Posted on 06/20/2020 12:01:53 PM PDT by rktman
Protesters tore down the statues of Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Francis Scott Key Friday in San Francisco.
Grant, who led the Union army into battle against the Confederacy, and Scott Key, who wrote America’s national anthem, are just two of the latest statues to be ripped down by protesters on the Juneteenth holiday that marks the 155th anniversary since a federal order to liberate slaves reached Galveston, Texas, almost two and a half years after President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation.
Even though Grant is widely celebrated as the general who led the Union into the war that brought an end to slavery in the United States, some critics have pointed to his ownership of a slave for about one year as a result of his marriage, despite the future president reportedly working alongside him in the fields and setting him free before the Civil War began.
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SPJNK.
Never thought Mao’s cultural revolution could happen here but here we are.
You really didn’t think the BLM thugs would stop at Confederate Generals...did you?
Really, dailycaller? Grant led the Union into the war?
More evidence, as if any were needed, that the George Floyd riots are really about “Death to America”
These idiots are just pulling down statutes. They don’t know any American history. Wish we could have them be liable and pay for replacing every statute their take down.
Ignoramuses
no history=no history.
Islam cannot tolerate statues. Communists cannot tolerate statues of non-communists. ANTIFA cannot tolerate anything or anyone.
Owned a slave for one year via his marriage.
Fought the Civil Was and ended slavery.
Which takes precedence?
This has NOTHING to do with what any of these statues represent. It’s all about flushing all American history down the Memory Hole. It’s all about the wholesale destruction of America.
There was an interview of a young white Woman anarchist at CHAZ a day or two ago. She was adamant and serious about “burn it all down.”
I love it. The ignorance is astounding.
I’m sure Antifa was there as well. But yes, they are just working their way done the list. Confederate leaders first. Then anyone associated with slavery in any way. Then it will be white people in general. Collective guilt, dontcha know?
As for me, I’m quite concerned that they will eventually get to the Elaine Benes mannequin I have in my front yard.
New statues to be erected:
Mao...
Che...
Stalin...
Marx...
Obama...
Ayers...
Jackson (Jesse)...
Sharpton...
It’s SF. Who cares. Those men would be embarrassed to have their statues in such a s***hole anyways.
Paul Joseph Watson just showed a video where on of the statue pullers admitted on camera that he had no idea who the person was that he was destroying.
pathetic
Right. Grant got get his promotion as top General kind of late because Lincoln saw he was a fighter always taking it forward to the south, Grant promoted like minded generals, if Grant was promoted earlier the war may have been over earlier.
Me neither -- especially with the tacit approval of elected officials whose sworn duty is to uphold the law and the Constitution. If we don't rise up and fight this, when will we ever fight?
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