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Protesters Destroy Confederate Monument in Durham County, NC
thegatewaypundit ^ | Joshua Caplan

Posted on 08/14/2017 5:30:30 PM PDT by davikkm

Protesters ripped down a monument of a Confederate soldier Monday evening. The monument has stood in Durham County, NC since 1924.

WNCN reports:

A crowd of protesters gathered outside the old Durham County courthouse on Main Street Monday evening in opposition to a Confederate monument in front of the government building.

Around 7:10 p.m. a woman climbed the statue using a ladder and attached a rope around the statue.

Moments later, The crowd pulled on the rope and the statue fell.

In 1924, the Confederate statue was dedicated to Durham.

Engraved on the front of the monument is “The Confederate States of America.”

Above it, is a statue representing a soldier who fought in the civil war.

“It needs to be removed,” Loan Tran, an organizer, said earlier Monday. “These Confederate statues in Durham, in North Carolina, all across the country.”

There are similar monuments in several cities around North Carolina.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: dixie; durham; purge; taliban; talibanism; vandalism
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To: davikkm

And where were the worthless police?


41 posted on 08/14/2017 6:00:24 PM PDT by Bonemaker
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To: ifinnegan

George Washington is next.


42 posted on 08/14/2017 6:06:57 PM PDT by dhs12345
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To: davikkm

These people have no conception of these being Democrat figures. Their intention is solely to excise white history.


43 posted on 08/14/2017 6:08:26 PM PDT by Mr. Blond
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To: Cannoneer

George Washington is next. He is a white guy who owned slaves.


44 posted on 08/14/2017 6:08:55 PM PDT by dhs12345
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To: Mr. Blond

Destroying the Monuments of the Civil War will not change history, just as destroying the Artifacts in the middle-east by ISIS does not change the History over there.....what will these people not like tomorrow, maybe airplanes or cars,


46 posted on 08/14/2017 6:13:32 PM PDT by rxtn41
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To: davikkm

CNN is running a slideshow of the 1500 monuments to Confederates in the country with pics, locations.


47 posted on 08/14/2017 6:17:28 PM PDT by MarMema
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To: rxtn41

Next come the memorials to our slave-owning Founding Fathers.


48 posted on 08/14/2017 6:17:56 PM PDT by Mr. Blond
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To: TheZMan

Time to pull down a liberal hero statue...


49 posted on 08/14/2017 6:18:08 PM PDT by kiryandil (Never pick a fight with an angry beehive)
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To: kabar

Pink and Purple vaginas I believe.


50 posted on 08/14/2017 6:18:39 PM PDT by MarMema
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To: rxtn41

People who destroy traces of history do so with the genuine intent of establishing tyranny and destroying other people.


51 posted on 08/14/2017 6:19:17 PM PDT by Morpheus2009
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To: davikkm
“It needs to be removed,” Loan Tran, an organizer, said earlier Monday. “These Confederate statues in Durham, in North Carolina, all across the country.”

Excuse me if towns across the South don't rush to do this because "Loan Tran" said to do so.

52 posted on 08/14/2017 6:20:45 PM PDT by Trump20162020
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To: dhs12345

see my post 47. saw it on twitter..


53 posted on 08/14/2017 6:20:51 PM PDT by MarMema
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To: LegendHasIt

So now six flags over tx will have to be five flags over tx because of the Confederate flag we were under once in history.


54 posted on 08/14/2017 6:21:22 PM PDT by Hattie
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To: bk1000
Arrest them for destruction of public property.

The local sheriff was taking video.

If there are no arrests, then the other side should be able to destroy progressive monuments in Durham.

If the police attempt to arrest, the the other side should be able to use firearms in self-defense.

55 posted on 08/14/2017 6:21:36 PM PDT by kiryandil (Never pick a fight with an angry beehive)
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To: blueunicorn6

http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMCK6Q_Stand_Watie_Anadarko_OK

Well... he’s waiting...

Probably safe though since it’s nowhere near a camera crew and most liberals have no idea where this is.


56 posted on 08/14/2017 6:23:10 PM PDT by piasa
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To: MarMema

Unbelievable. :(


57 posted on 08/14/2017 6:28:07 PM PDT by dhs12345
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To: davikkm

One more thing the American Left has in common with ISIS.


58 posted on 08/14/2017 6:31:57 PM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (I told you so)
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To: Pelham
But there’s no shortage of newcomers to the US who can’t wait to strip it of our past. Nikki Haley is a prime example. They have to connection to it, no respect for those that do, and they are happy to join the SJWs in eliminating all trace of it.

I am still dissapointed that I didn't get a chance to see what happened when she ran for reelection.

59 posted on 08/14/2017 6:36:18 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: ProudFossil

That would include Mount Vernon and Monticello.


60 posted on 08/14/2017 6:36:38 PM PDT by Pelham (Liberate California. Deport Mexico Now)
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