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Abraham Lincoln Monument Torched In Chicago
The Washington Times ^ | Douglas Ernst

Posted on 08/17/2017 5:49:19 PM PDT by Enlightened1

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.

The official’s finding came just one day after President Trump stated opposition to tearing down memorials related to America’s past with slavery.

“I wonder is it George Washington next week and is it Thomas Jefferson the week after? You know, you really do have to ask yourself, where does it stop?” Mr. Trump asked reporters on Tuesday while addressing violence in Virginia.

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


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: abelincoln; abrahamlincoln; arson; art; bluezones; chicago; culturewar; lincoln; monument; searchworks; statuary; statues; torched; vandalism; waronart
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1 posted on 08/17/2017 5:49:20 PM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: Enlightened1

I guess this is what happens when you open up 150 year old wounds. Thanks democrats.


2 posted on 08/17/2017 5:51:23 PM PDT by RC one (The 2nd Amendment is a doomsday provision, one designed for those exceptionally rare circumstances)
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To: Enlightened1

Incredibly ignorant people.


3 posted on 08/17/2017 5:51:25 PM PDT by beethovenfan (I always try to maximize my carbon footprint.)
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To: Enlightened1

I wonder what they would think if they knew that Abraham Lincoln is of Melungeon heritage???


4 posted on 08/17/2017 5:53:08 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: Enlightened1

He’s the one who freed the Democrat-owned slaves!


5 posted on 08/17/2017 5:53:17 PM PDT by bigbob (People say believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear - M. Gaye)
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To: RC one
And the guttersnipes know absolutely NO history ( forget factual..they don't know ANY history ! )at all!

"F Lincoln." ?????????????????????????//

WHY ?

6 posted on 08/17/2017 5:54:01 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: bigbob

I am sure it will be blamed on a White Supremacist.


7 posted on 08/17/2017 5:54:25 PM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: Enlightened1

Just shows how stupid people are and how the school system has failed them.....they clearly do not know what Abraham Lincoln is known for.


8 posted on 08/17/2017 5:55:49 PM PDT by blueyon (The U. S. Constitution - read it and weep)
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To: Enlightened1

One of the Killer Gang’s flamethrower got out of hand,.


9 posted on 08/17/2017 5:55:56 PM PDT by arrogantsob (Check out "CHAOS AND MAYHEM" at Amazon.com)
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To: Enlightened1

‘Land of Lincoln’ = ‘Land of Obama’.


10 posted on 08/17/2017 5:56:05 PM PDT by 353FMG
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To: nopardons

because he represents American history which is racist and elitist and incompatible with the Marxist revolution.


11 posted on 08/17/2017 5:56:21 PM PDT by RC one (The 2nd Amendment is a doomsday provision, one designed for those exceptionally rare circumstances)
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To: Enlightened1
If we get a hot spell across the nation in the remaining weeks of summer, there are some "urban" termites who are itching to torch their neighborhoods. Why not? "Free" 40s, flatscreens, hoodies, Nike basketball shoes — just do it! Black Lives Matter!


12 posted on 08/17/2017 5:56:57 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie
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To: RC one

He was the first Donald Trump.

I’m waiting for the GOP establishment to repudiate him.


13 posted on 08/17/2017 5:58:07 PM PDT by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: Enlightened1

“Help me, Spock. Help me.”


14 posted on 08/17/2017 6:01:43 PM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: JBW1949

Does anyone even know for sure who/where-came-from, the Melungeons are?


15 posted on 08/17/2017 6:02:15 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: RC one

I’m just guessing, but the guy who was quoted as saying :”F Abe Lincoln!” is probably black and doesn’t know anything at all about President Lincoln...except that his last name is the same as the park along the Lake Michigan.


16 posted on 08/17/2017 6:05:14 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: nopardons

who knows. Nothing is what it seems these days.


17 posted on 08/17/2017 6:06:13 PM PDT by RC one (The 2nd Amendment is a doomsday provision, one designed for those exceptionally rare circumstances)
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To: Enlightened1
Obama came to divide us, and he was successful in that.
18 posted on 08/17/2017 6:06:50 PM PDT by Vision (Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid - Reagan)
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To: nopardons

Yes, I’ve been wondering who this ‘Quinton’ is.

One of the greatest tragedies to our country that Lincoln’s death represented is that he had a high priority for education of the former slaves. After he was gone, few in any power really cared about that...


19 posted on 08/17/2017 6:08:08 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Enlightened1

IIRC at least a couple of Lincoln’s advisers begged him to repatriate all the slaves to avoid the inevitable discord and threats by former masters when they were free. But to do so the North would have had to foot the bill for the effort which the public would have crucified him for. And it had taken the imminent threat of national extinction just to get the North to finally stop the slave empire in the first place.

In hindsight, however big of a logistical nightmare it would have been would have been worth it. We spent 100 years just getting sore losers in bedsheets to quit burning churches, lynching innocent people and making unjust laws. And even after all that effort...the outcome hasn’t been very good.


20 posted on 08/17/2017 6:09:10 PM PDT by ALongRoadAhead
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