Current Events > Protesters cover Thomas Jefferson statue in black tarp
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Mal_Fet 09/13/17 2:20:04 PM #1: |
Remember when the left said Trump was being ridiculous for saying "What's next, removing statues of Thomas Jefferson?"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2017/09/13/thomas-jefferson-statue-at-u-va-shrouded-in-black/?utm_term=.ae40873b3eed About 100 people gathered for the protest Tuesday night, according to the Daily Progress. They covered the statue of the university’s founder, and signs reading “racist” and “rapist” were placed on it.  --- Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. -George Orwell ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Mal_Fet 09/13/17 3:06:47 PM #2: |
Bump
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darkphoenix181 09/13/17 3:14:32 PM #3: |
do you believe Thomas Jefferson was not a racist?
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weapon_d00d816 09/13/17 3:19:24 PM #4: |
darkphoenix181 posted...
do you believe Thomas Jefferson was not a racist? The question isn't whether he was or not, but whether it actually matters considering his time period and if it was so severe that it drowns out his accomplishments (it doesn't). --- SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SlG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SlG ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Kyurem-BW 09/13/17 3:23:22 PM #5: |
@darkphoenix181 posted...
do you believe Thomas Jefferson was not a racist? do you believe it is right to vandalize the statue of a founding father of the United states? one of the 56 who signed the declaration of independence? --- dont know why I even have one of these ... Copied to Clipboard!
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unpleasant_milk 09/13/17 3:24:45 PM #6: |
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Zikten 09/13/17 3:25:12 PM #7: |
I oppose anything done by BLM. fuck those racists
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SavenForever 09/13/17 3:25:25 PM #8: |
darkphoenix181 posted...
do you believe Thomas Jefferson was not a racist? Keep dodging. --- ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Buzz Killjoy 09/13/17 3:27:36 PM #9: |
If you honestly feel this way about Thomas Jefferson you should not even be a student at UVA.
They shove so much Jefferson history in your face, it would be impossible to not get triggered. --- Does the name Pavlov ring a bell? ... Copied to Clipboard!
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davyheinz 09/13/17 3:29:01 PM #10: |
They're just doing this to troll you, Mal.
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A_Good_Boy 09/13/17 3:37:24 PM #11: |
Kyurem-BW posted...
@darkphoenix181 posted...do you believe Thomas Jefferson was not a racist? Sure thing. It's just a statue. Not like they're digging up his corpse to desecrate it. --- Posted with GameRaven 3.2.2 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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The Admiral 09/13/17 3:39:43 PM #12: |
Hope these degenerates are expelled.
Also, I'm assuming these students were too stupid to realize who founded the college they were applying to. Not sure why you'd willingly attend UVA if this was actually an issue. --- - The Admiral ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Esrac 09/13/17 3:43:31 PM #13: |
A_Good_Boy posted...
Kyurem-BW posted...@darkphoenix181 posted...do you believe Thomas Jefferson was not a racist? Yet. --- ... Copied to Clipboard!
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uwnim 09/13/17 3:46:35 PM #14: |
Why would they be protesting him?
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prettyprincess 09/13/17 3:47:55 PM #15: |
peaceful protest isn't degeneracy, the vandalism is arguable if it causes some cost of repair or physically alters the artwork/property
article made it seem like there were just signs placed near it but I skimmed I think this protest and sentiment is mostly misplaced though --- And in an infinite regress, tell me, why is the pain of birth lighter borne than the pain of death? http://www.last.fm/user/followthegospel ... Copied to Clipboard!
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__aCEr__ 09/13/17 3:48:59 PM #16: |
Yeah if you don't like Jefferson, UVA is the last place you should have applied to.
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Capn Circus 09/13/17 3:51:08 PM #17: |
Once again Trump turns out to be right.
Of course they'll go after other statues. If we continue to pacify this behavior, our entire constitution and principles of our nation will be dismantled because "they were racist". --- "I think that man will be president right about the time when spaceships come down filled with dinosaurs in red capes" - Tom Hanks ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Newhopes 09/13/17 3:55:31 PM #18: |
ISIS strikes again.
