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       Re: Statue decolonization
       By: 90sRetroFan Date: July 20, 2021, 10:25 pm
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       Two more!
  HTML https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/563562-statue-of-confederate-general-removed-from-a-louisiana-city-hall?rl=1
  HTML https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2021/07/20/tennessee-nathan-bedford-forrest-bust-moved-capitol-this-weekend-gov-bill-lee/8025187002/
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       Re: Statue decolonization
       By: 90sRetroFan Date: September 2, 2021, 11:15 pm
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       Looking forward to the video footage:
  HTML https://richmond.com/news/state-and-regional/today-it-is-clear-the-largest-confederate-monument-in-the-south-is-coming-down-court/article_2cee6dcf-5220-50e2-a0cd-088231118d50.html
       [quote]'Today it is clear—the largest Confederate monument in
       the South is coming down.': Court rulings clear way for removal
       of Lee Monument in Richmond
       ...
       The 130-year-old, 60-foot-tall bronze statue of Confederate Gen.
       Robert E. Lee on a horse gained national attention last year as
       a focus of protests in Richmond. The base of the monument is now
       covered with graffiti and it was illuminated at night with
       holographic images. A year ago, demonstrators at the circle —
       now surrounded by fencing — were tear gassed by police.[/quote]
       #Post#: 8649--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Statue decolonization
       By: guest55 Date: September 8, 2021, 9:06 pm
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       Robert E. Lee statue in Richmond comes down after 130 years
       [quote]CNBC's Shep Smith reports on the removal of a
       130-year-old statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee, which
       has stood over Richmond since the late 1800s.[/quote]
  HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0yJtBH4Pmw
       #Post#: 8652--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Statue decolonization
       By: 90sRetroFan Date: September 8, 2021, 10:09 pm
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       This photo alone makes it worth the long wait:
  HTML https://storage.googleapis.com/afs-prod/media/b337dc85d07e43fc8e957badc70fe706/1000.jpeg
       I will never understand why this was not done to Lee himself.
  HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waist_chop
       Oh, I forgot: because it's OK to be "white".
       #Post#: 8669--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Statue decolonization
       By: Zea_mays Date: September 9, 2021, 3:38 pm
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       [quote]Mexico City to swap Columbus statue for one of indigenous
       woman
       [...]
       Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum said the bronze likeness of
       Columbus would be moved to a park and a statue of an Olmec woman
       would take its place.
       [...]
       She said that relocating the statue was not an attempt to "erase
       history" but to deliver "social justice".
       Ms Sheinbaum said that the Columbus statue "would not be hidden
       away" but that the civilisations which existed in Mexico before
       the Spanish conquest should receive recognition.[/quote]
  HTML https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-58462071
       I'm not sure why they chose an Olmec statue when they have
       nothing to do with Mexico City. They could have made the statue
       a citizen of Teotihuacan instead...
  HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teotihuacan
       (Also, Mexico City won't be fully decolonized until someone
       named Sheinbaum isn't the mayor!)
       #Post#: 8853--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Statue decolonization
       By: 90sRetroFan Date: September 16, 2021, 10:14 pm
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       On we go:
  HTML https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/eastern-shore/bs-md-talbot-boys-statue-relocation-20210915-q63slcw6nzgkbbb6275pwj3vtm-story.html
       [quote]What is believed to be the only Confederate statue
       remaining on public grounds in Maryland will be removed after
       the Talbot County Council adopted an immediate resolution to
       move it from outside the courthouse to a private park in
       Virginia.
       The bronze Talbot Boys Statue, stationed on the lawn outside the
       Eastern Shore courthouse, honors Talbot County residents who
       fought for the South during the Civil War, its chief figure a
       life-size young soldier clutching a Confederate flag.
       ...
       The ACLU filed a federal lawsuit in May demanding the statue’s
       removal, calling it unconstitutional, and Maryland activists
       long have said that the statue should no longer stand outside
       the courthouse. Prior council resolutions to remove the monument
       failed, although a smaller Frederick Douglass statue was erected
       in front of the courthouse in 2011, according to the suit. More
       recently, singer and Easton native Maggie Rogers urged
       individuals last week to support the council’s resolution.
       Kisha Petticolas, a Talbot County public defender named in the
       ACLU suit, cheered the council’s decision, but called herself
       “cautiously optimistic.”
