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Charlottesville Robert E. Lee statue to be melted down to create 'art that will reflect racial justice'
The Hill ^ | 12/07/2021 | OLAFIMIHAN OSHIN

Posted on 12/07/2021 1:02:30 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27

The Charlottesville, Va. city council on Tuesday unanimously approved for the statue of Confederate leader Robert E. Lee to be melted down to create public artwork "that will "reflect racial justice," The New York Times reported.

The city council will give the statue to the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center, which plans to melt the monument to create a new piece of public artwork, according to the proposed measure.

The city council selected the Jefferson School’s proposal “Swords Into Plowshares,” from other potential bidders for the statue, according to The Times.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: art; bidenvoters; lcharlottesville; lee; statue
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To create more woke BS that is killing or country
1 posted on 12/07/2021 1:02:30 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

This is a damn travesty. I’m sure the original sculptor was consulted, right? SMH


2 posted on 12/07/2021 1:03:28 PM PST by rarestia (“A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.” -Hamilton)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Finally, the healing can begin.


3 posted on 12/07/2021 1:04:19 PM PST by freedomson (Tagline comment removed by moderator)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Some kind of irony here. The statue of the face of the rebellion and civil war to be melted down for the new cause of the next civil war.


4 posted on 12/07/2021 1:04:37 PM PST by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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“Swords Into Plowshares”

Biblical references are already becoming unwoke. They’re going to have to melt the thing down again, shortly.


5 posted on 12/07/2021 1:04:38 PM PST by rightwingcrazy (;-,)
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To: rarestia
I’m sure the original sculptor was consulted, right? SMH

Lesson: never give anything to the government, they will ruin it.

6 posted on 12/07/2021 1:04:56 PM PST by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

They’re so pathetic.


7 posted on 12/07/2021 1:05:01 PM PST by Recovering_Democrat
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To: ChicagoConservative27

History? Meh.....


8 posted on 12/07/2021 1:05:12 PM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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Oh, please!
Are they going to use the molten metal to make horseshoes with the Trans Logo stamped into each one?
Maybe that unpronounceable symbol Prince used for a few years.


9 posted on 12/07/2021 1:06:08 PM PST by lee martell
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Hmmmmm! I’m already offended by the new piece and it ain’t even been poured yet. Anyone? Bueller? Crickets......


10 posted on 12/07/2021 1:06:49 PM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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Hate Whitey statues now...how great.


11 posted on 12/07/2021 1:08:03 PM PST by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope. )
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<< The city council will give the statue to the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center, >>

Next up, renaming the school.


12 posted on 12/07/2021 1:09:14 PM PST by Mr. Mojo
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To: ChicagoConservative27
“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.

- George Orwell

13 posted on 12/07/2021 1:11:18 PM PST by mykroar (There is no instance of a country having benefited from prolonged warfare. - Sun Tzu)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

don’t get mad

get even


14 posted on 12/07/2021 1:12:03 PM PST by RockyTx
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You know... If you want to show someone is crazy in a movie you might have their character furiously draw chaotic lines over and over a picture of some ex or other perceived enemy. This feels very much like that.


15 posted on 12/07/2021 1:13:13 PM PST by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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The Charlottesville, Va. city council on Tuesday unanimously approved for the statue of Confederate leader Robert E. Lee to be melted down to create public artwork “that will “reflect racial justice,” The New York Times reported.

The elite inhabit an increasingly rarified sphere where I suppose this sort of stuff is considered oh so very important. Meanwhile, the average shlep is trying to figure out how to pay for groceries, fuel, and heat for the Winter as the price of everything spirals out of control.


16 posted on 12/07/2021 1:16:51 PM PST by Flick Lives
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To: ChicagoConservative27

A giant food stamp?


17 posted on 12/07/2021 1:16:51 PM PST by MrRelevant
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Depraved. Utterly shameful to vilify such a decent man.


18 posted on 12/07/2021 1:16:53 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up....)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Like Pol Pot
It’s Year Zero

erase all history


19 posted on 12/07/2021 1:16:56 PM PST by Macoozie (Handcuffs and Orange Jumpsuits)
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bookmark


20 posted on 12/07/2021 1:22:03 PM PST by GOP Poet (Super cool you can change your tag line EVERYTIME you post!! :D. (Small things make me happy))
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