Generally, I don’t like the removal of politically incorrect historical monuments, but if what he says is true — that this was a monument to a white supremacist riot against an integrated police force (with the white supremacists being Democrats, incidentally) — I don’t really mind this one being removed.
“Generally, I don’t like the removal of politically incorrect historical monuments, but if what he says is true — that this was a monument to a white supremacist riot against an integrated police force (with the white supremacists being Democrats, incidentally) — I don’t really mind this one being removed.”
That’s exactly how I see it, but it seems we are a minority of the posters who have commented on the topic.
This particular monument could've vanished years ago and it wouldn't even have merited an article in the local paper. It's only because the Confederate Flag issue was blown up into a big deal by the Community Organizer's commie cabal that this sweep of anti-politically-correct images is proceeding. The fact that Lee Circle is included, despite being on the National Historic Register, shows from where this is being driven.
Does anyone know if the Stone Mountain, Georgia area managed to shut this nonsense down?