Biden Admin to Remove Statue of William Penn from Philadelphia Park

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Anonymous wrote:It is a way of destroying America history to satisfy people who don’t really care. God bless what America use to be😢

It's destroying American history to redesign a plaza from 1982 that has a statue that is a smaller replica of a statue that literally is in the center of the city on top of what used to be the tallest point in the city, making it visible from everywhere? Please do explain how something put up 40 years ago is so sacrosanct, when it's not even an original.

Were you this roiled up when the skyscrapers were built that blocked the view of the ORIGINAL statue you are so nostalgic about? Did you even know this statue existed before Fox News and Twitter told you about it?

Yeah, like most Philadelphians, I was outraged when they raised building height. It wasn't just about William Penn (and I was raised as a member of Central Philadelphia meeting), and my ancestors were Quakers in Pennsylvania. It wasn't really about William Penn at all.

It was something unique that made our skyline special, kept it to a human scale. Philadelphia has always been one of the most walkable, well-designed cities with a solid residential core in the entire country.

But that's beside the point. This thread is full of trolls calling William Penn a racist slave owner who deserves to be wiped from history. This kind of simplistic revisioning of the past is quite dangerous.

But the OP posted about a statue being removed and that brought out trolls who have never given 2 sh!ts about public art to start crying about "history being erased" when that is not what is happening with the decision to upgrade and redesign a dismal plaza space.

Removing Penn's statue is simply silly. It is WOKE going too far. Certainly, we can add statues of others, but Penn's removal is bizarre.

Where did it say it was being removed for “woke” reasons?? From the NPS not some random DCUM poster making that claim.

DP. This is directly from the NPS website:

PHILADELPHIA — The National Park Service proposes to rehabilitate Welcome Park to provide a more welcoming, accurate, and inclusive experience for visitors.
https://www.nps.gov/inde/learn/news/park-seeks-input-on-the-rehabilitation-of-welcome-park.htm

Right, so not a word about Penn or cancelling him, which they didn’t do.

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Anonymous wrote:It is a way of destroying America history to satisfy people who don’t really care. God bless what America use to be😢

It's destroying American history to redesign a plaza from 1982 that has a statue that is a smaller replica of a statue that literally is in the center of the city on top of what used to be the tallest point in the city, making it visible from everywhere? Please do explain how something put up 40 years ago is so sacrosanct, when it's not even an original.

Were you this roiled up when the skyscrapers were built that blocked the view of the ORIGINAL statue you are so nostalgic about? Did you even know this statue existed before Fox News and Twitter told you about it?

Yeah, like most Philadelphians, I was outraged when they raised building height. It wasn't just about William Penn (and I was raised as a member of Central Philadelphia meeting), and my ancestors were Quakers in Pennsylvania. It wasn't really about William Penn at all.

It was something unique that made our skyline special, kept it to a human scale. Philadelphia has always been one of the most walkable, well-designed cities with a solid residential core in the entire country.

But that's beside the point. This thread is full of trolls calling William Penn a racist slave owner who deserves to be wiped from history. This kind of simplistic revisioning of the past is quite dangerous.

But the OP posted about a statue being removed and that brought out trolls who have never given 2 sh!ts about public art to start crying about "history being erased" when that is not what is happening with the decision to upgrade and redesign a dismal plaza space.

Removing Penn's statue is simply silly. It is WOKE going too far. Certainly, we can add statues of others, but Penn's removal is bizarre.

Where did it say it was being removed for “woke” reasons?? From the NPS not some random DCUM poster making that claim.

DP. This is directly from the NPS website:

PHILADELPHIA — The National Park Service proposes to rehabilitate Welcome Park to provide a more welcoming, accurate, and inclusive experience for visitors.
https://www.nps.gov/inde/learn/news/park-seeks-input-on-the-rehabilitation-of-welcome-park.htm

DP where does it say Penn is being removed for any reason related to “woke”? Oh that’s right it does not. Your Jihad against “wokeness” has made you a clueless conservative “woke” warrior. Better head back to the Ackman and Ivy League thread. You can crusade for your right to call people the n-word while attacking and labeling as antisemitic all those people who criticize Israel.

