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Calls to remove 'racist' Gandhi statue in Leicester
BBC.com ^ | 6/12/2020

Posted on 06/13/2020 12:46:04 PM PDT by Beave Meister

A petition to remove a statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Leicester has received nearly 5,000 signatures.

The online petition accuses the Indian independence campaigner of being "a fascist, racist and sexual predator".

Last year, students from Manchester called for a similar statue of Gandhi to be removed because of his "well-documented anti-black racism".

Leicester East MP Claudia Webbe called the petition a "massive distraction" from the Black Lives Matter movement.

The Labour politician said Gandhi "was part of creating a movement in the same way that Martin Luther King created a movement".

"His form of peaceful protest, like Black Lives Matter, is a force for change," she said.

"There is not any desire from the black community to move that symbol of change."

Professor of Indian history at Oxford University, Faisal Devji, said he thought the debate to remove the statue was "absurd".

"It seems almost surreal to have to list the many things Gandhi did," he said.

"He's a fallible man as all men are, but to lump him in with slave owners, that's a bit much."

Prof Devji said Gandhi's statue in Leicester was also a representation of the large refugee Gujarati community in the city.

"Gandhi himself was Gujarati, and many of the [city's] residents came from Uganda when they were expelled by Idi Amin," he said.

"So in some ways Gandhi's statue represents their presence in that place."

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


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: antifa; blacklivesmatter; blm; fascist; gandhi; india; indian; leftest; leicester; liberals; mahatmagandhi; oxforduniversity; racist
WTF is going on with these people? They are insane and want to rule the world...they have no idea what they're doing.
1 posted on 06/13/2020 12:46:04 PM PDT by Beave Meister
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To: Beave Meister

They are coming for the founding fathers next


2 posted on 06/13/2020 12:52:33 PM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world)
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To: Beave Meister

Next they’ll be calling for the Boudicea statue in London to be torn down because of her “anti-immigrant” opinions.


3 posted on 06/13/2020 12:53:00 PM PDT by vikingd00d (chown -R us ~you/base)
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To: Beave Meister

Next up:

Helen Keller
Mother Theresa
Martin Luther King (yep!)


4 posted on 06/13/2020 12:53:52 PM PDT by freedumb2003 ("DonÂ’t mistake activity for achievement." - John Wooden)
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To: teeman8r

There goes Mount Rushmore...


5 posted on 06/13/2020 12:54:00 PM PDT by Beave Meister (Leave the gun. Take the cannoli....)
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To: Beave Meister

Liberals, always wanting to destroy someone else’s history while trying to promote their own.


6 posted on 06/13/2020 12:54:04 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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To: Beave Meister

This has gotten humorous. I can’t even care anymore. MLK will be next with these wackadoodles.


7 posted on 06/13/2020 12:55:25 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: Beave Meister

At this point they are just trolling.


8 posted on 06/13/2020 12:55:35 PM PDT by A_perfect_lady (The greatest wealth is to live content with little. -Plato)
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To: Beave Meister

Anyone know if Cracker Barrel will be changing their name?


9 posted on 06/13/2020 1:01:19 PM PDT by Beave Meister (Leave the gun. Take the cannoli....)
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To: Beave Meister

Brought to you by people that wear Che shirts


10 posted on 06/13/2020 1:02:58 PM PDT by tophat9000 (Tophat9000)
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To: tophat9000

Yep, total ignorant morons.


11 posted on 06/13/2020 1:09:35 PM PDT by myerson
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To: Beave Meister

It’s now Spook Barrel.


12 posted on 06/13/2020 1:10:51 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: EEGator

How about Nigga Barrel? Or Gangsta Barrel?

;^)


13 posted on 06/13/2020 1:24:14 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("Pres. Trump doesn't wear glasses. That's because he's got 2020.")
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To: Beave Meister

Bookmark


14 posted on 06/13/2020 1:24:41 PM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you care! Guilting you is how they control you.)
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To: Beave Meister

It’ll really be fun when the BLMers try to deface or demolish Stone Mountain, GA.

Been bloody riots there already. Outside Atlanta, the Entitled People are outnumbered.


15 posted on 06/13/2020 1:27:43 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("Pres. Trump doesn't wear glasses. That's because he's got 2020.")
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To: teeman8r

Or, The Statue of Liberty.


16 posted on 06/13/2020 1:48:46 PM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to says it.)
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To: Beave Meister

Sounds like “riot envy” going on in England ...


17 posted on 06/13/2020 1:49:42 PM PDT by glennaro (Prager: "Until it's safe" means "Never"!)
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To: mass55th

Dear liberals... history is not for you to like or dislike. It’s there to learn from.


18 posted on 06/13/2020 1:49:45 PM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to says it.)
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To: Beave Meister

Gandhi was killed for being too nice with the Muslims.


19 posted on 06/13/2020 1:52:31 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: teeman8r
They are coming for the founding fathers next

Already happening.

20 posted on 06/13/2020 3:48:18 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s........you weren't really there)
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