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Confederate statue at Georgia cemetery has its face smashed, hands 'surgically' [tr]
UK Daily Mail ^ | December 27, 2017 | Matthew Wright

Posted on 12/27/2017 6:07:13 AM PST by C19fan

A Confederate statue in a North Georgia cemetery, that has been up for more than 100 years, was vandalized this week. Located at the Myrtle Hill Cemetery in Rome, Georgia, the statue of a Confederate soldier had its face smashed, hands 'surgically' cut and rifle taken on Wednesday night. 'It has been reported, the damage has been estimated and, yes, [we] are investigating,' Rome Police Department Lt. Danny Story said to ABC News.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: History; Society
KEYWORDS: confederacy; dixie; memorials; purge; vandalism

1 posted on 12/27/2017 6:07:13 AM PST by C19fan
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To: C19fan

Movements that start by destroying statues eventually murder people. That’ll be the next step by these loons.


2 posted on 12/27/2017 6:08:57 AM PST by TigerClaws
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To: TigerClaws

This one took souvenirs. He is proud of his work. This one needs to be caught and publicly humiliated.


3 posted on 12/27/2017 6:10:59 AM PST by bk1000 (I stand with Trump)
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To: C19fan

The biggest symbol of slavery still in existence is the Democratic Party.

It should be destroyed


4 posted on 12/27/2017 6:11:06 AM PST by WashingtonFire (President Trump - it's like having your dad as President !)
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To: C19fan

Here are all the historical statues and monuments in Africa:


5 posted on 12/27/2017 6:14:10 AM PST by boycott
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...culprit should serve time,, then day labor until statue is repaired.


6 posted on 12/27/2017 6:16:32 AM PST by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: C19fan

Hate crime.


7 posted on 12/27/2017 6:17:40 AM PST by ArcadeQuarters ("Immigration Reform" is ballot stuffing)
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To: bk1000

He will proudly start bragging. Just a matter of time before he’s in jail.


8 posted on 12/27/2017 6:18:48 AM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: bk1000
"This one took souvenirs. He is proud of his work."

My bet is the perp is not from Georgia. Probably a white Yankee pajama boy or femenista.

9 posted on 12/27/2017 6:44:15 AM PST by outofsalt ( If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything)
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To: TigerClaws
Movements that start by destroying statues eventually murder people. That’ll be the next step by these loons.

Yep. No different than the Taliban radicals who destroy religious icons, and later, begin beheading their opponents.

10 posted on 12/27/2017 6:44:57 AM PST by fwdude (Why is it that the only positive things to come out of LGBT organizations are their AIDS tests?)
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To: C19fan

Nikki Haley....Pay attention please. You made a gross error and I hope you reverse it when you get back home.


11 posted on 12/27/2017 6:47:32 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: outofsalt
Probably a white Yankee pajama boy or femenista.

You really think they have the spine to do something like this?

12 posted on 12/27/2017 6:51:40 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: C19fan

A cemetery at that. No different than smashing headstones. The Nazis paved floors with Jewish headstones to rid themselves of the reminder of them.


13 posted on 12/27/2017 6:52:29 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: fwdude

It is important for people to understand and keep in mind that if they’ll do this to a confederate grave, they’ll do it to a grave at Arlington or anywhere else, to anybody else. No question about it.

It is clever, in the sense that very few of the political class has either the brain power or the stones to recognize what’s really happening and they cannot figure out a way to address this without being branded as confederate slave-holding sympathizer or whatever. That’s the purpose of the entire debacle, guaranteed these radical groups has a database of every known confederate cemetary, grave stars & bars corner on the map. This provides an opportunity to agitate, and gain publicity, stir shit up and generally cause trouble. Right out of the lefty playbook.


14 posted on 12/27/2017 7:13:57 AM PST by Freedom4US
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To: Sacajaweau

Pandora couldn’t stuff all the evils back in the box and Haley will never be able to contain or atone for what she started.


15 posted on 12/27/2017 7:19:59 AM PST by Salamander (And Ezekiel Smiles Again....)
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To: outofsalt
My bet is the perp is not from Georgia. Probably a white Yankee pajama boy or femenista.

Agree on the likelihood of an outsider - think it's more likely to be an Antifa type Communist agitator, as was the case in New Orleans.

16 posted on 12/27/2017 7:36:01 AM PST by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: C19fan

“No one forgets where he buries the hatchet”.
When you’ve buried the hatchet and everyone “heals”, life can move on.
This liberal attack on symbols of the past is both ongoing and continually divisive. Ripping down old statues offends some of the descendants. Demands to rename buildings and calling everyone who disagrees an evil bigot creates enemies among the living.
They don’t understand that the process of trying to erase history and a fake unified world is creating divisions.


17 posted on 12/27/2017 7:54:07 AM PST by tbw2
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To: C19fan

” Located at the Myrtle Hill Cemetery in Rome, Georgia, the statue of a Confederate soldier had its face smashed, hands ‘surgically’ cut and rifle taken on Wednesday night. “

Guess they don’t want the police to identify the statue.


18 posted on 12/27/2017 8:00:00 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Delusional - Adjective, Describes a Democrat or member of the MSM)
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To: TigerClaws

American taliban at work.


19 posted on 12/27/2017 8:51:32 AM PST by The_Media_never_lie
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To: Salamander

” and Haley will never be able to contain or atone for what she started”

that’s what I’m saying.

And certain dreamers who think that she is going to be president one day are in for a rude shock.


20 posted on 12/27/2017 11:35:10 PM PST by Pelham (all warfare is based on deception)
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