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LordRazziel 09/13/17 3:58:11 PM #19: |
The Admiral posted...
Hope these degenerates are expelled. Don't you constantly say people need to not use their emotions? --- http://i.imgur.com/8pzUM.gif http://i.imgur.com/Oh1iujg.gif The only bad part about flying is having to come back down to the f***in' world ~Rat ... Copied to Clipboard!
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AlephZero 09/13/17 3:58:32 PM #20: |
uwnim posted...
Why would they be protesting him? he was a white cis male --- "There is value in segregation." - qwertyman2002 01001100 01010101 01000101 00100000 00110100 00110000 00110010 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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A_Good_Boy 09/13/17 4:00:16 PM #21: |
LordRazziel posted...
The Admiral posted...Hope these degenerates are expelled. Addy's like CEs Donald Trump. Always criticizing others for behaviors or actions he gleefully does himself. --- Posted with GameRaven 3.2.2 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Howl 09/13/17 4:03:07 PM #22: |
Capn Circus posted...
Once again Trump turns out to be right. People are already saying the United States was only ever great for white men. --- Posted with GameRaven 3.2.2 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Newhopes 09/13/17 4:04:53 PM #23: |
Howl posted...
Capn Circus posted...Once again Trump turns out to be right. Why don't they just leave then nobody will stop them? ... Copied to Clipboard!
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GreatEvilEmpire 09/13/17 4:05:03 PM #24: |
Not surprised. Social liberalism is the disease that's slowly killing this great country.
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creativerealms 09/13/17 4:06:39 PM #25: |
The people on the left who want to take down Thomas Jefferson statues are the silly ones. When it comes to the confederate statues they are only up to celebrate slavery and a lost way to scare blacks and other minorities. With Thomas Jefferson his statues have nothing to do with the fact he owned slaves and everything to do with what he did for america. You don't have to like everything someone believes in or did to realize he also did a lot of good.
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QwelzaarKane 09/13/17 4:06:42 PM #26: |
weapon_d00d816 posted...
whether it actually matters considering his time period Slavery has always been terrible and slave owners have always been terrible people. We're not talking about grandma's private racism here. Thomas Jefferson did great things for this country, but he was also a racist P.O.S. (like a lot of people back then). It's not hard to see why certain groups don't like seeing him honored while ignoring all the bad. --- All night I daydream of sleep but never get it Backlog: http://bit.ly/1Roh0a4 || PC: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3gcMGX ... Copied to Clipboard!
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creativerealms 09/13/17 4:07:13 PM #27: |
GreatEvilEmpire posted...
Not surprised. Social liberalism is the disease that's slowly killing this great country. Because these people represent all on the left right? --- No sig. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Zikten 09/13/17 4:09:11 PM #28: |
QwelzaarKane posted...
It's not hard to see why certain groups don't like seeing him honored while ignoring all the bad. because if you do that, you have to attack almost all historical people. very few people from the past lived up to 21st century moral standards. you can find dirt on almost anyone. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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A_Good_Boy 09/13/17 4:14:25 PM #29: |
Zikten posted...
QwelzaarKane posted...It's not hard to see why certain groups don't like seeing him honored while ignoring all the bad. Meh --- Posted with GameRaven 3.2.2 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Howl 09/13/17 4:15:11 PM #30: |
Zikten posted...
QwelzaarKane posted...It's not hard to see why certain groups don't like seeing him honored while ignoring all the bad. No one, even today lives up to 21st century moral standards. --- Posted with GameRaven 3.2.2 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Zikten 09/13/17 4:16:49 PM #31: |
A_Good_Boy posted...
Meh so your ok with just attacking all of history? and never honoring anyone ever again? ... Copied to Clipboard!
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GreatEvilEmpire 09/13/17 4:18:29 PM #32: |
creativerealms posted...
