Christopher Columbus Monument Vandalized in Baltimore

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm on the left and I don't like the vandalism. I would be fine if his statue came down through legal means. I have long thought the holiday was misplaced and should be renamed.

Me too. I'd like to remind people that "liberals" and "the left" aren't monoliths. While we have similar beliefs, we have different means to those ends.

I'm in favor of taking statues down and putting them in a museum or other educational facility. I am not pro-vandalism.

Serious question: what museum would want those statues? Wouldn't they be vandalized too? I don't like Christopher Columbus but, I also don't agree with vandalism.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So we're supposed to be upset that statue honoring a genocidal butcher was dealt with in an entirely appropriate manner?

Oh ok.

You consider vandalism 'an entirely appropriate manner'? I hope that applies for everything. If someone doesn't like the color of your car, can they vandalize it?

+ 1 Apparently, liberals think it is totally appropriate to destroy property they don't like.

This is laughable. Vandalism is not okay but stealing, rape and genocide is?

[Anonymous]

Margaret Sanger statues need to come down. She was one of the most prominent racists in this country and founded planned parenthood to control the population of black people. Her racisim and role in the eugenics movement should be cause enough for her not to be honored.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm on the left and I don't like the vandalism. I would be fine if his statue came down through legal means. I have long thought the holiday was misplaced and should be renamed.

Me too. I'd like to remind people that "liberals" and "the left" aren't monoliths. While we have similar beliefs, we have different means to those ends.

I'm in favor of taking statues down and putting them in a museum or other educational facility. I am not pro-vandalism.

Serious question: what museum would want those statues? Wouldn't they be vandalized too? I don't like Christopher Columbus but, I also don't agree with vandalism.

Are we like Isis and the taliban. Destroying whatever history or artifacts we do not approve of from day to day?

The statues should stay up with a BIG display noting the issues and histories of these historical figures in our nation's history.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Time to start attacking statues and buildings dedicated to pro abor tion monsters.

Let's start with Margaret Sanger.

Planned Parenthood did not provide abortions when she was alive.

How is she pro-abortion?

She provided birth control and sex education.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So we're supposed to be upset that statue honoring a genocidal butcher was dealt with in an entirely appropriate manner?

Oh ok.

You consider vandalism 'an entirely appropriate manner'? I hope that applies for everything. If someone doesn't like the color of your car, can they vandalize it?

+ 1 Apparently, liberals think it is totally appropriate to destroy property they don't like.

This is laughable. Vandalism is not okay but stealing, rape and genocide is?

Who said it was? Neither is OK.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm on the left and I don't like the vandalism. I would be fine if his statue came down through legal means. I have long thought the holiday was misplaced and should be renamed.

Me too. I'd like to remind people that "liberals" and "the left" aren't monoliths. While we have similar beliefs, we have different means to those ends.

I'm in favor of taking statues down and putting them in a museum or other educational facility. I am not pro-vandalism.

Serious question: what museum would want those statues? Wouldn't they be vandalized too? I don't like Christopher Columbus but, I also don't agree with vandalism.

Are we like Isis and the taliban. Destroying whatever history or artifacts we do not approve of from day to day?

The statues should stay up with a BIG display noting the issues and histories of these historical figures in our nation's history.

so you think the Bill Cosby mural should have stayed up instead of replacing it with something else?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm on the left and I don't like the vandalism. I would be fine if his statue came down through legal means. I have long thought the holiday was misplaced and should be renamed.

Me too. I'd like to remind people that "liberals" and "the left" aren't monoliths. While we have similar beliefs, we have different means to those ends.

I'm in favor of taking statues down and putting them in a museum or other educational facility. I am not pro-vandalism.

Serious question: what museum would want those statues? Wouldn't they be vandalized too? I don't like Christopher Columbus but, I also don't agree with vandalism.

PP. The idea is to place these statues in an educational-historical capacity with context, rather than a place of veneration. I imagine a place like the Smithsonian would be appropriate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm on the left and I don't like the vandalism. I would be fine if his statue came down through legal means. I have long thought the holiday was misplaced and should be renamed.

Me too. I'd like to remind people that "liberals" and "the left" aren't monoliths. While we have similar beliefs, we have different means to those ends.

I'm in favor of taking statues down and putting them in a museum or other educational facility. I am not pro-vandalism.

Serious question: what museum would want those statues? Wouldn't they be vandalized too? I don't like Christopher Columbus but, I also don't agree with vandalism.

It's believed to be the first monument in the country to honor Columbus. It was put up in 1792.

That might make some museum interested in it. History and what not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm on the left and I don't like the vandalism. I would be fine if his statue came down through legal means. I have long thought the holiday was misplaced and should be renamed.

Me too. I'd like to remind people that "liberals" and "the left" aren't monoliths. While we have similar beliefs, we have different means to those ends.

I'm in favor of taking statues down and putting them in a museum or other educational facility. I am not pro-vandalism.

Serious question: what museum would want those statues? Wouldn't they be vandalized too? I don't like Christopher Columbus but, I also don't agree with vandalism.

It's believed to be the first monument in the country to honor Columbus. It was put up in 1792.

That might make some museum interested in it. History and what not.

Then it should stay where it is due to ots historical significance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Time to start attacking statues and buildings dedicated to pro abor tion monsters.

Let's start with Margaret Sanger.

Planned Parenthood did not provide abortions when she was alive.

How is she pro-abortion?

She provided birth control and sex education.

Read up on her.

Margaret Sanger is one of the biggest racists in her century and that is saying a lot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm on the left and I don't like the vandalism. I would be fine if his statue came down through legal means. I have long thought the holiday was misplaced and should be renamed.

Me too. I'd like to remind people that "liberals" and "the left" aren't monoliths. While we have similar beliefs, we have different means to those ends.

I'm in favor of taking statues down and putting them in a museum or other educational facility. I am not pro-vandalism.

Serious question: what museum would want those statues? Wouldn't they be vandalized too? I don't like Christopher Columbus but, I also don't agree with vandalism.

It's believed to be the first monument in the country to honor Columbus. It was put up in 1792.

That might make some museum interested in it. History and what not.

Then it should stay where it is due to ots historical significance.

Maybe make a museum called history of genocide in the US.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Time to start attacking statues and buildings dedicated to pro abor tion monsters.

Let's start with Margaret Sanger.

Planned Parenthood did not provide abortions when she was alive.

How is she pro-abortion?

She provided birth control and sex education.

Read up on her.

Margaret Sanger is one of the biggest racists in her century and that is saying a lot.

That was not what you said, you said she was pro abortion. I am asking how is she pro abortion?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm on the left and I don't like the vandalism. I would be fine if his statue came down through legal means. I have long thought the holiday was misplaced and should be renamed.

Me too. I'd like to remind people that "liberals" and "the left" aren't monoliths. While we have similar beliefs, we have different means to those ends.

I'm in favor of taking statues down and putting them in a museum or other educational facility. I am not pro-vandalism.

Serious question: what museum would want those statues? Wouldn't they be vandalized too? I don't like Christopher Columbus but, I also don't agree with vandalism.

It's believed to be the first monument in the country to honor Columbus. It was put up in 1792.

That might make some museum interested in it. History and what not.

Then it should stay where it is due to ots historical significance.

Maybe make a museum called history of genocide in the US.

Did you know there wasn't a US when Columbus landed in the "new world?" Did you know he did not found the US?

[Anonymous]

I don't think it's right to vandalize but I agree that we shouldn't have monuments to genocidal maniacs, or a holiday in their honor...