POLL: What do you think should happen to Richmond's Confederate statues on Monument Avenue?

The Richmond Times-Dispatch ^ | August 17, 2017 | RTD

[103198]

A Richmond, Virginia poll at the RTD. There are 6,871 in the majority voting for leaving the monuments as are. Let's light it up...

[HokieMom]

LEAVE ALONE bump!

[EDINVA]

I voted a day or two ago to just leave them along, and found a really serious majority had voted the same .. and at that time ALL the comments were opposed to taking down the statues. This is crazy stuff, and will be looked back on as a time of sheer idiocy in our nation.

[Vlad The Inhaler]

Leave them where they are and hot wire them with a 14,000 volt feed.

[ealgeone]

They’re not gonna like the results thus far.

[A_Former_Democrat]

I also vote that C Ville and McAuliffe should demolish Monticello
And UVA. So what if they’re gold mines. It’s all about the anti racism slavery principles, right?

Well. Right?

[Teacher317]

The entire South is complicit in the horrible history of slavery. We need to tear down the entire South, and boot them out, to form their own country. I hear they have a flag already.

[SandRat]

don’t tOUCH them!!!

[JBW1949]

I have Ani Yun Wiya (Cherokee) heritage...

The name of your state offends me...Change it....

[antidemoncrat]

During the 2012 campaign Michelle said Barack has a lot of work to do to change our history and traditions. Looks like the left is continuing his work.

[mrsmith]

I remember when they put up the Arthur Ashe statue and I thought: “A tennis player among those Generals? That just makes him look silly.”

[eyeamok]

They should have Giant Plaques put up saying:

Proud Progressive Democrat

[DiogenesLamp]

POLL: What do you think should happen to Richmond's Confederate statues on Monument Avenue?

Maybe a good cleaning?

[DiogenesLamp]

The entire South is complicit in the horrible history of slavery. We need to tear down the entire South, and boot them out, to form their own country. I hear they have a flag already.

I see what you did there. :)

[dp0622]

WE HAVE TO START FIGHTING!!! TIME FOR TALK IS OVER AS STATUE AFTER STATUE COMES DOWN NOW FOR 2 YEARS!!

THEY WANT TO TAKE COLUMBUS STATUE DOWN IN NYC!!

#### that. These mother ####ers better be prepared for hell because there will be more Italians surrounding that statue than there are police in Manhattan. BTW, MANY of the police ARE Italian American!!

And many of the protesters will be construction workers and electricians and plumbers and firemen and even cops!!!

Blue collar guys that have NO PROBLEM ####ING UP antifa animals.

I plan to put a few in the hospital myself if it comes to blows.

[RayChuang88]

They’re not going anywhere. Why? Because Richmond was the capital of the Confederate States of America for several years and there is a lot of Confederate history in that city.

[Jim Noble]

I choose #4 - build more.

[TBP]

Leave them alone.

[Gay State Conservative]

The library (the *main* library,IIRC) of the University of Massachusetts main campus is named after a filthy,dirty,Communist friend and admirer of Mao,WEB Du Bois.

Tear *it* down and I might support bringing down such statues.

[Doogle]

..nothing