Darkman Fanpage posted:

https://twitter.com/Gremlinbroom/status/897694382748553216

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I don’t pretend to know what it’s like for a person of color to pass by one of these monuments and consider that those memorialized in stone and metal did not value my freedom or humanity. Unlike an African-American father, I’ll never have to explain to my daughters why there exists an exalted monument for those who wished to keep her and her ancestors in chains.

Some people cling to the belief that the Civil War was fought over states’ rights. But history is not on their side. We cannot continue to glorify a war against the United States of America fought in the defense of slavery. These monuments should come down.

Our Civil War history is important, but it belongs in textbooks and museums — not a place of allegiance on our Capitol grounds. And our history must tell the full story, including the subjugation of humans created in God’s image to provide the back-breaking labor that drove the South’s agrarian economy.

I understand the frustration of those fed up with the pace of change. But after protesters toppled a statue in Durham Monday night, I said there was a better way to remove these monuments.

My first responsibility as governor is to protect North Carolinians and keep them safe. The likelihood of protesters being injured or worse as they may try to topple any one of the hundreds of monuments in our state concerns me. And the potential for those same white supremacist elements we saw in Charlottesville to swarm the site, weapons in hand, in retaliation is a threat to public safety.

Agean90 posted:

40% of the aflcio vote Republican, it was likely done to mollify them.

The Muppets On PCP posted:

https://medium.com/@NC_Governor/north-carolina-monuments-b7ead3c471ee

Darkman Fanpage posted:

never in my dreams did i think both the nazis and the centrists would be turned into corncobs before my eyes in the same week

Acelerion posted:

It amuses me that the centrist inventions 'alt-left' and 'fake news' are being used to better effect by the right.

It kind of summarizes neoliberalism in one nice example.

call to action posted:

why are people more mad at statues than the are about people that routinely deny black folks healthcare

Thoguh posted:

That's a solid statement that doesn't pull any punches. I rate it 420/69.

loquacius posted:

The funniest thing about the whole altleftgate fiasco is definitely the centrists who used it as a slur for a year now trying to claim that they are the alt left, always have been, and stand in firm opposition to those milquetoast centrists trying to use universal health care and higher minimum wages to distract from the real important issues like instantly ending all racism forever with one bill or outlawing Russia

They're trying to pull a duck season / rabbit season on us lol

call to action posted:

why are people more mad at statues than the are about people that routinely deny black folks healthcare

call to action posted:

why are people more mad at statues than the are about people that routinely deny black folks healthcare

The Muppets On PCP posted:

say what you will but thyssenkrupp elevators are significantly smoother than otis

call to action posted:

why are people more mad at statues than the are about people that routinely deny black folks healthcare

Al! posted:

as someone who less than a year ago was like "we shouldnt be mean to liberals, they're our closest mainstream allies" im kind of amazed at how dumb i was

Al! posted:

as someone who less than a year ago was like "we shouldnt be mean to liberals, they're our closest mainstream allies" im kind of amazed at how dumb i was

call to action posted:

why are people more mad at statues than the are about people that routinely deny black folks healthcare

Al! posted:

serious, disciplined leftists should probably stop tut tutting about emerging popular fronts and instead try to figure out how to organize and direct them

The Muppets On PCP posted:

https://medium.com/@NC_Governor/north-carolina-monuments-b7ead3c471ee

Al! posted:

serious, disciplined leftists should probably stop tut tutting about emerging popular fronts and instead try to figure out how to organize and direct them

The Muppets On PCP posted:

https://medium.com/@NC_Governor/north-carolina-monuments-b7ead3c471ee

Gene Hackman Fan posted:

dude couldn't come through on repealing the bathroom bill, so i'll believe he intends to actually do anything about it when he actually does it.

call to action posted:

I genuinely think antifa should start toppling Washington and Jefferson statues, dudes were loving slaveowners and honestly it would probably be even more inflammatory and awesome

zegermans posted:

While I agree they suck, that's the easiest way to turn popular opinion towards the racists again.

call to action posted:

oh ok so we're only going after the racist heroes of people we don't like, not the ones we do. got it.

Raskolnikov38 posted:

yeah you gotta level up by farming confederate statues before you go after the big boys

Oh Snapple! posted:

call to action posted:

no thanks, i'd rather talk about how awesome it is we're tearing down all these racist monuments. we also need to tear down andrew jackson (trail of tears) and thomas jefferson (slave rapist extraordinaire) statues, and why the gently caress wouldn't you