Posted on 07/01/2020 7:37:52 PM PDT by conservative98
A massive statue of Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson was removed from a park in Richmond, Virginia, Wednesday.
The sculpture — depicting Jackson on horseback — was taken down by work crews just hours after Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney ordered all Confederate statues be removed from city land.
Stoney said the decree in the onetime capital of the Confederacy is “long overdue.”
“Those statues stood high for over 100 years for a reason, and it was to intimidate and to show black and brown people in this city who was in charge,” the mayor said.
“I think the healing can now begin in the city of Richmond.”
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“I think the healing can now begin in the city of Richmond.”
This nonsense marks the end of healing. Not the beginning.
This nonsense marks the end of healing. Not the beginning.
Agreed....they have NO IDEA.
Are they going to remove all Martin Luther King statues or are we only pandering to the perpetually pansy races?
BLM are worthless sots. If welfare reform was put in place they would have jobs to go to instead of riots.
The stupidity of Democrats never ceases to amaze.
Wait until they get the world they are creating.
In the end, it’s going to be the Antichrist and the New World Order against Israel.
That is going to bring the intervention by the God Almighty the world doesn’t believe exists.
The guillotine must be fed.
For now, it’s statues and portraits. Next will come monuments. Then, mark my words, next will be “offensive” people buried in cemeteries. Dig them up and hang them! Don’t think that’s an exaggeration. It’s what happened to Cromwell.
If the radicals have their way, next will be living people - the people who refuse to be 100% “woke”. Thank goodness for the 2A.
Levar Stoney
Mayor of Richmond
Office: Mayor of Richmond since 2017
Party: Democratic Party
Wow, he’s a Democrat. What a surprise.
Using a false narrative while destroying American history. Seems very Nancy Pelosish.
It’s not in a park, it’s in the intersection of the Boulevard and Monument Ave.
It’s a sad day for history.
Everybody be sure to thank Nimrata Randhawa.
(I just got a fundraising e-mail from Stand for America, her own PAC with a phony name)
These urban areas are about to experience a mass exodus, and the resultant destruction.
Sane citizens don’t need to live in these crime-infested, virtue-signaling hell-holes anymore.
There’s a big, beautiful country out there, with formerly abandoned rural areas.
“There stands Jackson like a stone wall! Rally behind the Virginians!”
First Manassas
The Communists did this in Spain as well. Then they started killing people.
Actually, they already started desecrating graves with Nathan Bedford Forrest.
Other commanders (including the man quoted) on his side were waiting for Jackson to move up and support their attacks. But he didn’t.
And the guy who allegedly said that did not survive the battle. No one knows what he actually meant.
Truer words were seldom spoken!
Why does a mayor have the authority to to this?
This mayor is a nincompoop.
The reason that the statues remained in place for so long is that Richmond marketed itself as a destination for Civil War history buffs to visit as tourists.
“Then, mark my words, next will be “offensive” people buried in cemeteries.”
Already. Memphis.
Don Williams
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