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Abraham Lincoln monument torched in Chicago: ‘An absolute disgraceful act’
The Washington Times ^ | August 17, 2017 | Douglas Ernst

Posted on 08/17/2017 8:20:06 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Abraham Lincoln has joined George Washington on the list of those targeted by Chicagoans in a national debate over Civil War-era monuments.

Alderman Raymond Lopez took to Facebook Wednesday night to decry a defaced statue of the nation’s 16th president in the Englewood neighborhood. The giant bust appears to have been damaged after someone in the 15th Ward sprayed and ignited a flammable liquid.

“What an absolute disgraceful act of vandalism. This bust of Abraham Lincoln, erected by Phil Bloomquist on August 31, 1926, was damaged & burned,” Mr. Lopez wrote, a local NBC affiliate reported. “If anyone has any information regarding this act, please contact the police or my office immediately.”

“F- Abe Lincoln,” responded Quintin Mitchell, whose comment was “liked” or deemed “funny” by 160 others....

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


TOPICS: Local News; Politics
KEYWORDS: arson; chicago; illinois; lincoln; protests; vandalism
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Well, he was a "Rethuglican" like Reagan, BusHitler and Drumpf!
1 posted on 08/17/2017 8:20:06 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

What debate? There’s no debate. They are destroying sacred monuments. These damn media fools are as culpable as the tools who do this stuff.


2 posted on 08/17/2017 8:21:45 PM PDT by Luke21
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Chicongoans are idiots.


3 posted on 08/17/2017 8:30:11 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Let them burn their ‘hoods down.


4 posted on 08/17/2017 8:31:35 PM PDT by Paladin2 (No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Not so much, I guess. Sad

5 posted on 08/17/2017 8:39:30 PM PDT by gubamyster
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“Abraham Lincoln has joined George Washington on the list of those targeted by Chicagoans in a national debate over Civil War-era monuments.”

I was afraid something like this would happen.

I guess word leaked out about the rail-splitters’ views on certain things that I don't think have to be mentioned here.

6 posted on 08/17/2017 8:42:36 PM PDT by jeffersondem
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Next projects: Lincoln memorial, DC and then up to Mount Rushmore.


7 posted on 08/17/2017 8:45:11 PM PDT by 353FMG
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Since Washington, Lincoln, and Jackson are such horrible people to Antifa, Black Lies Matter, and other liberals then they should get rid of all their likenesses. I suggest starting by burning every picture of them that the have on every $1’s, $5’s, and $20’s they have if they are really serious about this.


8 posted on 08/17/2017 8:53:26 PM PDT by Sasparilla ( I'm Not Tired of Winning.)
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To: 353FMG

Rev Sharpton is already demanding we stop funding the maintenance of the Jefferson Memorial. It’s a start.


9 posted on 08/17/2017 8:55:52 PM PDT by EDINVA
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Heh heh, who knew the folks that fought against the "Fascists" in the Spanish Civil War, named their battalion after a "Fascist".

10 posted on 08/17/2017 8:57:43 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Luke21

Did you say “sacred monuments?”


11 posted on 08/17/2017 8:58:46 PM PDT by LanaTurnerOverdrive ("I've done things in my life I'm not proud of. And the things I am proud of are disgusting.")
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Alderman Raymond Lopez took to Facebook Wednesday night to decry a defaced statue of the nation’s 16th president in the Englewood neighborhood.

Interesting that the article doesn't tell us what political orientation Alderman Lopez self-identifies as.

12 posted on 08/17/2017 9:17:56 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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A woman I knew’s father fought with the Abraham Lincoln brigade. She was named Victoria after the Battle of Stalingrad. He went to the USSR for some kind of reunion. She had some Russian tea he brought back with him. This was in the 60s and nobody (except people like Sanders or Oswald) went to the USSR. I guess, looking back at it now she was a classic Red Diaper Baby.


13 posted on 08/17/2017 9:45:20 PM PDT by hanamizu
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To: Texas Eagle

He is a Chicago alderman. They have only one political persuasion.


14 posted on 08/17/2017 9:50:58 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
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Touche`.

The dude probably paid a punk to vandalize the statue.

15 posted on 08/17/2017 9:53:45 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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16 posted on 08/17/2017 9:55:45 PM PDT by aquila48
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Englewood is ground zero for every problem associated with inner-city Chiraq - murder leading the list.

The average IQ there is probably <60


17 posted on 08/17/2017 9:55:45 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: jeffersondem

This is NOT a national debate.


18 posted on 08/17/2017 10:07:20 PM PDT by Delta 21 (AntiFa and BLM should be on the United States list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations)
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To: Sasparilla

Don’t give them any ideas.

They might demand the removal of them from our currency and replace them with figures like Jesse Jackson.


19 posted on 08/17/2017 10:29:34 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith..)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Saw a ‘good’ one today..

If ‘they’ can tear down OUR heritage for stuff that happened a couple hundred years ago,

Why not put Muslim Mosques on the list because of 9/11?


20 posted on 08/17/2017 10:34:14 PM PDT by xrmusn ((6/98)""If the earth were flat, cats would have pushed everything over the edge by now")
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