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Anonymous wrote:It is a way of destroying America history to satisfy people who don’t really care. God bless what America use to be😢

It's destroying American history to redesign a plaza from 1982 that has a statue that is a smaller replica of a statue that literally is in the center of the city on top of what used to be the tallest point in the city, making it visible from everywhere? Please do explain how something put up 40 years ago is so sacrosanct, when it's not even an original.

Were you this roiled up when the skyscrapers were built that blocked the view of the ORIGINAL statue you are so nostalgic about? Did you even know this statue existed before Fox News and Twitter told you about it?

Yeah, like most Philadelphians, I was outraged when they raised building height. It wasn't just about William Penn (and I was raised as a member of Central Philadelphia meeting), and my ancestors were Quakers in Pennsylvania. It wasn't really about William Penn at all.

It was something unique that made our skyline special, kept it to a human scale. Philadelphia has always been one of the most walkable, well-designed cities with a solid residential core in the entire country.

But that's beside the point. This thread is full of trolls calling William Penn a racist slave owner who deserves to be wiped from history. This kind of simplistic revisioning of the past is quite dangerous.

But the OP posted about a statue being removed and that brought out trolls who have never given 2 sh!ts about public art to start crying about "history being erased" when that is not what is happening with the decision to upgrade and redesign a dismal plaza space.

Removing Penn's statue is simply silly. It is WOKE going too far. Certainly, we can add statues of others, but Penn's removal is bizarre.

Where did it say it was being removed for “woke” reasons?? From the NPS not some random DCUM poster making that claim.

DP. This is directly from the NPS website:

PHILADELPHIA — The National Park Service proposes to rehabilitate Welcome Park to provide a more welcoming, accurate, and inclusive experience for visitors.
https://www.nps.gov/inde/learn/news/park-seeks-input-on-the-rehabilitation-of-welcome-park.htm

Right, so not a word about Penn or cancelling him, which they didn’t do.

Is a statue of William Penn scary? Does it steal souls?

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Anonymous wrote:It is a way of destroying America history to satisfy people who don’t really care. God bless what America use to be😢

It's destroying American history to redesign a plaza from 1982 that has a statue that is a smaller replica of a statue that literally is in the center of the city on top of what used to be the tallest point in the city, making it visible from everywhere? Please do explain how something put up 40 years ago is so sacrosanct, when it's not even an original.

Were you this roiled up when the skyscrapers were built that blocked the view of the ORIGINAL statue you are so nostalgic about? Did you even know this statue existed before Fox News and Twitter told you about it?

Yeah, like most Philadelphians, I was outraged when they raised building height. It wasn't just about William Penn (and I was raised as a member of Central Philadelphia meeting), and my ancestors were Quakers in Pennsylvania. It wasn't really about William Penn at all.

It was something unique that made our skyline special, kept it to a human scale. Philadelphia has always been one of the most walkable, well-designed cities with a solid residential core in the entire country.

But that's beside the point. This thread is full of trolls calling William Penn a racist slave owner who deserves to be wiped from history. This kind of simplistic revisioning of the past is quite dangerous.

But the OP posted about a statue being removed and that brought out trolls who have never given 2 sh!ts about public art to start crying about "history being erased" when that is not what is happening with the decision to upgrade and redesign a dismal plaza space.

Removing Penn's statue is simply silly. It is WOKE going too far. Certainly, we can add statues of others, but Penn's removal is bizarre.

Where did it say it was being removed for “woke” reasons?? From the NPS not some random DCUM poster making that claim.

DP. This is directly from the NPS website:

PHILADELPHIA — The National Park Service proposes to rehabilitate Welcome Park to provide a more welcoming, accurate, and inclusive experience for visitors.
https://www.nps.gov/inde/learn/news/park-seeks-input-on-the-rehabilitation-of-welcome-park.htm

DP where does it say Penn is being removed for any reason related to “woke”? Oh that’s right it does not. Your Jihad against “wokeness” has made you a clueless conservative “woke” warrior. Better head back to the Ackman and Ivy League thread. You can crusade for your right to call people the n-word while attacking and labeling as antisemitic all those people who criticize Israel.

