BLM crowd sing and cheer as Richmond's Robert E. Lee monument is removed after 131 years and CUT IN HALF

Daily Mail ^

[algore]

The 12-ton, 21ft bronze General Robert E. Lee statue in Richmond, Virginia, was removed at 9am

The statue is the largest Confederate monument in Virginia and the largest Confederate statue in the country

It was erected in 1890 in honor of Lee, a prominent slave owner and revered Confederate Army general

Last year, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced it would be brought down in light of the BLM movement

A time capsule that has been in the statue's base for 131 years will be replaced by a new one

The new capsule contains 39 'artifacts' including a BLM sticker, a 'Virginia is for lovers' Pride sticker, an expired COVID vaccine and pictures from a Stop Asian Hate Protest

Richmond Police closed the roads surrounding the statue and fenced it off ahead of the removal

Pedestrians were allowed to watch it from a viewing area on Monument Avenue; they chanted, cheered and sang as it was taken down

Senate Republicans in Virginia and some residents wanted to stop it from being torn down; they say the monuments are part of the state's history

Another statue of Lee in Charlottesville was brought down in July - that was the site of the Unite the Right rally in 2017

Since 2020, 160 Confederate statues, school names and monuments have been removed across the US

The Southern Poverty Law Center says there are still some 2,000 'symbols' still standing across the US

[algore]

Does anyone besides me remember the headlines from 2001 ?

KABUL, Feb 26 (AFP) - Taliban militia supreme leader Mulla Mohammad Omar on Monday issued a decree ordering the destruction of all statues in Afghanistan including ancient pre-Islamic figures.

"Based on the verdict of the clergymen and the decision of the supreme court of the Islamic Emirate (Taliban) all the statues around Afghanistan must be destroyed," said the decree.

The decree was issued as a team of western diplomats is visiting the Afghan capital to check reports that senior Taliban officials destroyed over a dozen pre-Islamic artefacts in the national museum.

Media reports have said zealous officials among the ruling Islamic militia recently destroyed several ancient relics in Kabul Museum, including an exquisite and priceless Buddha statue dating back some 2,000 years.

[butlerweave]

Don’t care , they can eat it

[Skywise]

Why did they cut it in half?

[algore]

because obviously removing it was not enough, it must be destroyed

[Seruzawa]

[Fungi]

The one eyed freak who raided a bank for seven million dollars and hasn’t been seen since.

[Jonty30]

Final indignations. The left likes driving home their points with some variation of a grinding heel until they hear the bones in the neck snap.

[Ben Hecks]

The Taliban have taken over two countries in the past six months......unfortunately, we are one of the two.

[jonrick46]

These BLM maggots would sing if Big Brother announced over the radio that 1984 had returned in 2021. Maybe COVID-19-Delta will pay them a visit as it was spewed out in song.

[marktwain]

This is the result of the Left taking over the cities, the media, and the educational establishment.

[rdcbn1]

Why did they cut it in half?

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Because, unlike the Taliban, they are too lazy to do the hard work.

[SharpRightTurn]

Lee was undoubtedly one of the greatest men our nation has produced.

Having braying Burn/Loot/Murder idiots cheer as his statue came down should be considered as a credit to Lee.

[Altura Ct.]

This is a travesty. Anyone who thinks it stops with Lee or the confederacy is clueless.

[butlerweave]

Just think what they’ll do with their Democrat Heroes of today, look out Nancy ,LOL

[Sooth2222]

It's THEIR city, they can do whatever they want with it!

And suffer the consequences!

(I firmly believe that large cities are ultimately dead post-Covid. This just speeds up the death process.)

[TTFlyer]

This is not America. America is dead.

[proust]

Well, they wanted it more. There’s a lesson in there somewhere.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

This is what they did in China and Cambodia, just before they started murdering millions of people.

[2big2fail]

Lee did not own slaves, did he??

[bk1000]

“BLM crowd sing and cheer...”

BLM can KMA