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Anonymous wrote:"A spokesperson for D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser confirmed to News4 that Black Lives Matter Plaza will be renamed."

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/black-lives-matter-plaza-being-renamed-after-gop-rep-introduced-bill/3858417/

This was one of the concessions Bowser made to Trump when she went to Mar a Lago to kiss the ring.

BEAUTIFUL!!! Trump is showing who is the boss in DC. Next in his agenda, removing all the BS bike lanes.

To anyone who values the principles of democracy, the people of DC (and their elected representatives) should surely be the boss in DC. I support some things the Council does and really hate others, but I am opposed to congress or the president trying to impose their will on a people the do not represent. Whether or not I agree on the substance of their ideas, it is absolutely wrong that they should enjoy this tyranny over people who have no say in their representation. My little protest is that I will never as long as I live (absent action by the Council) turn right on red within the borders of DC. I welcome additional ideas.

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Anonymous wrote:It's not divisive; the point of that slogan is not ONLY Black Lives Matter, it's that Black Lives Matter ALSO. (I am white, it's just not that hard to grasp this concept.) If you're not sure why anyone would feel the need to remind society at large that Black lives also matter, try reading some news, history, or sociology.

However. It would have been insane to fight on this point and risk the loss of hundreds of millions of dollars of federal transportation funding. So I'm glad the District is backing down in advance from a confrontation that would have ended badly and not have been worth the battle.

Here comes the woke white lady to explain to the rest of us heathens what some ridiculous progressive slogan is REALLY supposed to mean. It's not 2020 any more, and no one has the time nor the patience for this sort of nonsense, so give it a rest.

"Give it a rest" would also be good advice for the people who had already posted in this thread about how divisive that slogan is.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not divisive; the point of that slogan is not ONLY Black Lives Matter, it's that Black Lives Matter ALSO. (I am white, it's just not that hard to grasp this concept.) If you're not sure why anyone would feel the need to remind society at large that Black lives also matter, try reading some news, history, or sociology.

However. It would have been insane to fight on this point and risk the loss of hundreds of millions of dollars of federal transportation funding. So I'm glad the District is backing down in advance from a confrontation that would have ended badly and not have been worth the battle.

Interesting! Hundred of million dollars are more important than reminding society at large that Black lives also matter.

Here we go again. Rather than defending what is clearly a performative stunt, how about we actually do something to make lives better. How about, for example, we actually locked people for committing violent crime in DC, given the overwhelming proportion of their victims are black?

If only the federal prosecutors in DC would do their jobs! Of course, when they do, Trump just pardons everyone anyway, so what's the point?

Those were different federal prosecutors, but the J6 bunch should be in prison as well. I'm not sure why one excuses the other. Trump being unfit for office should have no bearing on whether spending millions of taxpayer dollars on a blatantly political performative public "mural" was a good choice for the city to have made.

totally fine with me. It's actually not a plaza anymore, though it was in 2020 -- you could walk there, no cars would drive on it, people congregated, etc. It was a plaza. it is now not a plaza. It's just a street with a completely symbolic mural on it, that cars drive on.

Anonymous wrote:what will they rename it? Musk Ave or Trump Blvd? or maybe Putin Pkwy.

It's going to be called Liberty Plaza. A bit generic, but infinitely better than BLM Plaza.

what will they rename it? Musk Ave or Trump Blvd? or maybe Putin Pkwy.

Anonymous wrote:Just like I do not like radical positions on the right, nor do I like them on the left Left. Good riddance.

Same!

How many BLM founders are in prison now?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not divisive; the point of that slogan is not ONLY Black Lives Matter, it's that Black Lives Matter ALSO. (I am white, it's just not that hard to grasp this concept.) If you're not sure why anyone would feel the need to remind society at large that Black lives also matter, try reading some news, history, or sociology.

However. It would have been insane to fight on this point and risk the loss of hundreds of millions of dollars of federal transportation funding. So I'm glad the District is backing down in advance from a confrontation that would have ended badly and not have been worth the battle.

Interesting! Hundred of million dollars are more important than reminding society at large that Black lives also matter.

Here we go again. Rather than defending what is clearly a performative stunt, how about we actually do something to make lives better. How about, for example, we actually locked people for committing violent crime in DC, given the overwhelming proportion of their victims are black?

If only the federal prosecutors in DC would do their jobs! Of course, when they do, Trump just pardons everyone anyway, so what's the point?

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Anonymous wrote:Smells like blackmail.

Maybe repaint that on the plaza.

Blackmail Plaza

Blackmale Plaza

Anonymous wrote:Smells like blackmail.

Maybe repaint that on the plaza.

Blackmail Plaza

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"A spokesperson for D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser confirmed to News4 that Black Lives Matter Plaza will be renamed."

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/black-lives-matter-plaza-being-renamed-after-gop-rep-introduced-bill/3858417/

This was one of the concessions Bowser made to Trump when she went to Mar a Lago to kiss the ring.

Great! Traffic is picking up in DC, we need the space/streets. That "plaza" was always an annoyance for every drive going through it.

Name change and a new mural won't change traffic you Dolt!

You wish it will be "repainted" that is the language that Bowser uses to fool naive people and avoid a huge outcry, but the Bill clearly says "remove"

"U.S. Rep. Andrew Clyde, a Republican from Georgia, introduced a bill on Monday that would withhold certain funds from the District if BLM Plaza wasn't removed."

https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2025/03/04/black-lives-matter-plaza-removed-america-250

How does one remove a plaza? Dig a giant hole?

I thought Trump was a good negotiator. He should have got Wilson HS back too.

Anonymous wrote:Black Lives Matter Plaza was a stupid performative stunt from the beginning. Now that everyone agrees that violent criminals should go to prison regardless of race, it's time to get rid of that garish street painting from a bygone moment in time.

Your president released like 1,600 violent sex predators and scumbags when he pardoned the J6 slime, and now you are mad about actual protestors?

Luckily that trash seems to be taking itself out, so no worries, but that’s quite hypocritical.

Good call! Our cities can't change their landscape for every cause célèbre.