Of course a list of black females who made minimal contributions are being considered for a statue to replace him.
Maybe Churchill Downs will buy it. They changed the words to “My Old Kentucky Home” decades ago.
Pittsburgh is named after William Pitt, who was an ardent advocate of British imperialism. I guess the city should be re-named too.
Has anyone made a Motion or Attempted to Completely OUTLAW the Democrat Party for it’s Historical Ties to Racism?? WHY NOT?
I’d like to see that list. I can’t imagine off-hand whom they would choose.
I read a post this morning that really hit hard. “Shoulda picked our own cotton”
Leftists are acting as if they’re in pre-literacy days with statues and symbols serving as a substitute for books and writing.
to bad Oprah, Beyonce, Joy Reid, April Ryan, Woopie are not from Pittsburgh bu they are the Pitts.
Oh,brother! Will these troublemakers ever stop? No, not until Americans stiffen their spines and tell them “NO!” One of America’s greatest song writers under attack. The Left is out to destroy what is left of our culture and replace it with a screaming, rapping, monotonous one note drum thumping,obscenity shrieking culture of no value at all.
Anyone who thought it was going to stop with Confederate statues is a grade-A fool. If you supported the left with that, you don’t get to complain now. Next is “offensive to Native Americans” statues (Andrew Jackson), Texas Revolution figures (Sam Houston) and then eventually any Founding Father that ever owned slaves.
I loved this statue as a kid and we lived in the Pgh. ‘burbs.
Disgusted by all of this nonsense, THIS one is more of a personal hurt.
“scrutinized as?”
Who the heck wrote this? Scrutinized means to examine closely, not adjudge or conclude or even opine.
I hate to say we told you so, but we told you so. The indifference and in some cases, the outright cheering on of folks when the movement to destroy Southern History and Monuments began only emboldened these groups. We said then, that it would only be a matter of time, before they came for other monuments. One only has to look to South Carolina, the flag was moved from the statehouse because it “belonged in a museum”, now of course, there is a movement to remove it from the Museum. The Battle Flags that adorned Robert E. Lee’s crypt at Washington and Lee College, gone. The Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond, renamed. Appeasement has failed, again.
Disgraceful!
Imagine the inverse of this: Black statue removed, Mayor says he's seeking the selection of a white person to be honored in that location, and only white candidates need apply. I'm sure the old media, and social media, wouldn't be howling over that one.
He wrote the greatest song ever composed. “Beautiful Dreamer”.
As the statues come down, racism goes up.
Rather Martin Luther Kings statement that a man should be judged by his character, rather than the color of his skin. But the irony of it all is too much for tiny bigoted minds to comprehend as they judge statues by their form, not the man they commemorate.
I was told, growing up, that Stephen Foster was a cousin of my grandmother (have no reason to not believe this).
We had an LP of his music, when I was a child, so grew up singing all those (racist) songs.
It kills me. First you identify the gender and race of the statue, then you go find someone who fits the template and build a statue of her. So stupid
California is not being spared from the Left's revisionist crusade. Already, Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, named for the actor who was such an outspoken American patriot and supporter of traditional values has been renamed the Hollywood-Burbank Airport, and a stature of President William McKinley was removed in Arcata.
Likely targets in the near future will probably include MacArthur Park--after all, its namesake led military campaigns against nonwhites and was an outspoken anti-Communist.
I will not be the least bit surprised when John Wayne Airport and Wayne's statue in the terminal eventually come under attack. Not only was Wayne an outspoken conservative and anti-Communist, his movie Big Jim McClain championed the House Committee on Un-American Activities and The Alamo paid tribute to the heroes of the Texas Revolution. In the eyes of the Left, you cannot get any more politically incorrect.