“The proposed rehabilitation of Welcome Park includes expanded interpretation of the Native American history of Philadelphia and was developed in consultation with representatives of the indigenous nations of the Haudenosaunee, the Delaware Nation, Delaware Tribe of Indians, the Shawnee Tribe, and the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma. The reimagined Welcome Park maintains certain aspects of the original design such as the street grid, the rivers and the east wall while adding a new planted buffer on three sides, and a ceremonial gathering space with circular benches. The Penn statue and Slate Roof house model will be removed and not reinstalled. In a separate and future effort, new exhibit panels will be installed on the south site wall to replace the Penn timeline.“

The site says they are removing the statue of Penn and his “timeline” and replacing those with the timeline of the Native American tribes, and you don’t think wokeness has anything to do with it?

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Tribes in PA in and the larger region enslaved other tribes—and enslaved black Africans when it was a thing.

ICYMI: The 13th amendment didn’t free slaves owned by tribes. In fact, black slaves built the new communities/reservations established by native Americans.

History is both sad and fascinating. Our lack of understanding of our own American history makes threads like this interesting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tribes in PA in and the larger region enslaved other tribes—and enslaved black Africans when it was a thing.

ICYMI: The 13th amendment didn’t free slaves owned by tribes. In fact, black slaves built the new communities/reservations established by native Americans.

History is both sad and fascinating. Our lack of understanding of our own American history makes threads like this interesting.

PS - Tribes willingly fought alongside the confederacy.

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Anonymous wrote:It is a way of destroying America history to satisfy people who don’t really care. God bless what America use to be😢

It's destroying American history to redesign a plaza from 1982 that has a statue that is a smaller replica of a statue that literally is in the center of the city on top of what used to be the tallest point in the city, making it visible from everywhere? Please do explain how something put up 40 years ago is so sacrosanct, when it's not even an original.

Were you this roiled up when the skyscrapers were built that blocked the view of the ORIGINAL statue you are so nostalgic about? Did you even know this statue existed before Fox News and Twitter told you about it?

Yeah, like most Philadelphians, I was outraged when they raised building height. It wasn't just about William Penn (and I was raised as a member of Central Philadelphia meeting), and my ancestors were Quakers in Pennsylvania. It wasn't really about William Penn at all.

It was something unique that made our skyline special, kept it to a human scale. Philadelphia has always been one of the most walkable, well-designed cities with a solid residential core in the entire country.

But that's beside the point. This thread is full of trolls calling William Penn a racist slave owner who deserves to be wiped from history. This kind of simplistic revisioning of the past is quite dangerous.

But the OP posted about a statue being removed and that brought out trolls who have never given 2 sh!ts about public art to start crying about "history being erased" when that is not what is happening with the decision to upgrade and redesign a dismal plaza space.

Removing Penn's statue is simply silly. It is WOKE going too far. Certainly, we can add statues of others, but Penn's removal is bizarre.

Where did it say it was being removed for “woke” reasons?? From the NPS not some random DCUM poster making that claim.

DP. This is directly from the NPS website:

PHILADELPHIA — The National Park Service proposes to rehabilitate Welcome Park to provide a more welcoming, accurate, and inclusive experience for visitors.
https://www.nps.gov/inde/learn/news/park-seeks-input-on-the-rehabilitation-of-welcome-park.htm

Right, so not a word about Penn or cancelling him, which they didn’t do.

Is a statue of William Penn scary? Does it steal souls?

What do you personally love about that plaza?

Also love that you are now such a fan of a woke Quaker!! Maybe you have some progressivism in your soul after all!

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Anonymous wrote:It is a way of destroying America history to satisfy people who don’t really care. God bless what America use to be😢

It's destroying American history to redesign a plaza from 1982 that has a statue that is a smaller replica of a statue that literally is in the center of the city on top of what used to be the tallest point in the city, making it visible from everywhere? Please do explain how something put up 40 years ago is so sacrosanct, when it's not even an original.

Were you this roiled up when the skyscrapers were built that blocked the view of the ORIGINAL statue you are so nostalgic about? Did you even know this statue existed before Fox News and Twitter told you about it?

