So we can be selective? How about we apply that to all the statues?
IIRC, Columbus was the first to suggest slavery as the way to make the country successful.
Ah, ah. You know the rules, Coomo. ALL statues of Whitey gotta come down.
For years now a growing number of my constituents have been of Italian decent, and I've come to know them well.
They have honored me with their support and with their friendship.
Indeed, I can proudly say that some of my very best friends are Italian-Americans.
However, Mr. Chairman, at this time, very unfortunately, I have to leave these proceedings in order to preside over a very important committee, my own committee.
But before I leave I do want to say this: that these hearings on the Mafia are in no way whatsoever a slur upon the great Italian people.
Because I can state from my own knowledge and experience that Italian-Americans are among the most loyal, most law-abiding, patriotic, hard working American citizens in this land.
And it would be a shame, Mr. Chairman, if we allowed a few rotten apples to give a bad name to the whole barrel.
Because from the time of the great Christopher Columbus up through the time of Enrico Fermi right up until the present day, Italian-Americans have been pioneers in building and defending our great nation.
They are the salt of the earth, and they're one of the backbones of this country.
Ping.
murderer Cuomo will KEEP the old statue
and murders the older HUMANS.
The NYers have chosen murderers who will
remove the police. bye bye New York.
Cuomo, and other Italians, should hire the LGBTQ community to find a link to Christopher Columbus being an overt homosexual, with pedophile tendencies. That should be enough to keep the statue erect.
Let’s just see how long that lasts. Don’t worry, they’ll get him to change his view.
Columbus helped introduce diversity to North America. For that, he should be praised.
How in the hell can anyone apply 2020 'wokeness illogic' to 1490s circumstances.
At that time, sailors were routinely railed, beaten for small infractions and slavery was routine through out the entire world.
Every nation state that conquered another, took anything they wanted including making slaves of the conquered.
What did Columbus do that is so inflammatory that the mob tears down his statues?
Change the name of Columbia University NOW
The statue represents Italian legacy for sure but more than that it represents the spread of western civilization.
This is the Inquisition of our times. An Iconoclasm by those that have no tolerance for sin, and give no chance for redemption. Admit your sins and then die, that is the command.
The children of the Animal Farm in NYC are about to start a ditch Cuomo campaign, which will make Cuomo a “centrist” but may cost him a NY state primary against a true Leftist to oppose his Liberalism.
Meanwhile, speaking of Gov. Nero, shopping mall owners and retailers all over NYS are screaming blood murder because there is STILL no clear guidance from Cuomo on how and when malls can reopen.
Won’t matter. The thugs will tear it down anyway.