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Confederate Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson statues in Charlottesville officially removed
Fox News ^ | 10 July 2021 | Audrey Conklin

Posted on 07/10/2021 7:33:14 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo

The city of Charlottesville, Virginia, officially removed its statues of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee and Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson on Saturday.

Viewing areas for the removal of the statues were erected so that bystanders could watch cranes lift the statues from their plinth blocks; the process was nearly complete just before 9 a.m.

Photos and videos posted to social media show a crowd gathered to watch the process on Saturday morning.

Charlottesville Mayor Nikuyah Walker spoke at Saturday's gathering, calling the removal "one small step forward" in an effort to dismantle White supremacy, according to VPM reporter Ben Paviour.

Initial plans to remove the Lee statue came about in 2016, prompting White supremacists and other extremist groups to use the monument as a focal point for events such as the 2017 "Unite the Right" rally.

The statues will be held on Charlottesville property until they are sold, according to a Thursday press release from the city.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: bidensfault; blacksupremacy; nikkisfault; obamasfault
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To: Fai Mao

Was there even any consultation with the people or the city council before this action took place?


21 posted on 07/10/2021 7:54:37 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Florida: America's new free zone.)
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To: Kriggerel

That’s what I mean though, they probably will try, and they’re overreaching.

We’ll see what happens, it’ll probably be a big party.


22 posted on 07/10/2021 7:56:24 AM PDT by Bulwyf
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To: econjack
Taking the statues down will definitely change history...you twits!

But their goal is obviously must larger than just statues. They are following the 1984 playbook:

“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.”
They control education, the book publishers, all media, all online platforms, all tech oligarchs, hundreds of communist splinter groups, city councils, and the entire Democrat party. Do you really think they are going to stop at statues?

PS. I'm surprised Orwell didn't think bigger. He wrote "every statue and street building has been renamed." I wonder why he didn't write "every statue has been destroyed."

23 posted on 07/10/2021 7:57:21 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“We maintain the peace through our strength; weakness only invites aggression.” ~ Ronald Reagan)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

From what I understand. It is a local government agency. They are at least somewhat accountable.


24 posted on 07/10/2021 7:58:27 AM PDT by Fai Mao (I don't think we have enough telephone poles.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Now the scumbags will erect another monument to their piece of shit idol, George Floyd.


25 posted on 07/10/2021 7:59:15 AM PDT by kenmcg (tHE WHOLE )
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To: Mr. Mojo

What a shame. Where will seditionists go to worship traitors now?


26 posted on 07/10/2021 8:00:11 AM PDT by babble-on
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To: Bulwyf

It’s what Marxists do democrat party are the leaders of it so far.


27 posted on 07/10/2021 8:00:22 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: econjack

Weird thing is no one noticed them anyway! They really weren’t in prominent places. I guarantee that whoever takes them will put them front and center so e you can’t miss them!


28 posted on 07/10/2021 8:00:43 AM PDT by gr8eman (A man who only talks business is a failure in all aspects of life- Camino Del Rio)
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To: Mr. Mojo

I wonder if they will destroy the plinths as well? Or they could use it for their heroes, Marx & Stalin.


29 posted on 07/10/2021 8:01:51 AM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: Bulwyf

Trying to erase history and the men who made it.


Yep. In their depraved minds.....if they remove it, it didn’t happen.

I think their was a book and movie about this. I guess they’ll remove those, next.


30 posted on 07/10/2021 8:04:31 AM PDT by Jane Long (S**** the CDC and their pronouncements; they have long since lost ALL credibility.~HA, FR VP)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Shelby Foote turning over in his grave.


31 posted on 07/10/2021 8:06:49 AM PDT by mware (RETIRED)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Kind of like the Jews destroying Auschwitz..... somes things left alone, could be a reminder to the sad journey we’ve come, we can all learn from mistakes. Conmemorate is different than celebrate.


32 posted on 07/10/2021 8:06:51 AM PDT by rovenstinez
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

What kind of a name is that? Nikuyah? Asking for a friend.’


33 posted on 07/10/2021 8:07:37 AM PDT by peter the great
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To: Jane Long

They will keep going, and eventually run right into a brick wall they will claim they didn’t see. Then it gets real interesting.


34 posted on 07/10/2021 8:08:40 AM PDT by Bulwyf
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To: Mr. Mojo

Will they be replaced with statues of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor?


35 posted on 07/10/2021 8:22:19 AM PDT by Tommy Revolts
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To: Mr. Mojo

Regardless of who and what these statues represent, they were art. We are constantly told that we should respect art no matter how we personally feel about it. Heck we even have government funding art that many if not most feel is offensive. Why are these statues different from the thousands of other public art projects that offend somebody ???


36 posted on 07/10/2021 8:23:45 AM PDT by XRdsRev (Justice for Bernell Trammell, Trump supporter, murdered in 2020)
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To: peter the great

“What kind of a name is that? Nikuyah?”

The name means “this city will now turn into another libbie-run, basket case, crime infested dump” in Progressive-speak.


37 posted on 07/10/2021 8:24:04 AM PDT by Cecily
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To: Mr. Mojo

The city of Charlottesville has been erased from my maps. It no longer exists. Two can play this game!


38 posted on 07/10/2021 8:25:52 AM PDT by Highest Authority (DemonRats are pure EVIL)
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To: Mr. Mojo

If you are white in that city then move the hell out. All this anti white bull crap....math is white, efficiency is white, calm is white, etc., Is so racist. Democrat hate has transfered from blacks to now white. They are putting whites as the new Jews and any area that upholds that platform does not deserve tax dollars from those they hate.


39 posted on 07/10/2021 8:28:24 AM PDT by inchworm (al )
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To: Mr. Mojo

In Boston, the city government voted to remove Abraham Lincoln’s statue. In Boston, of all places.


40 posted on 07/10/2021 8:28:52 AM PDT by Unam Sanctam
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