       “I am an African-American woman and the United States of
       America, in 2021. I’ve seen a lot. I’ve read a lot” she said.
       “And I know that these things don’t die quietly.”[/quote]
       You are correct! Western civilization in particular will not die
       quietly. It will in fact not die at all unless we kill it with
       our own hands and make 100% sure it it is truly dead before we
       stop.
       #Post#: 8862--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Statue decolonization
       By: Zhang Caizhi Date: September 17, 2021, 12:12 pm
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       [quote author=Zea_mays link=topic=2.msg8669#msg8669
       date=1631219893]
       [quote]Mexico City to swap Columbus statue for one of indigenous
       woman
       [...]
       Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum said the bronze likeness of
       Columbus would be moved to a park and a statue of an Olmec woman
       would take its place.
       [...]
       She said that relocating the statue was not an attempt to "erase
       history" but to deliver "social justice".
       Ms Sheinbaum said that the Columbus statue "would not be hidden
       away" but that the civilisations which existed in Mexico before
       the Spanish conquest should receive recognition.[/quote]
  HTML https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-58462071
       I'm not sure why they chose an Olmec statue when they have
       nothing to do with Mexico City. They could have made the statue
       a citizen of Teotihuacan instead...
  HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teotihuacan
       (Also, Mexico City won't be fully decolonized until someone
       named Sheinbaum isn't the mayor!)
       [/quote]
       The mayor is in the same party as the current president of
       Mexico.
  HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morena_(political_party)
  HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudia_Sheinbaum
       About her name:
       [quote]Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo was born to a secular Jewish
       family in Mexico City.[4] Her father's Ashkenazi parents
       emigrated from Lithuania to Mexico City in the 1920s; her
       mother's Sephardic parents emigrated there from Sofia, Bulgaria,
       in the early 1940s to escape the Holocaust.[/quote]
       #Post#: 9182--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Statue decolonization
       By: 90sRetroFan Date: October 3, 2021, 9:18 pm
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       As previously mentioned, we should move onto colonial-era
       buildings eventually. Here is a video from Empires of Dirt that
       lists several where we could get started:
  HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAbCuEFNAV8
       [quote]"No one's saying that we need to pull these houses
       down."[/quote]
       On the contrary, I am saying precisely that. And all True
       Leftists should feel so inclined.
       See also:
  HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/true-left-vs-right/western-civilization-is-ugly-48/msg9194/#msg9194
       #Post#: 9293--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Statue decolonization
       By: 90sRetroFan Date: October 8, 2021, 10:17 pm
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       Slow but steady advance:
  HTML https://www.newsweek.com/boston-latest-city-replace-columbus-day-indigenous-peoples-day-1636405
       [quote]Boston is the latest U.S. city to replace Columbus Day
       with Indigenous Peoples’ Day in a surprise move by acting Mayor
       Kim Janey.
       The executive order signed by Janey recognizes the second Monday
       in October as Indigenous Peoples’ Day instead of Columbus Day
       starting next week on October 11.
       “This is a small step in a long journey around justice in our
       city,” Janey told reporters outside of Boston City Hall on
       Wednesday. The event was held in collaboration with the United
       American Indians of New England (UAINE), the North American
       Indian Center of Boston (NAICOB) and members of the Massachusett
       Tribe that all helped increase the city’s engagement with
       indigenous communities.
       Though Columbus Day is considered a federal holiday, 14 states
       and more than 130 local governments have chosen to replace it or
       just not observe it. In Massachusetts, more than two dozen
       communities honor Indigenous Peoples’ Day, with Boston becoming
       the latest city.
       ...
       Former Boston mayor Marty Walsh didn’t support replacing the
       holiday and Janey’s executive order was not announced as part of
       the public schedule until Tuesday night.[/quote]
       Well done Mayor Janey!
  HTML https://mayorjaney.com/
       Want more of the same? Then we need more:
  HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/issues/demographic-blueshift/
       #Post#: 9345--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Statue decolonization
       By: 90sRetroFan Date: October 11, 2021, 10:00 pm
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  HTML https://twitter.com/IENearth/status/1447588606072311814
       [quote]The Andrew Jackson statue at the @WhiteHouse was
       redecorated![/quote]
  HTML https://citizenfreepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/AndrewJackson-1024x768.jpg
       Again, note the Turanian composition.
       Let's hope "Expect us" means they will actually pull it down
       next time.
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