I am mad about this removal in particular.
“Do dah! Do dah!”
PC run amok. Destroying all remnants of our history.
Leftists are the American version of ISIS.
The cultural elitist left is ISIS.
It is sooooo stupid.
It is like a sexual assault charge based on “I know what you were thinking”. If I see ill intent in something, then it is there. That is the kind of logic, not any real understanding, that the removal of this statue represents.
Foster LIFTED UP the music he gathered from his memory and experience with African Americans and never was he seeking to demean them. He made music of his era. It demeans no one, and his fond gaze at the banjo player is the music writer’s respect for the musician, not as a master to a slave.
The whole “remove the statue” agenda has run amok.
I recently discovered the genius of Stephen Foster. I wanted to learn more about the composer of ‘Beautiful Dreamer’ and was delighted with what I found!
Shame on the Pittsburgh Arts Commission, they wouldn’t appreciate fine art if it kicked them in their shins...
“Beautiful Dreamer” by Stephen Foster
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U1l5y2rkzA
Expect the headlines in the next months to be :
"Protesters Force Cordage Manufacturer to Retire Cotton Kite String Line"
"YoYos At Rope's End Over Finger Noose Controversy"
Apparently what they libs want are segregated art and history museums.
How Stalinesque.
And the idiocy continues.
These are American folk songs! So what if they were used in some mistral show?
And hell the banjo guy looks like any generic person you would find in the back woods.
The Reign of Terror will go on as long as we let it.
Given enough time, the Dems can make Pittsburgh look just like Detroit. Shame on the politicians in this once proud city.
I wonder if the Pittsburgh Art Commission realizes that Foster was an abolitionist who tried to humanize blacks at a time when a lot of people were stone cold racists. I guess that doesn’t matter. Some of his songs used the word “darkies” and that’s enough to condemn him to Hell by the standards of our times.
The destruction of every AMERICAN by the commie piggies continues.
Whites are apparently unable or unwilling to stand up for themselves.
Evil we must be...
Just wait until whites eventually become a minority and still exhibit the same unwillingness. It won’t be pretty.
In the evenin’ by the moonlight
You could hear those darkies singin’
In the evenin’ by the moonlight
You could hear those banjos ringin’
How the old folks would enjoy it
They would sit all night and listen
As we sang in the evenin’ by the moonlight
This is remembered from sixth grade music class. When I was a bit older, “darkies” was replaced by “young folks”. PC was beginning.
And how many of this group are black? I’m getting damned tired of this black guilt crap. I don’t own a slave, none of my ancestors did, why should MY world be altered as punishment for something I didn’t do?