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Seattle Mayor: Confederate monument and statue of Lenin need to go
Hotair ^ | 8/18/17 | JOHN SEXTON

Posted on 07/07/2018 7:56:38 PM PDT by Libloather

The removal of offensive monuments took a unique turn in Seattle. Mayor Ed Murray asked a cemetery to remove a Confederate monument erected in 1926 but also requested the removal of a large statue of Vladimir Lenin. From the Seattle Times:

The monument, erected in 1926 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and the Lenin statue are both on private property. Still, Murray said, he believes they should be removed.

“Not only do these kinds of symbols represent historic injustices, their existence causes pain among those who themselves or whose family members have been impacted by these atrocities,” Murray said in the statement. “We should remove all these symbols, no matter what political affiliation may have been assigned to them in the decades since they were erected. This includes both Confederate memorials and statues idolizing the founder of the authoritarian Soviet regime.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: communist; dixie; lastyearsnews; lenin; purge; seattle; statue
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The land where the Lenin statue sits is owned by the Fremont Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber told the Seattle PI the statue was, “an integral part of the quirkiness of the neighborhood.”

Statues of Lenin are coming down in Russia and yet, Seattle still holds on tight.

1 posted on 07/07/2018 7:56:39 PM PDT by Libloather
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Murray is long gone and forgotten. It’s up to the new mayor.


2 posted on 07/07/2018 7:57:49 PM PDT by Publius
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To: Libloather

Trust me. The statue of Lenin belongs in Seattle.


3 posted on 07/07/2018 7:58:59 PM PDT by D Rider
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Remove the Lenin statue, eh? The Mayor won’t ever get re-elected with THAT kind of attitude! /s;)


4 posted on 07/07/2018 7:59:29 PM PDT by Frank_2001
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To: Libloather

Hey idiot leftard mayor. Which part of “on private property” don’t you understand?


5 posted on 07/07/2018 7:59:29 PM PDT by max americana (Fired libtard employees 9 consecutive times at every election since 08'. I hope all liberals die.)
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To: Libloather

Trust me. The statue of Lenin belongs in Seattle.


6 posted on 07/07/2018 7:59:34 PM PDT by D Rider
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To: Frank_2001

The mayor resigned for buggering boys.


7 posted on 07/07/2018 8:00:50 PM PDT by Publius
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To: Libloather
not seattle...
Since both statues are on private property, the city has no power to demand or enforce their removal.
8 posted on 07/07/2018 8:00:54 PM PDT by stylin19a (Best.Election.of.All-Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever)
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To: Libloather

Take down Lee’s statute, and replace it with Forrest. Lee surrendered and went home. Forrest developed the theory of asymmetrical warfare and brought a measure of freedom to the people for 3/4s of a century.


9 posted on 07/07/2018 8:01:21 PM PDT by PAR35
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Seattle Mayor Ed Ed Murray requested the removal of a large statue of Vladimir Lenin.

Really?

Unbelievable!


10 posted on 07/07/2018 8:04:16 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Libloather

I predict that lenin will not be removed.


11 posted on 07/07/2018 8:05:44 PM PDT by dynachrome (When an empire dies, you are left with vast monuments in front of which peasants squat to defecate)
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To: Libloather

Lenin? It’s surprising they should desire to remove one of their own.


12 posted on 07/07/2018 8:06:36 PM PDT by clearcarbon
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Unbelievable!

Yes it is. Since when does a communist want the statue of Lenin removed?

13 posted on 07/07/2018 8:10:06 PM PDT by Mark17 (Genesis chapter 1 verse 1. In the beginning GOD....And the rest, as they say, is HIS-story)
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To: Libloather

Lenin was vile.

Just the same, people need to start telling these easily offended people to go screw themselves.

If they want you to take down a statue put another up. If they want you to rename something revert the name of something else. Complying only makes such folks more demanding, never less.


14 posted on 07/07/2018 8:10:08 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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August 2017?
That homo is not even the mayor of Seattle any more.


15 posted on 07/07/2018 8:13:04 PM PDT by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope.)
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To: Libloather

Riiiight. Lenin killing millions of people makes his statue “quirkey”.


16 posted on 07/07/2018 8:16:40 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (All Democrats have to offer is violence, intolerance, divisiveness and hatred.)
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17 posted on 07/07/2018 8:18:41 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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I'd take it. I'd put a bird feeder on it and never clean the poop off of it.

The Lenin statue that is.

18 posted on 07/07/2018 8:20:35 PM PDT by BBell (es-tu stupide):>()
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To: Libloather

Private land.


19 posted on 07/07/2018 8:40:22 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (The ONLY purpose for gun control is so that one group can force its will on a less powerful group.)
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To: right way right

True, Murray resigned when all the boys he raped when they were minors all came forward. Seems he was quite the pedophile. No wonder Seattle Democrats loved him


20 posted on 07/07/2018 9:18:46 PM PDT by realcleanguy
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