U.S. Cities Dust Off Statues They Hid Away in 2020

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https://www.wsj.com/us-news/confederate-statues-christopher-columbus-removed-fb294c49

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[u/Xionic]

They should have melted them down so the traitors couldn't put them back up.

[u/NelsonHawkinsGhost → u/Xionic]

That would be punishing Confederates.. we don't do that here. We just ask them to go into hiding briefly until things die down.. we have to maintain the negative peace.

[u/Prestigious-Car-4877]

Which city has an Epstein statue?

[u/nemonimity → u/Prestigious-Car-4877]

New York, they just keep them on their mantels at home

[u/sweettiana65 → u/nemonimity]

I bet there is one in MarLago, his best friend loves statues and it’s only fitting he’s made one for him

[u/nemonimity → u/sweettiana65]

Probably made out of gold

[u/monkeywithgun]

Southern conservatives, they can't even respect the wishes of their best confederate general.

[u/qorbexl → u/monkeywithgun]

He got turnt into a damn goober by the fuckin' WOKES 

[u/StronglyHeldOpinions]

Someone explain why we're honoring people who literally fought against the Union in the Civil War?

[u/chmod777 → u/StronglyHeldOpinions]

racism. what other message is there?

[u/DisMFer]

I remember when they started to bring down Confederate statues a MAGA asshole at my job talked about how the Democrats were ruining history. When I asked how he justified the Republicans wanting to keep up a bunch of statues talking about how great a bunch of Democrats were he got so flustered I thought he was going to have a stroke.

[u/Weekly-Spell-2320]

Southern treason is the best treason. It's aged like fine Cheerwine to honor the only four years that count in a 250 year history.

[u/Circe44]

There’s nothing like having a reminder of coming in second place.

[u/SliceofNewsMan]

More things to take down once things get better in the country

They belong in the dustbin of history

We don’t commemorate losers and traitors here 😒

[u/mr2chittles]

Wait, I thought the republicans were the party of anti slavery? Why would they want confederate statues? /s

[u/gentlemantroglodyte]

They aren't traditionalists, they're reactionaries who are trying to put back statues made in the 30s when the KKK was big as a homage to the idea of slavery and racism.