Yeah, like most Philadelphians, I was outraged when they raised building height. It wasn't just about William Penn (and I was raised as a member of Central Philadelphia meeting), and my ancestors were Quakers in Pennsylvania. It wasn't really about William Penn at all.

It was something unique that made our skyline special, kept it to a human scale. Philadelphia has always been one of the most walkable, well-designed cities with a solid residential core in the entire country.

But that's beside the point. This thread is full of trolls calling William Penn a racist slave owner who deserves to be wiped from history. This kind of simplistic revisioning of the past is quite dangerous.

But the OP posted about a statue being removed and that brought out trolls who have never given 2 sh!ts about public art to start crying about "history being erased" when that is not what is happening with the decision to upgrade and redesign a dismal plaza space.

Removing Penn's statue is simply silly. It is WOKE going too far. Certainly, we can add statues of others, but Penn's removal is bizarre.

Where did it say it was being removed for “woke” reasons?? From the NPS not some random DCUM poster making that claim.

DP. This is directly from the NPS website:

PHILADELPHIA — The National Park Service proposes to rehabilitate Welcome Park to provide a more welcoming, accurate, and inclusive experience for visitors.
https://www.nps.gov/inde/learn/news/park-seeks-input-on-the-rehabilitation-of-welcome-park.htm

DP where does it say Penn is being removed for any reason related to “woke”? Oh that’s right it does not. Your Jihad against “wokeness” has made you a clueless conservative “woke” warrior. Better head back to the Ackman and Ivy League thread. You can crusade for your right to call people the n-word while attacking and labeling as antisemitic all those people who criticize Israel.

“The proposed rehabilitation of Welcome Park includes expanded interpretation of the Native American history of Philadelphia and was developed in consultation with representatives of the indigenous nations of the Haudenosaunee, the Delaware Nation, Delaware Tribe of Indians, the Shawnee Tribe, and the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma. The reimagined Welcome Park maintains certain aspects of the original design such as the street grid, the rivers and the east wall while adding a new planted buffer on three sides, and a ceremonial gathering space with circular benches. The Penn statue and Slate Roof house model will be removed and not reinstalled. In a separate and future effort, new exhibit panels will be installed on the south site wall to replace the Penn timeline.“

The site says they are removing the statue of Penn and his “timeline” and replacing those with the timeline of the Native American tribes, and you don’t think wokeness has anything to do with it?

What do you think Billy Penn would say about it?

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Anonymous wrote:It is a way of destroying America history to satisfy people who don’t really care. God bless what America use to be😢

It's destroying American history to redesign a plaza from 1982 that has a statue that is a smaller replica of a statue that literally is in the center of the city on top of what used to be the tallest point in the city, making it visible from everywhere? Please do explain how something put up 40 years ago is so sacrosanct, when it's not even an original.

Were you this roiled up when the skyscrapers were built that blocked the view of the ORIGINAL statue you are so nostalgic about? Did you even know this statue existed before Fox News and Twitter told you about it?

Yeah, like most Philadelphians, I was outraged when they raised building height. It wasn't just about William Penn (and I was raised as a member of Central Philadelphia meeting), and my ancestors were Quakers in Pennsylvania. It wasn't really about William Penn at all.

It was something unique that made our skyline special, kept it to a human scale. Philadelphia has always been one of the most walkable, well-designed cities with a solid residential core in the entire country.

But that's beside the point. This thread is full of trolls calling William Penn a racist slave owner who deserves to be wiped from history. This kind of simplistic revisioning of the past is quite dangerous.

But the OP posted about a statue being removed and that brought out trolls who have never given 2 sh!ts about public art to start crying about "history being erased" when that is not what is happening with the decision to upgrade and redesign a dismal plaza space.

Removing Penn's statue is simply silly. It is WOKE going too far. Certainly, we can add statues of others, but Penn's removal is bizarre.

Where did it say it was being removed for “woke” reasons?? From the NPS not some random DCUM poster making that claim.

