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'Someone complained': Cornell University Library removes Lincoln bust and Gettysburg Address
washingtonexaminer.com ^ | June 29, 2022 | JEREMIAH POFF

Posted on 07/30/2022 9:39:27 AM PDT by lowbridge

The Cornell University Library has removed a bust of President Abraham Lincoln and a bronze plaque of the Gettysburg Address after reportedly receiving a complaint.

Randy Wayne, a professor of biology at Cornell, said the library had removed the display, which had been there since 2013, after "someone complained," the College Fix reported .

In a statement to the Washington Examiner, university spokeswoman Rebecca Valli said the bust of Lincoln "was part of a temporary exhibit on the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address" and that it had been on display from 2013-2021. With the display gone, only an empty case remains.

Lincoln delivered the famous oration on Nov. 19, 1863, four months after the Civil War battle on the site claimed over 50,000 lives on both sides of the conflict —the most of any single battle of the conflict.

“Cornell proudly possesses one of five known copies of the Gettysburg Address in Lincoln’s hand," Valli said. "The original is safely sequestered, with a digital facsimile on permanent display. Additionally, five electronic Lincoln exhibitions are available for 24/7 viewing online."

Wayne remains unconvinced of the university's version of events. In an email to the Washington Examiner, he said he did not believe that the university's statement "is the whole truth."

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To: lowbridge

f that someone


41 posted on 07/30/2022 10:20:29 AM PDT by databoss
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To: lowbridge

Someone complained? Probably a democrat still pissed that Lincoln took their slaves away.


42 posted on 07/30/2022 10:20:34 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: lowbridge

I object to Cornell.

Will it now be removed ?


43 posted on 07/30/2022 10:28:36 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: lowbridge

I would think that the woke idiots would consider Lincoln a hero since he freed the slaves.


44 posted on 07/30/2022 10:34:40 AM PDT by Jean2
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To: lowbridge

When a liberal complains action is taken.

If a conservative complains about something it is ignored.


45 posted on 07/30/2022 10:42:51 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: lowbridge

“someone”


46 posted on 07/30/2022 10:44:57 AM PDT by glorgau
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To: llevrok

Today, micro minority rules

*************

Only if they are liberals, socialists or communists.

If a small number of conservatives or sensible people don’t like something their protestations fall on deaf ears.

Some people and groups are more equal than others in America today.


47 posted on 07/30/2022 10:46:44 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: lowbridge

Someone complained? So fricken what?


48 posted on 07/30/2022 10:47:27 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
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To: Starboard
Today, micro minority rules ************* Only if they are liberals, socialists or communists.

They are useful. Just as the Bolsheviks used the peasants and the working class to gain power in Russia.

49 posted on 07/30/2022 10:48:01 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: lowbridge
… "was part of a temporary exhibit on the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address" and that it had been on display from 2013-2021.

Eight years doesn’t sound temporary to me.

50 posted on 07/30/2022 10:52:26 AM PDT by throwthebumsout
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To: lowbridge

Ezra Cornell, a founder and namesake of the university, was an unabashed capitalist who made his fortune in the telegraph industry. He was also a Republican who was elected to the N Y state legislature, an unforgivable political offense, given how the term “Republican” signifies racist, sexist and homophobe. Moreover, the charter of the university requires that a male descendant of Ezra occupy a position on the governing board, clearly an example of the worst sort of white privilege, to say nothing of patriarchal injustice.

Why this evil institution is allowed to continue its existence under the name “Cornell” boggles the mind.


51 posted on 07/30/2022 10:52:41 AM PDT by Stosh
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To: llevrok

Never was majority rules. It is a constitutional republic not a French style idiotocracy.


52 posted on 07/30/2022 10:53:09 AM PDT by DariusBane (Liberty and Risk. Flip sides of the same coin. So how much risk will YOU accept? Vive Deo et Vives)
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To: lowbridge

The answer to give the complainer is “You dumb idiot! Lincoln freed the slaves! How stupid can you be? Request denied, and don’t ask again.”


53 posted on 07/30/2022 10:57:10 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Damn it! We need Trump! America First!)
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To: lowbridge

Well, the Emancipation Proclamation WAS as bad an idea as female suffrage. ;-D


54 posted on 07/30/2022 11:06:36 AM PDT by GingisK
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To: lowbridge

essentially, children are running our universities.


55 posted on 07/30/2022 11:10:29 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance the flag of the U S of A, and to the REPUBLIC for which stands.)
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To: dljordan

idk was a joke, but would be something the kkk would do, ask that Lincoln statues be taken down. Cornell is racist though..


56 posted on 07/30/2022 11:10:41 AM PDT by freespirit2012
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To: lowbridge

Sad statement of the university by removing his bust and speech. However, if someone did really do their diligent research on Lincoln and uncovered his true statements and actions it would give rise to his removal as a deity.


57 posted on 07/30/2022 11:20:08 AM PDT by vetvetdoug
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To: lowbridge

SomeONE...ONE? Doesn’t surprise me. The REST of us are never asked are we?


58 posted on 07/30/2022 11:35:56 AM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag (When Ashli Babbitt’s video-taped murderer Michael Byrd is indicted, I’ll start paying attention.)
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Although Lincoln is revered by republicans today, democrats and newspapers of the time refered to him repeatedly as both orange and bad


59 posted on 07/30/2022 11:54:30 AM PDT by dsrtsage ( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
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To: GreyFriar

Trump right again…


60 posted on 07/30/2022 12:10:32 PM PDT by MrRelevant
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