by Trump20162020

HOUSTON - The starting point was a Facebook post by a group called Texas Antifa.

The post alleges the Sam Houston Memorial's so-called demise will begin on June 10.

Why remove it?

Other posts by the group explain its stance.

"Texans agree the disgusting idols of America's dark days of slavery must be removed to bring internal peace to our country."

(Excerpt) Read more at click2houston.com ...


TOPICS: History; Local News
KEYWORDS: antifa; houston; samhouston; texas
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The Left's next target after their anti-Confederate monument crusade.
1 posted on 05/27/2017 4:59:29 PM PDT by Trump20162020
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To: Trump20162020

They smell the blood in the water.


2 posted on 05/27/2017 5:01:18 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Trump20162020

Sam Houston was pro Union and against secession.


3 posted on 05/27/2017 5:01:25 PM PDT by jospehm20
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Sam Houston was the only Southern Governor who opposed breaking from America and joining the Confederacy. He spent the last year of his life under House Arrest, and he died thinking his life was a failure....all because his beloved Texas broke from America and joined the Confederates.


4 posted on 05/27/2017 5:02:10 PM PDT by MuttTheHoople (Yes, Liberals, I question your patriotism)
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To: dfwgator

Nikki Haley helped get this ball rolling.


5 posted on 05/27/2017 5:03:00 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Trump20162020

Antifa had better be prepared for the fight of their lives, if they intend to remove any monument to Sam Houston in Texas.


6 posted on 05/27/2017 5:04:12 PM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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Straw men. The Antifa people never said anything about the Confederacy in regards to Houston.

Sam Houston was white, male and owned slaves, ergo, he's evil to the Left.

7 posted on 05/27/2017 5:04:25 PM PDT by Trump20162020
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The leftists and their GOP conspirators don’t care about the actual history, they just want to erase it.


8 posted on 05/27/2017 5:04:28 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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Houston's Unionist leanings make no difference. He was an evil white man and a supporter of slavery. Leninism lives in America even if Russia has repudiated it.
9 posted on 05/27/2017 5:05:30 PM PDT by Wallace T.
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To: Trump20162020

I know it’s just a movie, and I am OLD enough to have been taught our country’s TRUE History but having just watched, ‘The Alamo’ again, I disagree!

Sam Houston made all the right choices at a critical juncture! God Bless Him!

WTF is WRONG with these brainwashed Socialists? How on Earth can they think they’d be part of The Ruling Class, or on the top of the heap, should they get their wish to destroy America?

They. Are. Puppets. Collateral Damage. Cannon Fodder.

P.S. But don’t tell them, LOL!


10 posted on 05/27/2017 5:06:40 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
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Michelle Obama’s face is gonna look real nice on the $1 bill — just as soon as we get rid of the slave owner who is currently occupying her spot!


11 posted on 05/27/2017 5:07:53 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Abortion is what slavery was: immoral but not illegal. Not yet.)
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To: Windflier
Antifa had better be prepared for the fight of their lives, if they intend to remove any monument to Sam Houston in Texas.

Who is going to stop them? The authorities?

12 posted on 05/27/2017 5:08:34 PM PDT by sargon ("If we were in the midst of a zombie apocalypse, the Left would protest for zombies' rights.")
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"Nikki Haley helped get this ball rolling."

She is only technically American.

13 posted on 05/27/2017 5:12:58 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (My wish list: https, failover server, six sigma uptime.)
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To: Windflier

You got that right!


14 posted on 05/27/2017 5:14:13 PM PDT by broken_arrow1 (I regret that I have but one life to give for my country - Nathan Hale "Patriot")
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I would like to see them try to remove the Huntsville monument. HA!! It’s 25 tons of steel and concrete.

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/7247


15 posted on 05/27/2017 5:17:44 PM PDT by agondonter
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Sam Houston was a HERO of the first order.

There will be a FIGHT in Houston, if/when they try taking this statue down.


16 posted on 05/27/2017 5:18:10 PM PDT by SomeCallMeTim ( The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them!)
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...Antifa had better be prepared for the fight of their lives...

For sure Texas will roll over on this. For. Sure.


17 posted on 05/27/2017 5:19:49 PM PDT by KingLudd
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To: Trump20162020; Army Air Corps; 2ndDivisionVet; Windflier
I knew this was coming. I knew it!

First they start with the Confederate Statues, now they will go after Texas history.

18 posted on 05/27/2017 5:22:27 PM PDT by KC_Lion (Proud Keeper of the Sarah Palin and New First Lady Melania Ping Lists. Let me know if you want on.)
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What about THIS statue of Sam Houston....

This thing is something like 50 feet tall.

19 posted on 05/27/2017 5:22:43 PM PDT by hoagy62 ("It's not the whole world gone mad. Just the people in it.")
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To: Trump20162020

What gets me is the Lefts feeling about our history, considering that most of them are decedents of those who migrated here in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. Those Ellis Island legal immigrants. Its like asking Italy to remove all those Roman era statues. I probably have Roman slave blood, but who cares? I’m not going to whine about it and ask for the Colosseum to be bull dozed because some ancient relative of mine was fed to the lions. There are peoiple out there who are worst than terrorists, they are deviding us to destroy us and start a new country. They’ll call it Utopia and ship anyone who disagrees with them to Northern Alaska to work in the gold and Uranium mines. Then they’ll be happy.


20 posted on 05/27/2017 5:25:07 PM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (Again it disapeared? Damn cursor is in cahoots with the tag line.)
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