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Christopher Columbus statue torn down, thrown in lake by protesters
NBC 12 ^ | June 9, 2020 | NBC 12 Newsroom

Posted on 06/09/2020 7:51:00 PM PDT by Stravinsky

RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - The Christopher Columbus statue has been torn down and thrown in the lake by protesters in downtown Richmond.

The Christopher Columbus statue is located in Byrd Park.

The statue was also set on fire before being thrown into the lake.

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To: Stravinsky

Don’t they see they are managing to actually BE the stereotypes they have always denied being. They ARE animals. Racial profiling actually matches exactly what they are and do. And THEY have brought this on to themselves. Them, not Whites.

F’idiots


61 posted on 06/09/2020 9:01:37 PM PDT by smvoice (I WILL NOT WEAR THE RIBBON.)
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To: Stravinsky

The anti-American Taliban strikes again.


62 posted on 06/09/2020 9:02:20 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

People believed in God.


63 posted on 06/09/2020 9:03:54 PM PDT by petitfour (APPEAL TO HEAVEN)
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To: lightman
"...anti-American Taliban strikes again."

I'm getting nervous, I sometimes move kinda slow. Text me when they start blowing up Buddha statues.

64 posted on 06/09/2020 9:07:12 PM PDT by BuddhaBrown (Path to enlightenment: Four right turns, then go straight until you see the Light!)
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To: Stravinsky

“ Not surprisingly, popes since the late 19th century have praised Columbus’ mission of evangelization. Pope John Paul II, while celebrating Mass at a Columbus monument in the Dominican Republic near the 1992 quincentenary, said the crossshaped memorial “means to symbolize the cross of Christ planted in this land in 1492.”

In a speech to the young people of Genoa in May, Pope Francis talked about how a disciple of Christ needs the “virtue of a navigator,” and he pointed to the example of Columbus who faced “a great challenge” and showed “courage,” a trait he indicated was essential to becoming a “good missionary.”

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Just saying


65 posted on 06/09/2020 9:09:58 PM PDT by stanne
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To: blueunicorn6

The Governor Of Virginia was caught making fun of Americans of African Descent by wearing blackface, but they’re OK with him because he is a Democrat?

Tell them Columbus was a Democrat.


Tell them Robert E Lee and all the slave owners were Democrats

And remind them that the KKK was founded by Democrats to keep the newly freed slaves from voting Republican.

Their heads esplode, cause when they find out you are right, they can’t answer it.


66 posted on 06/09/2020 9:12:10 PM PDT by Trump.Deplorable
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

He doesn’t mention the one Amendment that could have an effect...


67 posted on 06/09/2020 9:14:30 PM PDT by goodnesswins (Anyone tired of the Chinese Fire Drill (tm) yet???)
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To: dp0622

Italians?
They may have picked the wrong fight.


68 posted on 06/09/2020 9:28:51 PM PDT by Ouchthatonehurt
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To: Ouchthatonehurt

They did pick the wrong fight.

Many of us on the south shore of staten island are HOPING they show up here.

But now I’m so mad that I may go find a protest, agitate one of them and then knock him the #### out when he takes a swing at me.

Don’t mess with the Columbus statues.

Those ####s.

MAN I’m MAD


69 posted on 06/09/2020 9:31:32 PM PDT by dp0622 (The very future of the Republic is at stake. We now know dems will do ANYTHING to win.)
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To: GOPJ

Nah. They just were being responsible, caring citizens.

After the statue spontaneously burst into flames, they, being without fire hoses, did the next best thing-—tossed it into a LOT of water to put the fire out.

(No Doubt)


70 posted on 06/09/2020 9:32:20 PM PDT by Oscar in Batangas ( January 20, 2017, High Noon. The end of an error.)
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To: Stravinsky
They hate Colonialism IE: immigrants that form small communities that end up changing the culture of the people that live there.

They want to purge these immigrants.

71 posted on 06/09/2020 9:35:32 PM PDT by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
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To: BuddhaBrown

The politicians and squishy liberals and RINOs have no idea who they are dealing with—Antifa and BLM _will_ start defacing and tearing down MLK statues.

He was _way_ too moderate for them.

You heard it here first.


72 posted on 06/09/2020 9:46:41 PM PDT by cgbg (Kneeling is a half measure--lefties need to dig a six foot hole and bury themselves in it.)
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To: Stravinsky

The city, Washington, District of Columbia, will have to be changed by these pot heads.


73 posted on 06/09/2020 9:53:03 PM PDT by jonrick46 (Cultural Marxism is the cult of the Left waiting for the Mothership.)
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To: EinNYC

>>Absolutely disgusting. The perps should be thrown into the lake, sans life preservers.

Only if they are set on fire first. Make the punishment fit the crime.


74 posted on 06/09/2020 9:57:24 PM PDT by vikingd00d (chown -R us ~you/base)
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To: Stravinsky

It’s like a mania. They seem frenzied.


75 posted on 06/09/2020 10:08:19 PM PDT by MoochPooch (I'm a compassionate cynic.)
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To: Karl Spooner

The screams of jubilation has the stature of Christopher Columbus is tossed into the lake is sickening. They are revealing the extent of their indoctrination. Their sickness will be passed on to the next generation like mutant spawn.


76 posted on 06/09/2020 10:09:54 PM PDT by jonrick46 (Cultural Marxism is the cult of the Left waiting for the Mothership.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin
The monument in Boston to the 54th Mass. which was a black regiment that served with distinction at Fort Wagner was defaced, they don’t care what it is, they just want to tear down ALL history, just like communists and the Taliban.

Unbelievable! Then again -- in the America we live in today -- completely believable.

77 posted on 06/09/2020 10:10:49 PM PDT by nutmeg (Mega prayers for Rush Limbaugh)
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To: EnquiringMind

If it weren’t for Columbus there never would have been ANY slavery.


78 posted on 06/09/2020 10:12:28 PM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful!)
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To: Bernard Marx

It is time to address the seditious information that is being taught in these universities. Perhaps loyalty oaths might be a beginning. In such an oath they would swear that they had never lent their aid, support, advice, counsel or influence to the principles of Marxism.


79 posted on 06/09/2020 10:17:20 PM PDT by jonrick46 (Cultural Marxism is the cult of the Left waiting for the Mothership.)
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To: Stravinsky

They’ll die if they try ANYTHING

AMERICANS ARE ARMED TO THE TEETH.


80 posted on 06/09/2020 10:24:07 PM PDT by Truthoverpower (The guv-mint you get is the Trump winning express ! Yea haw ! Trump pence II!)
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