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Petition started to remove Monroe statue of General Custer
https://www.clickondetroit.com ^ | June 9, 2020, 6:55 pm | Victor Williams

Posted on 06/10/2020 2:49:10 PM PDT by 11th_VA

MONROE, Mich. – Dozens of people are saying it’s beyond time for the statue of Civil War commander General Armstrong Custer in Monroe to finally come down.

“All of us feel like if this is up then we have no justice, we have no peace at all, honestly. It feels like it’s a threat to us, honestly. Like, why is this up, praising this guy when we have no justice for our colors,” said one Monroe woman.

She’s not the only one who feels that way. An online petition has bee started proposing the statue’s removal and so far it’s received thousands of signatures.

“We should have justice for ourselves. If we don’t feel like this needs to be up then all of us as a community should be able to come together. Everybody deserves Justice. Everybody deserves peace. Everyone deserves equality. Until we have all that, we will not have no peace. No justice, no peace,” Ariana Baez said.

But only time will tell in a world that’s ever-changing, especially in the year 2020.

“We out here fighting for our people, you know? Custer, that gotta come down,” a woman said.

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


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Wait, wasn't Custer on the side that wanted to free the slaves ?!?!?
1 posted on 06/10/2020 2:49:10 PM PDT by 11th_VA
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To: 11th_VA

Cancel culture thrives in the petri dish of ignorance.


2 posted on 06/10/2020 2:50:34 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: 11th_VA

He killed Indians, therefore he’s racist and committed genocide.

Welcome to the Cultural Revolution, everything is going to come crashing down.


3 posted on 06/10/2020 2:51:03 PM PDT by Shadow44
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To: 11th_VA

The most important thing to remember is don’t let them divide us.


4 posted on 06/10/2020 2:51:57 PM PDT by reasonisfaith (What are the implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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To: 11th_VA

You really didn’t think the BLM thugs were going to stop with Confederate Generals, did you?


5 posted on 06/10/2020 2:52:20 PM PDT by 2banana (Common ground with islamic terrorists-they want to die for allah and we want to arrange the meeting)
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To: Shadow44
He killed Indians,

Yeah, but they killed him ...

6 posted on 06/10/2020 2:52:24 PM PDT by 11th_VA (May you live in interesting times - Ancient Chinese Proverb)
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To: 11th_VA

Custer was a UNION officer, fighting to defeat the South.

These people are complete nincompoops.


7 posted on 06/10/2020 2:55:43 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: 11th_VA

Custer was from Monroe, MI. Drove there to buy hooch legally when I was 18, from Ohio.


8 posted on 06/10/2020 2:55:54 PM PDT by W. (Hey, beer!)
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To: 2banana

Exactly. Although that’s wrong-headed anyway.


9 posted on 06/10/2020 2:56:50 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs)
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To: 11th_VA

Ariana Baez said.
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How long has she been here?

Is she deportable?


10 posted on 06/10/2020 2:57:08 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Nevermind that. (Really.)

He is evil for all time because of fighting Indians. (As I am, for using the unPC word.)


11 posted on 06/10/2020 2:57:44 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs)
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To: 11th_VA

If Custer has to come down then so does Robert Byrd


12 posted on 06/10/2020 2:58:32 PM PDT by RummyChick (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYXYfdsaHxg)
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To: 11th_VA
I can’t be bothered to worry about General Custer. I’m too busy circulating a petition to scrub Captain Parmenter from history. He was one evil dude.


13 posted on 06/10/2020 2:59:32 PM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: 11th_VA

Guess the Michigan Wolverines will have to change their name as it derives from Custer’s Brigade.


14 posted on 06/10/2020 3:02:08 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: 11th_VA

Maybe for the Black Kettle attack on the Washita River but karma definitely caught him up at the Greasy Grass. I’d call it a tie!


15 posted on 06/10/2020 3:02:39 PM PDT by Spok
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To: Leaning Right

Might as well go after Raymond Burr’s Fort Laramie.


16 posted on 06/10/2020 3:02:41 PM PDT by wally_bert (Transmission tone, Selma.)
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To: Leaning Right

Might as well go after Raymond Burr’s Fort Laramie.


17 posted on 06/10/2020 3:02:50 PM PDT by wally_bert (Transmission tone, Selma.)
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To: 11th_VA
These fanatics will never stop.

What about tearing down statues of Buffalo Bill? He practiced "white supremacy" not only over other races, but other animal species too. And while you're at it, rename the city of Buffalo, too.

P.S. Let's rename Ithaca. It is named after the home of Ulysses (Odysseus), who behaved brutally against the mentally inferior Cyclops and selfishly blinded one of them, instead of altruistically letting him eat his whole crew.

And rename Homer, Alaska, too (Homer was the author of the Odyssey, and the incredibly violent Iliad, too. We don't want to offend the anti-war crowd, either. [/s]

18 posted on 06/10/2020 3:03:03 PM PDT by rfp1234 (Caveat Emperor)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

I once called an Indian an Indian.

The young white guy I was working for said “It’s Native American.

I looked at the Indian and said “Okay - what do you call yourself? (Knowing the answer would almost certainly be Indian, and it was.) I didn’t say anything to my young client.


19 posted on 06/10/2020 3:03:42 PM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful!)
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To: 11th_VA

Maybe they should put up one of W.T.Sherman?
He too burned the south.


20 posted on 06/10/2020 3:04:35 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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