Group topples George Washington statue in NE Portland

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  1. Lil Mike

    Lil Mike Well-Known Member

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    My Woke 8 year old son was reading the coverage of the protest in The New York Times and asked why the 1619 Project failed to alert people to the dangers of systemic racism and should we shine the shoes of people of color as atonement?

    I took the paper away from him. True story.
     
  2. Bluesguy

    Bluesguy Well-Known Member Donor

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    So the young boy made a false statement about Trump just as the woman in mine made a false statement about Obama, is that the correlation you were pointing out? But in your case did the father correct the young son?
     
  3. Bluesguy

    Bluesguy Well-Known Member Donor

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    What is "funny" about it, why is lying to her son telling her son Obama won military medals, medals that belong to brave soldiers white and black who suffered under the hands of their enemy "funny"?
     
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    Jestsayin Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Portland is a rudderless shithole city. Bad things happen when there is no leadership.
     
  5. Texan

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    I assume the statue of Vladimir Lenin is still unmolested in Seattle?
     
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    leftwing behaviour is its own doing not trumps

    “A King may move a man, a father may claim a son, but remember that even when those who move you be Kings, or men of power, your soul is in your keeping alone. When you stand before God, you cannot say, "But I was told by others to do thus." Or that, "Virtue was not convenient at the time." This will not suffice. Remember that.”
     
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    The toppling of George Washington's statue is the point of of too much and that is definitely an act of stupidity that cancels sympathy for the cause of justice that was gained by the unfortunate and wrongful death of George Floyd.

    Defund the police and topple Washington's statues are acts of dumb and dumber.
     
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    The USA has no leadership that must be shy bad things are hapenning here.
     
  9. Moriah

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    It's funny in the same way that "MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN" is funny.
    What time in history was Trump thinking about when he said that? Was he thinking about the good old days when African-Americans and other people of color were second class citizens? When White Supremacy was the law of the land?
     
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    Have a nice day, Josh. Practice social distancing. Wear a mask when out in public. Wash your hands frequently. :aww:
     
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    Here's a compendium of the recent attempts to cancel everything not progressive. Perhaps the longest ago case on the list is some people want to change the name of St Louis because it honors King Louis IX of France who in the 1200's ordered the burning of Talmuds. He was later canonized by the Catholic Church, will the church be asked to un-canonize him:
     
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    Josh77 Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Not everything revolves around your race. Get over yourself.
     
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    Josh77 Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    well at least you don’t deny it.
     
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    im sure moderators will look at your comments.
     
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    You live in Portland? My condolences.
     
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    First Trump wasn't even President then and this has nothing to do with Trump. So a mother lying about those medals to her son is supposed to mitigate for the time when blacks were second class citizens. Want to explain that rationale?
     
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    She's actually trying to defend the lie this mother told her son disgracing the Vietnam POW's black and white.
     
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    Ha ha you tried you failed.
     
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    Sometimes this does seem like a war on Western Civilization:
     
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    Someone who isn't a war criminal?
     
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    The point has also been made about the removal of statues of Lenin and Stalin in the former Soviet Block:
     
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    Oh, I would say the true devaluation of Medals occured when Republicans awarded Rush Limbaugh America's highest civilian award "The Medal of Freedom".

    He gave his life to making millions for promoting tobacco industry and plenty of hate to independent women and minorities.

    This made a mockery of giving a vererans life to support the traitors to America by statues of people who killed American troops.
     
  25. Bluesguy

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    Strawman, how does that excuse what THIS woman did I would guess she never listened to him and was somehow justifying claiming the medals for military heroism belonged to Obama. If you want to compare Limbaugh's MoF then compare it to Obama's Nobel Peace Prize.
     

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