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New Orleans' Joan of Arc Statue Vandalized With 'Take It Down'
PJ Media ^ | 8/17/2017 | Tom Knighton

Posted on 08/18/2017 5:21:03 PM PDT by RightGeek

Another day, yet another statue of a military hero is reportedly under fire. This figure astride a horse was vandalized with the spray-painted words "Tear It Down."

Who was this historical figure? General Lee? Stonewall Jackson? Nathan Bedford Forrest?

No, this was a figure who hails from the north.

Of France:

The phrase "Tear it Down" was hastily sprayed in black paint across the base of the golden Joan of Arc statue on Decatur Street in the French Quarter sometime earlier this week. It has since been removed, with only the vaguest traces of the paint remaining.

The "Tear it Down" tag would seem to relate to the debate surrounding the city's ongoing removal of four Confederate monuments. But the statue of Joan of Arc, a 15th-century military leader, martyr and Catholic saint, hasn't been mentioned in the controversy to this point.

Amy Kirk Duvoisin, the founder of the annual Joan of Arc parade that ceremonially pauses at the statue on the first day of Carnival season, says she's confused by the vandalism.

"Surely, people realize she's not related to American history," she said referring to the French icon.

Nah, I wouldn't be so sure.

[SNIP]

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: antifa; blm; monuments; oops; waronart
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Moonbats seem to be out in force.
1 posted on 08/18/2017 5:21:03 PM PDT by RightGeek
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Well, we did not expect them to be terribly literate or thoughtful concerning historical figures, did we now?


2 posted on 08/18/2017 5:22:38 PM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("If I had to go to war again, I'd bring lacrosse players" Conn Smythe)
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To: RightGeek

[”Surely, people realize she’s not related to American history,” she said referring to the French icon.’]

“Don’t interrupt them, they’re on a roll”


3 posted on 08/18/2017 5:22:54 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (Ignorance is reparable, stupid is forever)
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ROFL!!!


4 posted on 08/18/2017 5:23:30 PM PDT by pax_et_bonum (Never Forget the SEALs of Extortion 17 - and God Bless The United States of America.)
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To: RightGeek

Next, the Ronald McDonald figure on the bench!


5 posted on 08/18/2017 5:23:32 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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I guess I was wrong, they don’t want to erase American history, they want to erase ALL of it.


6 posted on 08/18/2017 5:24:03 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: RightGeek

(Click The Pic)

7 posted on 08/18/2017 5:26:22 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: RightGeek

With the good Old GOP-E leading their way.

Lets face it, nobody has our backs in the establishment. NADA!


8 posted on 08/18/2017 5:26:28 PM PDT by snarkytart
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Oh, come now. Joan was a member of the military and a patriot. The little Nazi voted for Trump. I know she did.


9 posted on 08/18/2017 5:26:29 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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[I guess I was wrong, they don’t want to erase American history, they want to erase ALL of it.]

The hilarious part is this generation doing the screaming is arguably the most historically illiterate ever.


10 posted on 08/18/2017 5:26:37 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (Ignorance is reparable, stupid is forever)
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To: RightGeek
Not moonbats, they're Marxists. They hate Christians.


11 posted on 08/18/2017 5:27:57 PM PDT by JonPreston
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Fools don’t even have the brains to know who she was. probably thought she was a confederate cavalry officer.


12 posted on 08/18/2017 5:31:12 PM PDT by RetiredArmy (Believe or not, we R in the Last Days of human history. Jesus is coming back, & soon! RU saved?)
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It shows the country is bowing down to ignorant people. These dummies have no idea who fought on which side in the Civil War.


13 posted on 08/18/2017 5:31:53 PM PDT by Terry Mross (Liver spots And blood thinners.)
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To: RightGeek

She was white and a Catholic

Tear it down


14 posted on 08/18/2017 5:32:17 PM PDT by ladyjane
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Thanks to NeoCons, Celebrities , Parasitic news media, socialist democrats we can expect more vandalism from Antifa.
I’ll wait for one of them apologize to Trump (haha Just kidding, I know they won’t )


15 posted on 08/18/2017 5:32:26 PM PDT by escapefromboston (manny ortez: mvp)
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Yep The GOP is worse then tits on a hog. They willingly will let it all be destroyed. Protect themselves but us? Not so much.


16 posted on 08/18/2017 5:32:27 PM PDT by Altura Ct.
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Good one.


17 posted on 08/18/2017 5:32:57 PM PDT by FreeperCell
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Fools don’t even have the brains to know who she was. probably thought she was a confederate cavalry officer.

Actually, they believe she was Noah's wife.

18 posted on 08/18/2017 5:33:56 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: RightGeek

Now they come for the Catholics?


19 posted on 08/18/2017 5:34:28 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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Nicely done!

Was it over when the Republicans created slavery and fought the Civil War to preserve slavery?

Was it over when the Republicans created the Klan and used it and Jim Crow laws to suppress black activists?

Was it over when the republicans tried to stop the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

What? All of those were actually democrats? Okay, let's go after Joan of Arc instead. She wasn't a democrat!

20 posted on 08/18/2017 5:34:44 PM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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