DP. This is directly from the NPS website:

PHILADELPHIA — The National Park Service proposes to rehabilitate Welcome Park to provide a more welcoming, accurate, and inclusive experience for visitors.
https://www.nps.gov/inde/learn/news/park-seeks-input-on-the-rehabilitation-of-welcome-park.htm

DP where does it say Penn is being removed for any reason related to “woke”? Oh that’s right it does not. Your Jihad against “wokeness” has made you a clueless conservative “woke” warrior. Better head back to the Ackman and Ivy League thread. You can crusade for your right to call people the n-word while attacking and labeling as antisemitic all those people who criticize Israel.

“The proposed rehabilitation of Welcome Park includes expanded interpretation of the Native American history of Philadelphia and was developed in consultation with representatives of the indigenous nations of the Haudenosaunee, the Delaware Nation, Delaware Tribe of Indians, the Shawnee Tribe, and the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma. The reimagined Welcome Park maintains certain aspects of the original design such as the street grid, the rivers and the east wall while adding a new planted buffer on three sides, and a ceremonial gathering space with circular benches. The Penn statue and Slate Roof house model will be removed and not reinstalled. In a separate and future effort, new exhibit panels will be installed on the south site wall to replace the Penn timeline.“

The site says they are removing the statue of Penn and his “timeline” and replacing those with the timeline of the Native American tribes, and you don’t think wokeness has anything to do with it?

Does it say that Penn will not be discussed in the “new exhibit panels”? If so you didn’t cut and paste that bit. Do you have insider information about the content of the new exhibit panels?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It is a way of destroying America history to satisfy people who don’t really care. God bless what America use to be😢

It's destroying American history to redesign a plaza from 1982 that has a statue that is a smaller replica of a statue that literally is in the center of the city on top of what used to be the tallest point in the city, making it visible from everywhere? Please do explain how something put up 40 years ago is so sacrosanct, when it's not even an original.

Were you this roiled up when the skyscrapers were built that blocked the view of the ORIGINAL statue you are so nostalgic about? Did you even know this statue existed before Fox News and Twitter told you about it?

Yeah, like most Philadelphians, I was outraged when they raised building height. It wasn't just about William Penn (and I was raised as a member of Central Philadelphia meeting), and my ancestors were Quakers in Pennsylvania. It wasn't really about William Penn at all.

It was something unique that made our skyline special, kept it to a human scale. Philadelphia has always been one of the most walkable, well-designed cities with a solid residential core in the entire country.

But that's beside the point. This thread is full of trolls calling William Penn a racist slave owner who deserves to be wiped from history. This kind of simplistic revisioning of the past is quite dangerous.

But the OP posted about a statue being removed and that brought out trolls who have never given 2 sh!ts about public art to start crying about "history being erased" when that is not what is happening with the decision to upgrade and redesign a dismal plaza space.

Removing Penn's statue is simply silly. It is WOKE going too far. Certainly, we can add statues of others, but Penn's removal is bizarre.

Where did it say it was being removed for “woke” reasons?? From the NPS not some random DCUM poster making that claim.

DP. This is directly from the NPS website:

PHILADELPHIA — The National Park Service proposes to rehabilitate Welcome Park to provide a more welcoming, accurate, and inclusive experience for visitors.
https://www.nps.gov/inde/learn/news/park-seeks-input-on-the-rehabilitation-of-welcome-park.htm

DP where does it say Penn is being removed for any reason related to “woke”? Oh that’s right it does not. Your Jihad against “wokeness” has made you a clueless conservative “woke” warrior. Better head back to the Ackman and Ivy League thread. You can crusade for your right to call people the n-word while attacking and labeling as antisemitic all those people who criticize Israel.

“The proposed rehabilitation of Welcome Park includes expanded interpretation of the Native American history of Philadelphia and was developed in consultation with representatives of the indigenous nations of the Haudenosaunee, the Delaware Nation, Delaware Tribe of Indians, the Shawnee Tribe, and the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma. The reimagined Welcome Park maintains certain aspects of the original design such as the street grid, the rivers and the east wall while adding a new planted buffer on three sides, and a ceremonial gathering space with circular benches. The Penn statue and Slate Roof house model will be removed and not reinstalled. In a separate and future effort, new exhibit panels will be installed on the south site wall to replace the Penn timeline.“

The site says they are removing the statue of Penn and his “timeline” and replacing those with the timeline of the Native American tribes, and you don’t think wokeness has anything to do with it?

