Abrams calls for removal of Confederate faces off Stone Mountain

ajc.com ^ | 8/16/17 | Gregg Bluestein

[ColdOne]

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams called for the removal of the giant carving that depicts three Confederate war leaders on the face of state-owned Stone Mountain, saying it “remains a blight on our state and should be removed.”

“We must never celebrate those who defended slavery and tried to destroy the union,” Abrams said in a series of tweets posted early Tuesday, a response to the deadly violence sparked by white supremacist groups in Charlottesville, Va.

[ColdOne]

Stone Mountain is beautiful. We are at war. I am starting a ping list on this subject. Destruction of our history ping. Let me know if you want on the list.

[RooRoobird20]

It’s on private property.

[robroys woman]

I’m making a list.

[Squeako]

Next up, dynamite on Mt. Rushmore.

[dogcaller]

She must be a Talibantifa.

[AndyTheBear]

I call for the removal of all Democrats from office because of the party’s history of supporting slavery.

[JoSixChip]

We must never celebrate those who defended slavery and tried to destroy the union

I wonder if that includes the dnc?

[CptnObvious]

It’s just like when they changed our flag here in Georgia. The Dems never learned.

[bk1000]

On the list, please.

My response to Abrams is simply one word: No.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Please add me to your Ping List. Thanks! :)

[Williams]

Removal of democrat party first. Everyone on that monument is a Democrat.

[Josa]

Ulysses Grant was a slave owner. Remove any statues of him and change name of any entity named “Grant.”

[P.O.E.]

Let’s get Robert Byrd’s name off everything first.

[gubamyster]

They will never be satisfied. We might as well scrap the history books & all accept that the USA was founded by Barack Hussein Obama.

[Olog-hai]

“We must never celebrate those who defended slavery and tried to destroy the union,” Abrams said …

But you are in the Democratic Party, which tried with all its might to do both, Stacey. If it were up to your party, you would have been born in chains.

[Slyfox]

“We must never celebrate those who defended slavery and tried to destroy the union,”

Wait wholegolldarnminute there!

"destroy the union"?

So, he is claiming to be supporting the Republican effort? The effort of the first Republican president?

[avital2]

i think it is state property, actually

[RepRivFarm]

I would like to be on your list, please.

Thank you.

[ColdOne]

You have a ping list on this? Or a list of memorials and statues to be destroyed?

[RooRoobird20]

Stacey Abrams is a large angry woman, “Donna Shaquita Triumphant!” Check out her web site.

This may play well to her base, but it’s not going to help her get elected governor.

Again, Stone Mountain is on private land and has a lot of government legal protections associated with it.