WorthyNewsBot Posted August 19, 2017 Group: Bots Followers: 3 Topic Count: 39,879 Topics Per Day: 6.46 Content Count: 44,316 Content Per Day: 7.18 Reputation: 986 Days Won: 2 Joined: 06/06/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted August 19, 2017 (Worthy News) - Abraham Lincoln has joined George Washington on the list of those targeted by Chicagoans in a national debate over Civil War-era monuments. Alderman Raymond Lopez took to Facebook Wednesday night to decry the defacing of a statue representing the nation’s 16th president in the Englewood neighborhood. The giant bust appears to have been damaged after someone in the 15th Ward sprayed and ignited a flammable liquid. “What an absolute disgraceful act of vandalism. This bust of Abraham Lincoln, erected by Phil Bloomquist on August 31, 1926, was damaged & burned,” Mr. Lopez wrote, a local NBC affiliate reported. “If anyone has any information regarding this act, please contact the police or my office immediately.” [ Source (Read More...) ] View the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayin jade Posted August 19, 2017 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 44 Topic Count: 6,178 Topics Per Day: 0.88 Content Count: 43,795 Content Per Day: 6.21 Reputation: 11,243 Days Won: 58 Joined: 01/03/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted August 19, 2017 See. This isnt about removing monuments associated with being pro slavery. Its about erasing history. Silencing others. Destroying cultural stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shiloh357 Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 1 hour ago, ayin jade said: See. This isnt about removing monuments associated with being pro slavery. Its about erasing history. Silencing others. Destroying cultural stuff. Precisely. This is about erasing our history as a nation and it is not going to stop at statues. Our founding documents may be next. But here is my question... We defended their "right" (so-called) to burn our "racist" flag. And now they are tearing down and burning monuments to history. Why are okay with them burning the flag, but not burning up a statue of Abraham Lincoln? Is destroying and attempting to erase our history on the grounds that it is "racist" fall under protected speech? Would that extend to destroying our founding documents, too? Or, have we been operating from too broad of a definition of what constitutes constitutionally protected speech? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Running Gator Posted August 19, 2017 Group: Royal Member * Followers: 8 Topic Count: 91 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 10,596 Content Per Day: 3.69 Reputation: 2,743 Days Won: 25 Joined: 06/16/2016 Status: Offline Share Posted August 19, 2017 This statue (or really just a bust) is vandalized on a semi-regular basis and has been for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SavedByGrace1981 Posted August 19, 2017 Group: Royal Member Followers: 6 Topic Count: 104 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 2,923 Content Per Day: 0.61 Reputation: 462 Days Won: 2 Joined: 04/02/2011 Status: Offline Birthday: 03/22/1953 Share Posted August 19, 2017 2 hours ago, Running Gator said: This statue (or really just a bust) is vandalized on a semi-regular basis and has been for years. So Illinois is no longer the "Land of Lincoln"? Blessings, -Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Running Gator Posted August 19, 2017 Group: Royal Member * Followers: 8 Topic Count: 91 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 10,596 Content Per Day: 3.69 Reputation: 2,743 Days Won: 25 Joined: 06/16/2016 Status: Offline Share Posted August 19, 2017 8 minutes ago, SavedByGrace1981 said: So Illinois is no longer the "Land of Lincoln"? Blessings, -Ed Who knows, but there have been idiots in the world for a long time, we too often try and fit every action into our current narrative. Often it is just idiots being idiots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorningGlory Posted August 19, 2017 Group: Royal Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1,022 Topics Per Day: 0.16 Content Count: 39,193 Content Per Day: 6.11 Reputation: 9,977 Days Won: 78 Joined: 10/01/2006 Status: Offline Share Posted August 19, 2017 12 hours ago, ayin jade said: See. This isnt about removing monuments associated with being pro slavery. Its about erasing history. Silencing others. Destroying cultural stuff. Indeed it is. Plain as the masks on their faces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorningGlory Posted August 19, 2017 Group: Royal Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1,022 Topics Per Day: 0.16 Content Count: 39,193 Content Per Day: 6.11 Reputation: 9,977 Days Won: 78 Joined: 10/01/2006 Status: Offline Share Posted August 19, 2017 4 hours ago, SavedByGrace1981 said: So Illinois is no longer the "Land of Lincoln"? Blessings, -Ed Moot point; the leftists are trying to rationalize, and make light of, their compatriots' venom and destructiveness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shiloh357 Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 12 hours ago, Running Gator said: This statue (or really just a bust) is vandalized on a semi-regular basis and has been for years. Not like this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorningGlory Posted August 20, 2017 Group: Royal Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1,022 Topics Per Day: 0.16 Content Count: 39,193 Content Per Day: 6.11 Reputation: 9,977 Days Won: 78 Joined: 10/01/2006 Status: Offline Share Posted August 20, 2017 This kind of thing is not about grievances over slavery but hatred toward white people. BLM is a completely racist organization that is behind things like this. Even when they are perpetrated by wanna bes. Sometimes the atrocities are actually committed by white people too. There could also be a lack of education involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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