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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Quite remarkable that people are so keen on removing statues of people who lived centuries ago......

Yet, there are statues of the Democratic Senator who was a member of the KKK in both W VA and Richmond, VA.  And, numerous places, streets, buildings, and rooms names for him......

No effort to make any changes to these, it seems.

[img]https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/GA32RXSEIAI6VGOHDX6UEQNC7Y.jpg&w=1200[/img]

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/amid-outcry-over-confederate-monuments-little-outrage-over-robert-byrds-namesakes-scattered-across-home-state[/quote]

I’m not clicking a Fox link. Either put up a credible source for the same story, or admit its not a legitimate story. Your choice. [/quote]

So, are you disbelieving that there is such a statue, or are you not believing that there are no efforts to take them down on the part of the protesters?

And, BTW - the Columbus statue that was taken down in Richmond earlier this week?  It was in Byrd Park.  Name for William Byrd, slave owner.

Looks like there is a proposal to have the statue removed.  Interesting that the protesters haven't touched it. 
https://www.richmond.com/news/virginia/norfolk-lawmaker-to-propose-removing-byrd-statue-from-capitol-square/article_507b28dc-d6c4-5048-aa6f-da01ec2f5cb7.html[/quote]

Maybe this mitigates his legacy? From the link YOU posted:
[quote]Byrd was a former member of the Klu Klux Klan who later regretted that affiliation, renounced his past views supporting segregation and described it as a mistake...By the time of his death, he had allies even in the civil rights movement, with the NAACP at the time praising his legacy and his transformation from a former KKK member to a “stalwart supporter” of civil rights. Then-President Barack Obama, too, cited Byrd’s evolution in honoring the West Virginia senator after he died.[/quote][/quote]

And, Washington freed his slaves, yet there is still talk about renaming places named after him.

Interesting who gets a pass in this new era of cancel culture.  [/quote]

"There is talk"
"people are saying"
"I've heard"

If cancel culture wasn't a thing that Fox News made up last week, Trump and all of his supporters would be canceled. The fact that they aren't and Trump is in fact the President with a decent chance of re-election is proof that cancel culture isn't a thing. [/quote]

There is a thread in the Metro Politics on this very topic. [/quote]

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