Posted on 03/12/2021 5:06:18 PM PST by simpson96
CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- A group deciding the fates of dozens of Chicago statues and monuments met for the first time Thursday night.
The Chicago Monuments Project advisory panel is weighing opinions and considering arguments for and against statues, like the Columbus statue.
After protesters tried to pull down the Columbus statue in Grant Park last summer, the Mayor had it and others removed, at least temporarily.
Alderman Carlos Ramirez-Rosa said at the time it had to come down.
""When you have a statue in a place of honor, you are saying that is someone that should be celebrated....Christopher Columbus was a pedophile who raped children. Christopher Columbus was a genocidal maniac," he said.
Ron Onesti, president of the Joint Civic Committee of Italian-Americans, told CBS 2 the Italian-American community wants the statues back.
“I can tell you, the Italian-American community firmly believes that we want the statues back,” he said. “I can’t imagine any other ethnic group would allow someone else to dictate what another ethnic group’s heroes, or icons, or legends should be.
“By taking them down, we are disrespecting and dishonoring the contributions that Italians and Italian-Americans have made to this country."
(Excerpt) Read more at radio.com ...
Columbus’s greatest crime is being white. Nothing else he did matters.
If you are offended by a statue, you have some serious mental problems. You probably should not drive, go outside, or have a job that requires anything more than drawing with a crayon in the corner all by yourself. You need a safe space, a padded room and a paper suit. And some heavy medication... F these idiots, how the hell did this country let these people have a voice in anything other than “ you want fries or onion rings with that? “
Are they going to tear down the Fascist monument?
“Fascist Italy, by command of Benito Mussolini,
presents to Chicago
exaltation, symbol, memorial
of the Atlantic Squadron led by Balbo
that with Roman daring flew across the ocean
in the 11th year
of the Fascist era.”
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