Does it say that Penn will not be discussed in the “new exhibit panels”? If so you didn’t cut and paste that bit. Do you have insider information about the content of the new exhibit panels?

No, but you must. If they are erasing everything that has to do with Penn, what is the new timeline developed with the Native American tribes going to say about Penn?

I see you are highly offended I cut information that details the situation accurately. Why is that? You don’t like accurate information from the source? You want people to make up information and/or participate in disinformation? Why is the truth so offensive to you?

People need to cut and paste accurate information and provide links and citations to reputable sources when discussing things here. It’s only the people who want to control or manipulate the news that don’t want the facts to be explained and cited.

You really think cutting a paragraph from the actual article is an insult? That says so much about your judgement.

The actual source is clear Penn is being removed. You can make up your own story about the situation. You can type your opinion and make guesses about it. But the actual facts offend you, you are a joke.

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Anonymous wrote:It is a way of destroying America history to satisfy people who don’t really care. God bless what America use to be😢

It's destroying American history to redesign a plaza from 1982 that has a statue that is a smaller replica of a statue that literally is in the center of the city on top of what used to be the tallest point in the city, making it visible from everywhere? Please do explain how something put up 40 years ago is so sacrosanct, when it's not even an original.

Were you this roiled up when the skyscrapers were built that blocked the view of the ORIGINAL statue you are so nostalgic about? Did you even know this statue existed before Fox News and Twitter told you about it?

Yeah, like most Philadelphians, I was outraged when they raised building height. It wasn't just about William Penn (and I was raised as a member of Central Philadelphia meeting), and my ancestors were Quakers in Pennsylvania. It wasn't really about William Penn at all.

It was something unique that made our skyline special, kept it to a human scale. Philadelphia has always been one of the most walkable, well-designed cities with a solid residential core in the entire country.

But that's beside the point. This thread is full of trolls calling William Penn a racist slave owner who deserves to be wiped from history. This kind of simplistic revisioning of the past is quite dangerous.

But the OP posted about a statue being removed and that brought out trolls who have never given 2 sh!ts about public art to start crying about "history being erased" when that is not what is happening with the decision to upgrade and redesign a dismal plaza space.

Removing Penn's statue is simply silly. It is WOKE going too far. Certainly, we can add statues of others, but Penn's removal is bizarre.

Where did it say it was being removed for “woke” reasons?? From the NPS not some random DCUM poster making that claim.

DP. This is directly from the NPS website:

PHILADELPHIA — The National Park Service proposes to rehabilitate Welcome Park to provide a more welcoming, accurate, and inclusive experience for visitors.
https://www.nps.gov/inde/learn/news/park-seeks-input-on-the-rehabilitation-of-welcome-park.htm

DP where does it say Penn is being removed for any reason related to “woke”? Oh that’s right it does not. Your Jihad against “wokeness” has made you a clueless conservative “woke” warrior. Better head back to the Ackman and Ivy League thread. You can crusade for your right to call people the n-word while attacking and labeling as antisemitic all those people who criticize Israel.

“The proposed rehabilitation of Welcome Park includes expanded interpretation of the Native American history of Philadelphia and was developed in consultation with representatives of the indigenous nations of the Haudenosaunee, the Delaware Nation, Delaware Tribe of Indians, the Shawnee Tribe, and the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma. The reimagined Welcome Park maintains certain aspects of the original design such as the street grid, the rivers and the east wall while adding a new planted buffer on three sides, and a ceremonial gathering space with circular benches. The Penn statue and Slate Roof house model will be removed and not reinstalled. In a separate and future effort, new exhibit panels will be installed on the south site wall to replace the Penn timeline.“

The site says they are removing the statue of Penn and his “timeline” and replacing those with the timeline of the Native American tribes, and you don’t think wokeness has anything to do with it?

