Posted on 06/24/2020 1:03:48 PM PDT by Red Badger
JUNEAU, Alaska - Petitioners have called for the removal of a statue in Alaska of the U.S. cabinet secretary who arranged the purchase of the state’s land from Russia.
The Juneau Empire reports Jennifer LaRoe launched the Change.org petition to remove the William H. Seward statue that drew signatures from 1,300 people.
The $250,000 statue unveiled in 2017 shows Seward holding the 1867 Treaty of Cession authorizing the Alaska Territory sale to the U.S. from the Russian Empire.
LaRoe acknowledged Seward's role as an abolitionist in President Abraham Lincoln’s administration but says the statue is a symbol of white, patriarchal authority and the disenfranchisement of Alaska Natives.
“...but says the statue is a symbol of white, patriarchal authority and the disenfranchisement of Alaska Natives.”
You mean from the enfranchisement they had under the Inuit Russian Czar before?
‘You mean from the enfranchisement they had under the Inuit Russian Czar before?’
ha ha ha...the thought process doesn’t go too far with these types, does it...
Juneau how stupid this is?
"We show our sympathy with slavery by emancipating slaves where we cannot reach them and holding them in bondage where we can set them free."
Yeah, tear down his statute. That's smart.
Seward as Secretary of State is literally the guy who officially proclaimed that the 13th Amendment to the Constitution (the one abolishing slavery) was adopted.
Nome..................
Stupid is as stupid does!
Suuuure, replace it with one of the gullible Russian Tsar who sold Alaska.
Time to ignore the screams and demands of the racists.
“Nome..................”
I ought too. He was my uncle.
Time to check to see if Putin wants Alaska back?
First they came for the Confederates. Now they are coming after the abolitionists and Yankee generals.
Time for the popcorn and to enjoy the show.
Kind of like watching the Crips and the Bloods go at it, if one were a member of the Mexican Mafia.
Has no Bering on the matter.........
At least they are pursuing this legally and not thru the madness of a mob.
So uh...what’s LaRoe doing standing on the dirt?
Nothing preventing her from removing her butt from that place.
Or maybe we should take care of that for her.
Unfortunately there’s probably nobody who’ll take her.
Might have to just dump her in the Pacific, let her swim for it. Maybe she’ll find a nice island.
Where the ‘natives’ will most likely eat her.
Why don’t they just give Alaska back to the Russians while they’re at it.
Hey, at least it would get rid of Murkowski.
And Russia that we purchased it from waaaassss.... ?
They are pining for the glorious gulags of Siberia.
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