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Crew begins dismantling Confederate monument in Louisville
Yahoo news ^ | November 19, 2016 | Staff

Posted on 11/20/2016 9:06:24 AM PST by yoe

A work crew began to dismantle a Confederate monument in Louisville, Kentucky on Saturday, the mayor said, in the latest move to take down or relocate symbols of the slaveholding Southern Confederacy from the American Civil War.

Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer in a pair of messages on Twitter showed photos of figures that had been removed from the monument.

[snip]Students and staff members at the University of Louisville had said the memorial condoned slavery.

(Excerpt) Read more at ca.news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Kentucky
KEYWORDS: dixie; gregfischer; louisville; purge
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To: ifinnegan
>>I’m a descendent of multiple Confederate Veterans and that Southron stuff is idiocy and Marxist crap.

Southron stuff? Are you referring to Southern stuff? What about the Southern way of life connects you to Marxism? A lil confused as to where you're going with that.

41 posted on 11/20/2016 10:29:47 AM PST by servantboy777
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To: UnwashedPeasant

Mount Rushmore will make for good target practice if they even attempt it. That’s a national monument. It’s not going anywhere.


42 posted on 11/20/2016 10:48:15 AM PST by jsanders2001
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To: yoe
"the latest move to take down or relocate symbols of the slaveholding Southern Confederacy">

They should be relocated to the nearest demoncrat party headquarters or failing that to the nearest Saudi financed mosque.

43 posted on 11/20/2016 10:49:29 AM PST by fella ("As this was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: fella

Anyone that thinks the Civil War was about slavery is an idiot.


44 posted on 11/20/2016 10:52:50 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: yoe

A stop toward erasing American history.


45 posted on 11/20/2016 10:57:04 AM PST by apocalypto
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To: ifinnegan

The Democrats of the 19th century were the Conservatives of their time. The Republicans were wild eyed liberals. The two parties have switch ideologies. Try to keep up.


46 posted on 11/20/2016 10:58:53 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va

That’s what all the leftists and Democrats say.


47 posted on 11/20/2016 11:04:35 AM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: nathanbedford
"By this logic we should dismantle...".......apparently so.

I wouldn't send any child of mine or in my care to a college or university that finds "re-written" history to suit an agenda fine with them....such institutions are mediocre at best...why spend the money?

48 posted on 11/20/2016 11:11:39 AM PST by yoe (I am getting my country back! Hooray!)
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To: Doogle

Never! Because most of the libtards can’t read or don’t have any courses on real history!!!


49 posted on 11/20/2016 11:21:59 AM PST by Busko (The only thing that is certain is that nothing is certain.)
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To: jsanders2001

What about Stone Mountain?


50 posted on 11/20/2016 11:24:48 AM PST by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
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To: Emergencyawesome

For those who don’t recognize the event or location of the photograph, it was taken in Afghanistan in 2001 prior to the 9/11 attacks. The event was the destruction of the Buddhas of Bamiyan by the Taliban. Here is a link to their history and an account of their destruction:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhas_of_Bamiyan

By his turban color and beard, the man in the picture is Taliban, probably the commander of the forces who carried out the destruction of this world cultural heritage site.

Whoever he was, I hope he has long since been killed as all such criminals deserve.


51 posted on 11/20/2016 11:27:40 AM PST by Captain Rhino (Determined effort today forges tomorrow.)
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To: All

Wasn’t there some type of law protecting historic sites? As old as this monument is it should have been protected by such. I remember seeing this beautiful landmark monument many times growing up. Riding in a car as a child I would always try to lean out the window a little to see if I could see the top peak of it. To me, it was an awesome sight. I always regarded it a major part of Kentucky’s history. Like others have said, those who want to deny history do it with only ill intentions. Our historic monuments are rich in art and teachings. It should be illegal to remove ANY historic items -regardless of who likes it or not.


52 posted on 11/20/2016 11:45:27 AM PST by TianaHighrider (Deplorable me)
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To: FreedomPoster

Most counties in the USA which are outside of a major large metro area went 60-70% for Trump. That includes most of the Minnesota counties as well.

People who do not live in large metro areas regardless of state highly favored Donald Trump.


53 posted on 11/20/2016 12:18:17 PM PST by Gumdrop
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To: Gumdrop

I just looked at the KY SoS site. The state of KY overall went 62% for Trump.


54 posted on 11/20/2016 12:37:38 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
The Lincoln Memorial statue of Lincoln has two true fascist symbols on it.

So does the US Capitol. More than two, in fact. They were there before there were any fascists or fascism.

55 posted on 11/20/2016 12:42:09 PM PST by x
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To: Texas Eagle

Well, they could give Louisville to IN, but I don’t the Hoosiers want her.


56 posted on 11/20/2016 12:45:00 PM PST by Theodore R. (Let's not squander the golden opportunity of 2017.)
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To: yoe

Confederate memorial has been taken down so therefore the world has now been made right, there exists no more problems. Utopia has captured us.


57 posted on 11/20/2016 1:30:52 PM PST by odawg
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To: ifinnegan

You do not understand the basics of US history. The Republican party that replaced the Whigs were considered liberal at best and, because it had wild eyed abolitionists in its midst, many thought the party was evil.


58 posted on 11/20/2016 1:50:50 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va

dhimmicrats have always been dhimmicrats.


59 posted on 11/20/2016 6:16:19 PM PST by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: ifinnegan

You are a cuck.


60 posted on 11/20/2016 6:23:54 PM PST by Godebert (CRUZ: Born in a foreign land to a foreign father.)
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