Does it say that Penn will not be discussed in the “new exhibit panels”? If so you didn’t cut and paste that bit. Do you have insider information about the content of the new exhibit panels?

No, but you must. If they are erasing everything that has to do with Penn, what is the new timeline developed with the Native American tribes going to say about Penn?

I see you are highly offended I cut information that details the situation accurately. Why is that? You don’t like accurate information from the source? You want people to make up information and/or participate in disinformation? Why is the truth so offensive to you?

People need to cut and paste accurate information and provide links and citations to reputable sources when discussing things here. It’s only the people who want to control or manipulate the news that don’t want the facts to be explained and cited.

You really think cutting a paragraph from the actual article is an insult? That says so much about your judgement.

The actual source is clear Penn is being removed. You can make up your own story about the situation. You can type your opinion and make guesses about it. But the actual facts offend you, you are a joke.

Word salad

Nothing in the NPS report said that Penn would be excluded from new panels.

You don’t know much about history or Penn if you think there’s nothing to say about Penn and Native Americans. Maybe read a bio about the man you pretend is one of your heroes before you spout such nonsense.

And as it has been pointed out, he was in his time a woke pacifist progressive. Glad you admire him so.

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Anonymous wrote:It is a way of destroying America history to satisfy people who don’t really care. God bless what America use to be😢

It's destroying American history to redesign a plaza from 1982 that has a statue that is a smaller replica of a statue that literally is in the center of the city on top of what used to be the tallest point in the city, making it visible from everywhere? Please do explain how something put up 40 years ago is so sacrosanct, when it's not even an original.

Were you this roiled up when the skyscrapers were built that blocked the view of the ORIGINAL statue you are so nostalgic about? Did you even know this statue existed before Fox News and Twitter told you about it?

Yeah, like most Philadelphians, I was outraged when they raised building height. It wasn't just about William Penn (and I was raised as a member of Central Philadelphia meeting), and my ancestors were Quakers in Pennsylvania. It wasn't really about William Penn at all.

It was something unique that made our skyline special, kept it to a human scale. Philadelphia has always been one of the most walkable, well-designed cities with a solid residential core in the entire country.

But that's beside the point. This thread is full of trolls calling William Penn a racist slave owner who deserves to be wiped from history. This kind of simplistic revisioning of the past is quite dangerous.

But the OP posted about a statue being removed and that brought out trolls who have never given 2 sh!ts about public art to start crying about "history being erased" when that is not what is happening with the decision to upgrade and redesign a dismal plaza space.

Removing Penn's statue is simply silly. It is WOKE going too far. Certainly, we can add statues of others, but Penn's removal is bizarre.

Where did it say it was being removed for “woke” reasons?? From the NPS not some random DCUM poster making that claim.

DP. This is directly from the NPS website:

PHILADELPHIA — The National Park Service proposes to rehabilitate Welcome Park to provide a more welcoming, accurate, and inclusive experience for visitors.
https://www.nps.gov/inde/learn/news/park-seeks-input-on-the-rehabilitation-of-welcome-park.htm

Right, so not a word about Penn or cancelling him, which they didn’t do.

Is a statue of William Penn scary? Does it steal souls?

No it celebrates someone from a religious group whose members refused to fight in the American Revolution. Awesome. Did you know that?

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Sounds like it was an ill-conceived plan by NPS, the director of which is an American Indian. Not sure why NPS wouldn't have planned to keep Penn but add things that pay tribute to the Native Americans. That was just an unforced error that plays right into right wingers' hands.

I'm not sure why some of you feel the need to have such blind loyalty to everything the Biden administration does. It's ok to criticize their decision making sometimes. It doesn't make you a MAGA. You are showing your own extremism in threads like this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like it was an ill-conceived plan by NPS, the director of which is an American Indian. Not sure why NPS wouldn't have planned to keep Penn but add things that pay tribute to the Native Americans. That was just an unforced error that plays right into right wingers' hands.

I'm not sure why some of you feel the need to have such blind loyalty to everything the Biden administration does. It's ok to criticize their decision making sometimes. It doesn't make you a MAGA. You are showing your own extremism in threads like this.

You need to come back to earth prime. On second though just stay away.