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Atlanta NAACP Proposes Sand Blasting Stone Mountain to Remove Davis, Lee, Jackson
Truthrevolt.org ^ | 7-15-2015 | Trey Sanchez

Posted on 07/15/2015 1:21:05 PM PDT by servo1969

The Atlanta chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has proposed that the sculpture of Confederacy President Jefferson Davis, General Robert E. Lee, and General "Stonewall" Jackson be sand blasted off the side of Stone Mountain in Georgia.

Chapter leader Richard Rose is telling local news outlets, "Those guys need to go."

They can be sand-blasted off, or somebody could carefully remove a slab of that and auction it off to the highest bidder.

All of this recognition of Confederate generals is upholding the white supremacy on which the Confederacy was founded and the war was fought.

It is time for Georgia and other Southern states to end the glorification of slavery and white supremacy, paid for and maintained, with the taxes of all its citizens.

Rose said he would be "elated" if they could start immediately in removing the Civil War history from the rock. He suggested adding back historical figures who are considered "instrumental in bringing peace between the races."

It is interesting to note that Stone Mountain Park boasts the largest bas-relief carving in the world, larger than two football fields. The project was begun in 1916 and was headed by lead sculptor Gutzon Borglum, who abandoned the project in 1925 and went on to sculpt Mount Rushmore. It took at least three decades for work to continue when the state of Georgia purchased the mountain and commissioned the carving to continue. It was completed in 1972.

Rose did not comment on whether the phrase "colored people" is historically offensive, nor did he suggest renaming his organization.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Philosophy; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: atlanta; georgia; jeffersondavis; mountain; naacp; robertelee; staceyabrams; stone; stonemountain; stonewalljackson
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To: Fresh Wind

Better idea. Tell them I will honor their heritage so long as they honor mine. This is starting to piss me off.


21 posted on 07/15/2015 1:36:38 PM PDT by burghguy
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To: servo1969

Geez. I coulda sworn that it was slavery that never happened. Just like the holocaust.


22 posted on 07/15/2015 1:36:49 PM PDT by rktman (Served in the Navy to protect the rights of those that want to take some of mine away. Odd, eh?)
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To: burghguy

Yeah, well, good luck with that.


23 posted on 07/15/2015 1:37:37 PM PDT by Fresh Wind (Falcon 105)
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To: cripplecreek
"Can we sandblast the ugly off of Sheila Jackson Lee?"

There isn't that much sand in the Sahara...

24 posted on 07/15/2015 1:39:54 PM PDT by jonascord (It's sarcasm unless otherwise noted...)
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To: servo1969

Just supposing that if any organized effort to do that, the south may rise up again and with much more voracity than the Civil War.


25 posted on 07/15/2015 1:40:33 PM PDT by Bobby_Taxpayer
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To: servo1969

Well I’m all for sandblasting Sheila Jackson Lee !


26 posted on 07/15/2015 1:42:12 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra (Don't touch that thing Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a Doctor and I won't touch that thing!)
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To: jonascord

There are many Walking Dead that look better than many racist non-whites.


27 posted on 07/15/2015 1:42:39 PM PDT by Bobby_Taxpayer
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To: cripplecreek

Ah,,,, ya beat me to it!


28 posted on 07/15/2015 1:42:51 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra (Don't touch that thing Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a Doctor and I won't touch that thing!)
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To: Johnny_cash

How did you get this past the pearl-clutching mods?

Enquiring minds ..


29 posted on 07/15/2015 1:46:37 PM PDT by LadyBuck (KMRA)
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To: servo1969

People who deface/want to deface monuments are offensive-not the monuments-these people need the sandblasting...


30 posted on 07/15/2015 1:46:53 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: servo1969
The Civil War never happened! The Civil Rights Act of 1964 never happened!

The police hunt down young Black men in the streets and murder them with impunity! Blacks are still slaves and the White man is the Devil!

Dems can't win unless they gin up black hatred. It's all dems got - well until they 'legalize' another 60 million Mexicans...

31 posted on 07/15/2015 1:51:34 PM PDT by GOPJ (Breaking into my house doesn't give you the right to stay... NO AMNESTY! (protest sign))
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To: Bobby_Taxpayer

Bobby, we haven’t done a damn thing and they are removing civil war statues/flags daily! not a single southern protest to my knowledge. it’s not going to stop unless we take a stand very soon. i am going to predict they will go after confederate victory battlefields at some point. bull doze them and put all artifacts in some remote museum. this is not going to end well unless we stand together and very soon. imo.


32 posted on 07/15/2015 1:51:38 PM PDT by texassonofww11vet (texassonofww11vet)
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To: molson209
Just hire some ISIS freaks to Blow it up

Stupid people destroy the history they don't like... does the NAACP really want to be seen as being as vile as ISIS?

33 posted on 07/15/2015 1:53:55 PM PDT by GOPJ (Breaking into my house doesn't give you the right to stay... NO AMNESTY! (protest sign))
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To: servo1969

These bastages learned really well from isis. Dynamite history. Contemptible!


34 posted on 07/15/2015 1:59:18 PM PDT by RobinOfKingston (Just what is the difference between a "centrist democrat" and a "moderate republican?")
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To: cripplecreek

Ugly ain’t the problem.

Now, if you could figure out how to sandblast the stupid away, well heck, I’d bet the ranch and be a ground floor backer ;-)


35 posted on 07/15/2015 2:00:27 PM PDT by LadyBuck (KMRA)
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To: servo1969
The relief is so wide and deep you could park a bus on the horse's rump.

Sounds a lot like someone we all know in the White Hut

36 posted on 07/15/2015 2:03:12 PM PDT by Michael.SF. (This tagline lists all of Hilary's accomplishments............................)
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To: servo1969

Rose said he would be “elated” if they could start immediately in removing the Civil War history from the rock. He suggested adding back historical figures who are considered “instrumental in bringing peace between the races.”

Come on Rose I dare you...you know you want.....just say it....Obama!


37 posted on 07/15/2015 2:03:21 PM PDT by heshtesh (I believe in Sarah Palin, the rest not so much.)
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To: servo1969

Then we should get rid of Mt. Rushmore. There’s a few slave owners on that one.


38 posted on 07/15/2015 2:05:46 PM PDT by Veggie Todd (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
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To: servo1969
Rename every MLK Boulevard in the country for one of the Confederate generals.

39 posted on 07/15/2015 2:07:50 PM PDT by Rashputin (Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory.)
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To: Veggie Todd

That’s their plan. They want to tear down the Jefferson memorial in DC too


40 posted on 07/15/2015 2:14:18 PM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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