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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Statues of Lenin are coming down in Russia and yet, Seattle still holds on tight.
Murray is long gone and forgotten. It’s up to the new mayor.
Trust me. The statue of Lenin belongs in Seattle.
Remove the Lenin statue, eh? The Mayor won’t ever get re-elected with THAT kind of attitude! /s;)
Hey idiot leftard mayor. Which part of “on private property” don’t you understand?
Trust me. The statue of Lenin belongs in Seattle.
The mayor resigned for buggering boys.
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.
Seattle Mayor Ed Ed Murray requested the removal of a large statue of Vladimir Lenin.
Really?
Unbelievable!
I predict that lenin will not be removed.
Lenin? It’s surprising they should desire to remove one of their own.
Yes it is. Since when does a communist want the statue of Lenin removed?
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.
August 2017?
That homo is not even the mayor of Seattle any more.
Riiiight. Lenin killing millions of people makes his statue “quirkey”.
The Lenin statue that is.
Private land.
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
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