Social liberalism represents the extreme left, not all of the left. That's why I specifically refer to social liberals and not all liberals. --- Sig under construction! ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Kyurem-BW 09/13/17 4:21:20 PM #33: |
@QwelzaarKane
so if he was a pos for being racist when that was acceptable what does that make MLK Jr for being anti-gay back when that was acceptable? --- dont know why I even have one of these ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Mal_Fet 09/13/17 4:41:55 PM #34: |
Kyurem-BW posted...
@QwelzaarKane Give it time. The left always eats itself. --- Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. -George Orwell ... Copied to Clipboard!
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boxington 09/13/17 4:44:50 PM #35: |
Kyurem-BW posted...
@QwelzaarKane I mean, as far as we know, MLK Jr. didn't act on his homophobia. Thomas Jefferson was a slave owner, though. --- b-bb-box ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Zikten 09/13/17 4:45:47 PM #36: |
boxington posted...
I mean, as far as we know, MLK Jr. didn't act on his homophobia. because it was common and encouraged. if it had been common and encouraged in the 60's to enslave gay people, MLK would have done it ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Mal_Fet 09/13/17 4:46:47 PM #37: |
boxington posted...
Kyurem-BW posted...@QwelzaarKane Gandhi acted on his racism against Blacks in India. Shall we deface all likenesses of him? --- Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. -George Orwell ... Copied to Clipboard!
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boxington 09/13/17 4:50:26 PM #39: |
I'm just saying that you can't always help how you feel, but you can control what you do and say.
people can do what they want to their monuments (through I wouldn't support hard work being damaged like that), but the comparisons aren't fair. because it was common and encouraged. if it had been common and encouraged in the 60's to enslave gay people, MLK would have done it lol --- b-bb-box ... Copied to Clipboard!
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nativengine 09/13/17 4:50:27 PM #40: |
Give fuckers an inch, they take a mile.
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Zikten 09/13/17 4:50:32 PM #41: |
yea Gandhi HATED black people. probably even more than Jefferson did. you should see some of the stuff he said about them
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A_Good_Boy 09/13/17 4:51:08 PM #42: |
Mal_Fet posted...
boxington posted...Kyurem-BW posted... Do you believe that Africans are obligated to view him in the same light that you do? --- Posted with GameRaven 3.2.2 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Giant_Aspirin 09/13/17 4:51:37 PM #43: |
i sure hope Mal_Fet is smart enough to realize that this was a small group of people and does not represent "the left"
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Zikten 09/13/17 4:52:28 PM #44: |
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Mal_Fet 09/13/17 4:56:37 PM #46: |
A_Good_Boy posted...
Do you believe that Africans are obligated to view him in the same light that you do? No of course not. But since when has that prevented suburban leftists from getting violently offended on others' behalf? --- Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. -George Orwell ... Copied to Clipboard!
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darkphoenix181 09/13/17 5:11:37 PM #47: |
all I got to do is ask an innocent question and people start foaming at the mouth
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Esrac 09/13/17 5:13:40 PM #48: |
Zikten posted...
yea Gandhi HATED black people. probably even more than Jefferson did. you should see some of the stuff he said about them Jefferson didn't even hate black people. Yeah, he was racist. He absolutely thought blacks were innately inferior to whites, but he didn't necessarily hate them. As I recall, he had actually proposed a plan to gradually free the slaves, train them in useful trades, and deport them. The deportation thing was mostly because he figured there would be too much bitterness and resentment between whites and blacks over slavery for them to live together peacefully. --- ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Zeeak4444 09/13/17 5:17:21 PM #49: |
A_Good_Boy posted...
Mal_Fet posted...boxington posted...Kyurem-BW posted... Do you think anyone's obligated to view Jefferson in the same light that you do @A_Good_Boy? --- Typical gameFAQers are "Complainers that always complain about those who complain about real legitimate complaints."-Joker_X ... Copied to Clipboard!
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NinjaWarrior455 09/13/17 5:19:10 PM #50: |
Giant_Aspirin posted...
i sure hope Mal_Fet is smart enough Nope. No he is not. --- Fire Billy Davis http://myanimelist.net/animelist/NinjaWarrior457 ... Copied to Clipboard!
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